Carpetright plc Selects Comshare's e-business Management Planning and Control Solution to Replace Adaytum and Cognos.Business Editors and High Tech Writers ANN ARBOR Ann Arbor, city (1990 pop. 109,592), seat of Washtenaw co., S Mich., on the Huron River; inc. 1851. It is a research and educational center, with a large number of government and industrial research and development firms, many in high-technology fields such as , Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 21, 2000 Comshare(R) Inc. (Nasdaq:CSRE CSRE Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity CSRE Closed System Respirator Evaluator ), the leader in Web-based solutions for management planning and control (MPC (1) (Mobile PC) A handheld or laptop computer. See handheld computer, laptop computer and Ultra-Mobile PC. (2) (MultiPath Channel) See multipath. ), announced today that Carpetright plc, Britain's largest carpet retailer operating over 320 outlets, has selected Comshare's e-business MPC solution to provide one integrated system for planning, budgeting, reporting and analysis. Comshare is replacing three proprietary systems: spreadsheets The following is a list of spreadsheets. Freeware/open source software Online spreadsheets
"Our business model is continually changing as we open new stores, develop new services like `Harris Carpets at Home', and new marketing channels like our web site," says Charles Anderson Charles Anderson may refer to:
"The solution also had to align align (  līn),v to move the teeth into their proper positions to conform to the line of occlusion. with our corporate IT strategy to use Oracle RDMS RDMS Relational Database Management System RDMS Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer (American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers) RDMS Research Data Management Services (University of Delaware, Newark, DE) and will sit nicely with our SAP system and CODA (1) A distributed file system developed at Carnegie Mellon University in the late 1980s. Evolving from the Andrews File System, Coda is noted for its ability to withstand network failures. See AFS. (2) A software company based in the U.K. Financials," says Anderson. Carpetright was very impressed im·press 1 tr.v. im·pressed, im·press·ing, im·press·es 1. To affect strongly, often favorably: with Comshare's MPC product. "From a business perspective, Comshare will help us to better execute the strategic plan by linking planning, budgeting, reporting and analysis into one continuous closed-loop cycle," continues Anderson. "In the longer term, over 40 users will share the unified system yet will have their own view of the data. The quality of information will improve because data will be much easier to access and manipulate with Comshare's advanced management reporting. "From the IT perspective, the solution is very easy to push out over the Web," Anderson adds. The software is loaded only once on to the server which makes maintenance much more efficient. All the end user needs is a web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. and password to access the application." "We are extremely pleased that Carpetright has selected Comshare's e-business MPC solution," says Nigel Youell, Comshare's international marketing director. "Unlike other vendors in the market, Comshare's MPC solution synthesises the disparate processes for planning, budgeting, reporting and analysis into one, easy-to-use, Web-architected system. Organizations like Carpetright also recognize the strength of Comshare's management reporting and analysis with exceptional financial intelligence. We look forward to many more wins in the retail sector as organizations recognize the value of MPC." About Carpetright plc With sales of 305 million Pounds Sterling, Carpetright plc is the leading specialist floor coverings retailer in the UK operating from a nationwide network of stores on retail parks through which it provides an excellent level of service, choice and value. The company traded from 321 outlets at the year-end across Carpetright, Carpet Depot and Harris Carpet formats. A new format, "Harris Carpets at Home," launched in June 2000, is positioned to compete for the high street market. The four formats will provide the platform by which the company intends to maintain its growth in market share. About Comshare Comshare(R) Inc. is the leading provider of e-business software applications for management planning and control (MPC), which comprises planning, budgeting, financial consolidation, management reporting and analysis. Comshare's MPC applications deliver business-critical information over the Web that can be used to make sound planning and management decisions. In business for nearly 35 years, Comshare is one of the top independent software companies, with customers around the world, many of which are Fortune 500 and Financial Times Top 1000 companies. Comshare is a Microsoft Data Warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse Alliance Partner, an IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Business Partner, an Oracle Business Alliance Partner, and an Hyperion Alliance Partner. For more information on Comshare, call 1-800-922-7979, send e-mail to info@comshare.com or visit Comshare's Web site at www.comshare.com. Comshare(R) is a registered trademark of Comshare Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. |
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