The first Retalon certified professional program, called
"Certified Retalon Application User", is designed to establish an industry standard measure of your personnel using the Retalon system.

We want you to maximize your benefit from using our system.
This includes fast payback and continued improvement of efficiency
of your supply chain process.
From the training we provide, we want to make sure your specialists are fully qualified.
Having a certified Retalon User on board gives you insurance
that you will gain maximum benefit from your investment in technology.

The second Retalon certified professional program,
"Certified SCM Forecast Analyst", is an advanced program devoted
to more experienced personnel.

This program ensures complete understanding of forecasting and planning in supply chain management in general, and leads to a comprehensive understanding of the processes that underlie our system.

Statistics from the last few years show that modern industry requires highly educated specialists in new technology for forecasting and planning in the supply chain process. In order to understand and use the new technological developments in this area people require very specific training.
Our "Certified SCM Forecast Analyst" training is now available to corporate clients, and we are working toward making this available as a university program.

To see the details on these programs, please go to the Training and Education section of this web site.

New Course. Trends in retail technology.
Starts in February 2004.

We are drowning in information and starved for knowledge
1 day crash course for executive retail management.

Introduction

In the past few years many retail organizations have begun to successfully turn raw data into valuable information to gain an advantage over competitors, manage inventory more efficiently, and optimize relations with vendors.
However, there is a growing gap between more powerful storage and retrieval systems and the users' ability to effectively analyze and act on the information their systems contain. A new technological leap is needed to structure and prioritize information for solution to specific end-user problems.

The purpose of the course is to give executive retail management a fresh perspective on how different organizations benefit from new developments in retail technology, what solutions are available on the market, and what value these solutions add to retail businesses. There is strong emphasis on inventory management, assortment, merchandise planning, promotions and special events.

Real life case studies are provided and analyzed to clearly illustrate how technology has affected retail management.
Finally, time is devoted to discussing the situation in the participant's business, and analyzing potential applicability and profitability of various solutions to their business.

You get the valuable and focused executive information you need right at your workplace in a short crash course.
The benefits flow back to you for years.

Instructor

The instructor and author of this course holds the degree of
Doctor of Science and has extensive consulting experience for the executive management of many Fortune 500 retail companies
throughout North America and Europe.

Duration of the course

The course is scheduled for one business day.

2 hours: Review of current trends in retail technologies
4 hours: Case studies 4 hours
2 hours: Q&A, discussion related to the participant's business

Who will benefit from this course

High and executive level managers in the areas of Inventory, Retail Operations, Wholesale Operations, Purchasing, Merchandizing, Strategic Planning, Business Development, and Information Systems.

Prerequisites

Participants are encouraged to prepare examples of challenging cases in the areas of inventory management, assortment, merchandize planning, promotions and special events for an open discussion.

Courses delivered through the curriculum of the
School of Retail Management of Ryerson University.

Applied Statistics

Retail Info Systems

Retail Technologies

Business Forecasting

Retalon in-house training programs

Retalon SIM on-line user (available through Member Services only)
Retalon SIM administrator (available through Member Services only)

Forecasting and Planning in the Supply Chain process 1
Forecasting and Planning in the Supply Chain process 2 (advanced)

If you need more information about these programs and courses, please contact Retalon.