Mr. Gunnar Gunnarsson, CEO of LS Retail and Ms. Rakhee Nagpal, DVS
New Delhi, India, Dynamic Vertical Solutions (DVS), a market and technology leader in end-to-end integrated and adaptable business management applications today announced being chosen to set up its “Retail Centre of Excellence” in India by LS Retail.
The “Retail Centre of Excellence”, is an initiative to provide retailers of all sizes insights into usage and application of cutting edge technologies in the retail industry and would showcase an end-to-end solution roadmap for the retail industry. Through the Retail Centre of Excellence DVS would demonstrate the strengths of its retail offerings provide thought leadership on industry issues and promote usage of ground breaking technologies making it a centre of learning for the Indian retail community.
Microsoft India, the Indian subsidiary office of Microsoft Redmond, has given its full support to this initiative. DVS which works very closely with Microsoft as one of its primary Principal Partners will look to support Microsoft Dynamics Partners in India and across the globe to penetrate and support the Indian Retail Market.
Speaking on the occasion, DVS Founder & Managing Director, Rakhee Nagpal said, “I would like to take this opportunity to thank the LS Retail Management for choosing DVS as “The Retail Centre of Excellence” in India. This is a very historic moment for DVS and in all respects a great milestone for team DVS to achieve. DVS has always provided a variety of superior business solutions and pioneered and executed a number of complex and challenging projects, not only in India, but also in other parts of the world. Our appointment only reiterates DVS’s tradition of excellence and commitment to customer satisfaction.
“I would also like to thank Microsoft India, for their support towards this initiative”, she further added.
Speaking on the partnership, Mr. Gunnar Gunnarsson, CEO of LS Retail said “LS Retail is very proud to announce DVS as our chosen Retail Centre of Excellence in India. Their unparallel domain expertise and retail industry experience of the Indian & the Indian Sub Continent markets have made them the best fit organization to drive an initiative of this nature forward. We are confident that the retail industry in India, and globally, will benefit from the technological educational and best practice learning that this Centre will provide,”
Congratulating DVS on the setting up of the Retail Centre of Excellence in India Rajan Anandan, Managing Director, Microsoft India said, “The Retail Centre of Excellence will be a much required platform and space for businesses to interact, learn and adopt best of breed retail technology solutions. The CoE will act as a facilitator for the retail industry, in its quest for achieving competitive advantage in the market place. Microsoft is delighted to be a partner in fuelling the passion for excellence and growth of the dynamic retail industry in India.”
Through the newly created Retail Centre of Excellence, DVS will deliver business value to retailers seeking to improve their bottom line profitability. The Centre will provide a platform for the country’s retail organizations to exchange ideas, develop concepts and showcase scalable, best-of-breed retail solutions to the Indian market. Its focus will be catering to the business and operational needs of retailers demonstrating how technology can streamline and improve business performance. Some of the key activities and initiatives of the Centre will be to:
• Create a technology lab at DVS Headquarters through which the LS Retail suite of solutions on Microsoft Technologies will be showcased. This can be utilized for Customers, Prospective Customers, Partners, Prospective Partners, Industry Associations and so forth;
• Demonstrate sub vertical Industry specific (i.e. telecom, fashion & apparel, food & grocery, electronics etc) scenarios across the Retail solution offering together with industry best practices and tangible customer ROI;
• Advise companies on IT strategy, solution roadmap and bring in best practices from across the globe to ensure customers derive maximum benefits from retail solutions;
• Conduct audits for on-going/completed retail implementations;
• Produce whitepapers on Industry best practices and vertical specific fact sheets;
• Organize customer events to facilitate knowledge and experience sharing which acts as an educative platform for the Industry
• Educate and enable Partners and select solution development teams on India localization aspects of LS Retail through workshops, trainings etc to facilitate them providing the best quality service to Indian Retailers.
The Retail Centre of Excellence will be fully operational to go live in the First Quarter of the next financial year (April-June 2010).
About Dynamic Vertical Solutions:
Dynamic Vertical Solutions is the official exclusive distributor of the LS Retail suite of solutions, Cenium, Miracle, AGR and Handpoint product range for South Asia and the Middle East & Gulf territories. We play a pivotal role in localizing these internationally renowned solutions to meet the country specific statutory and compliance requirements and if necessary, customizing the solutions further to cater to our clients unique needs. We provide training and 24/7 support ensuring that our customers receive the quality driven service that they deserve. The solutions we distribute are found in over 140 countries, used by 1,400 companies, with 28,000 stores operating over 58,000 POS worldwide. To date, DVS has over 130 esteemed customers and a Partner Network Channel of over 40 Companies, spanning 22 Countries and 3 Continents. Our partners across the globe help us innovatively distribute and manage engagements across multiple locations through a quality driven ethos. For more information, please visit; www.dynamicverticals.com
About LS Retail:
LS Retail is one of the principal companies developing retail and hospitality solutions based on Microsoft Dynamics NAV for the international arena. LS Retail has been sold to 140 countries, translated into 33 languages and is distributed through a partner network including approximately 120 Certified partners in more than 60 countries. LS Retail is used by more than 1400 companies with 28.000 stores operating over 58.000 POS terminals worldwide.
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