Leading Italian Grocery Retailer, Dimar, Selects JDA Software to Maximize Revenue and Improve Long-term Profitability

JDA’s Advanced Store Replenishment Solution to Help Reduce Out-of-Stocks, Improve Operations

 

Cuneo, Italy & Scottsdale, Ariz. – May 18, 2008 – JDA^® Software Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: JDAS) today announced that Dimar SpA, a grocery retailer under Selex Gruppo Commerciale, one of Italy’s top national supermarket conglomerates, has selected JDA^® Advanced Store Replenishment to enhance inventory management, increase product availability and improve customer service.

            Founded in 1973, Dimar is a multi-channel company that operates approximately 100 food and drug stores in the northwest region of Italy of varying formats including supermarkets, mini-markets, hypermarkets and discount, as well as wholesale cash & carry.

            “After improving store space and product assortment with the use of JDA’s Category Management solutions, including JDA^® Space Planning and JDA^® Floor Planning, Dimar selected JDA Advanced Store Replenishment to support its retail initiatives, streamline replenishment processes and create accurate forecasted demand,” explained Livio Bernocco, director of IT, Dimar SpA. “With the support of JDA, we expect to reduce logistics costs, accurately predict consumer demand and deliver the optimal amount of inventory across our enterprise while increasing sales and decreasing out-of-stocks.”

 Bernocco added, “JDA’s proven results, expertise in the grocery industry and well-known reputation as an industry-leading supply chain provider were all contributing factors that ultimately led to Dimar’s selection of JDA.”

“We are extremely pleased that Dimar has selected JDA’s Advanced Store Replenishment solution to improve demand forecasting and overall business performance,” said Brian Mort, JDA regional vice president, EMEA. “JDA’s Replenishment & Fulfillment Management solutions enable our customers to build, position and deliver the optimal amount of inventory to the various points in their network. We’re confident that by leveraging forecast and consumer demand signals, our proven solutions will help Dimar create an optimized, multi-level replenishment and fulfillment plan to maximize revenue and long-term profitability.”

JDA Advanced Store Replenishment, part of the JDA Replenishment & Fulfillment Management suite, is built on the foundation of E3 technology acquired by JDA in 2001.