Eqos Unveils Key Product Enhancements in Eqos 4.0
- New Capabilities Delivering Benefits to Global Retailers-
Leatherhead, UK – 28 June, 2007 - Eqos (www.eqos.com), a leading provider of on-demand global sourcing and supplier management solutions for the retail supply chain, today announced the immediate availability of the latest version of its product Eqos 4.0. Functionality enhancements delivered in this release include extended PLM (Product Lifecycle Management), order management, and component management capabilities. Technology advancements include strengthened and configurability capabilities, improved end user experience, and leading edge reporting and business intelligence tools.
Chris Foulkes, Eqos chief product officer, said, "Eqos 4.0 not only broadens our footprint to span the end-to-end sourcing process, but also delivers significant technology enhancements that enable improved colla boration among trusted trading partners. Additionally, key enhancements to the user interface, additional configurability, and one-touch process modeling are enabling customers such as Edcon and Tesco to better respond to the immediate and evolving merchandising demands of the marketplace."
Eqos Release 4.0 Enhancements Include:
- PLM (Product Lifecycle Management):
- Bridges the gap between the range/merchandise plan and its execution;
- Streamlined quoting process enables suppliers to rapidly submit multiple quote responses utilizing a simple, repeatable selection process;
- Provides merchandising managers with better control over range fulfillment through enhanced visibility and real-time alerting;
- Improved sample management from prototype to final inspection.
- Order Management:
- Provides a complete contract and order management solution – capable of delivering the purchase order as the system of record;
- Multi-level logistics tracking, at season, order, drop or consignment level.
- Component Management and Kitting:
- Management of components, fabrics and trims across seasons, categories, and suppliers;
- Enhanced critical path management merging multiple critical paths into a single sourcing process.
- Enhanced Configurability
- Supports complex organizational models including the ability to source direct to agent and/or direct to factory;
- Allows users to tune processes and critical paths mid-flight;
- Supports the company’s vocabulary and themes.
- Improved end user experience
- Simplified navigation and one-click process sign-off;
- Improved look and feel with simplified management screens and intuitive application flow.
- Dashboards & Business Intelligence
- End-user configurable dashboards provide instant access to key data and metrics;
- Simple business reporting tools allow all users to easily access all information.
About Eqos
Eqos is a leading provider of on-demand global sourcing and supplier management solutions for the retail supply chain. Founded in 1997, the company has offices in the U.S., U.K. and Hong Kong. Eqos' solutions streamline processes associated with private label merchandise strategies from product concept through production and ultimate delivery to the retailer. Eqos' solutions leverage its SOA (Services Oriented Architecture) along with retailer legacy enterprise and supply chain applications to build forward thinking cross-enterprise processes that promote collaboration between retailers, their suppliers, buying offices and other trading partners. Today, Eqos' on-demand solutions are used by major retailers such as Best Buy, Debenhams, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Virgin Megastores. More information can be found at www.eqos.com
For further information, please contact:
Dayna Guzik , DPR Group Inc, USA
Tel: +1 919 678 9200
E-mail: dguzik@dprgroup.com
Paul van de Braak , Effective Communications, Europe
Tel: +31 299 656404
E-mail: effective-communications@planet.nl
