News | June 10, 2014

KTA Expands Capabilities With Upgrades To Latest Version Of Symphony EYC G.O.L.D.

Hawaiian grocery chain adds new functionalities G.O.L.D. Direct Store Delivery and G.O.L.D. Invoice Reconciliation to expand its options for customer shopping and streamline its financial processes

Symphony EYC, a global leader in delivering ROI for retailers, manufacturers, and wholesalers using customer insights to drive execution, recently announced that Hilo, Hawaii-based KTA Super Stores has finalized upgrading Symphony EYC G.O.L.D. to the latest software version. The new capabilities including G.O.L.D. Direct Store Delivery (DSD) and G.O.L.D. Invoice Reconciliation are the first step in KTA’s incorporation of the latest enhanced version of Symphony EYC’s Merchandise Management system, which is planned to be implemented across all of its island stores.

Founded in 1916, KTA Super Stores is a six-store supermarket chain with more than 800 associates serving the residents of Hawai‘i island. For over 95 years, KTA Super Stores has been committed to their founder's philosophy -- “a commitment to humbly serve the people of our community.”

“The addition of Direct Store Delivery and Invoice Reconciliation helps KTA both expand its options for customer shopping and streamline its financial processes, ”said Lon Taniguchi, VP, Information Systems of KTA Super Stores.“Looking forward, KTA anticipates that the rollout of the latest Symphony EYC Merchandise Management and Master Data Management solution across all six grocery stores will make us the grocery of choice for the island of Hawaii.”

“As an existing Symphony EYC customer who is advancing to our latest Merchandise Management offering, KTA is convinced by the benefits and advantages of our solution for their retail grocery business – for both current and future business needs,” said Jyrki Ihanainen, Vice President, Symphony EYC.

About Symphony EYC
Symphony EYC delivers ROI for retailers, manufacturers, and wholesalers by using customer insights to drive execution through software and services that enable a better customer experience and optimized operations. The solutions optimize multi-channel customer engagement strategies, assortment, merchandising, marketing, inventory fulfillment, store operations and supply chain execution ensuring multi-channel connectivity of both the customer experience and retail operations. Deployed in over 70 countries, Symphony EYC is a strategic partner to leading retailers and manufacturers worldwide enabling them to differentiate against the competition improve productivity and deliver value to the bottom line. For more information, visit www.eyc.com.

Source: Symphony EYC