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Ann Arbor, MI - May 26, 2008 - Vendor Managed Technologies, Inc. (VMT) the leading provider of enterprise Demand Signal Repository (DSR) and retail business intelligence (BI) solutions announced today that the Velocity 2008 User Conference is scheduled to take place in Scottsdale, AZ from September 29th through October 1st.
This conference enables its clients to meet, network and learn about the best practices that other companies are putting into place through VelocityŽ and how your company fits into that equation. Breakout sessions are available to share experiences with other Velocity users. Velocity functionality will be reviewed with an emphasis on sharpening user skills. The new features in Velocity's 7.0 will be revealed and shown how they can apply to helping consumer goods companies reduce out-of-stocks and maximize retail sell-through at their retail accounts.
This conference is open only to licensed Velocity clients and subject to verification.
About Vendor Managed Technologies, Inc. (VMT)
Since 1994, Vendor Managed Technologies' (VMT) mission is to increase net sales and eliminate supply/demand chain inefficiencies through the use of their demand signal repository (DSR) and business intelligence solutions. VMT is proud to have leading CPG manufacturers as clients such as 3M (NYSE: MMM), Stanley (NYSE: SWK), BIC (Paris Stock Exchange: BIC SA), Fisher-Price (NYSE: MAT), MGA Entertainment, Newell Rubbermaid (NYSE: NWL), Procter and Gamble (NYSE: PG) Char-Broil, Elmer's, and Crayola that have leveraged Velocity to reduce out-of-stocks (OOS) and maximize their sell-through at their retail accounts. Category managers, account managers, merchandisers, demand planners and customer logistics managers have achieved great results when leveraging the store-level reporting and analysis provided by Velocity.
Velocity is based on the Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) platform utilizing SQL Server and .Net technologies. Velocity's enterprise DSR provides scalability and experience with over 200 retailers and distributors (see http://www.retailvelocity.com/services/pos_source_retaillink_workbench_edi.htm) with visibility to store-level and daily activity, where available. Since retailers began sharing store-level POS data with vendors, crucial knowledge about consumer buying trends and retailer supply patterns is available. We provide easy access to this knowledge. For more information, please visit www.retailvelocity.com
Contact:
Jennifer Beckett
Vice-President, Sales and Marketing
Vendor Managed Technologies, Inc.
(616) 977-3166
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