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Getting Closer to IKEA

admin — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 22:15:42 +0000

K3 Business Technology Group, which provides Enterprise Resource Planning solutions to the supply chain industry, has this morning announced that IKEA, the global home furnishings business, has named K3 as its sole outsourced provider of Retail ERP software packages for its franchisee network on a global basis.

This represents a strengthening of K3’s relationship with IKEA as K3’s retail software operation based in Holland is already IKEA’s software partner of choice for 10 of its franchisees.

IKEA has decided that all its franchisees must adopt an IKEA standard IT platform and this decision means the likely extension of K3’s retail software solution into new territories over the next 36 months.

K3 & AX, Blog Comment from Ridge Solutions

admin — Fri, 28 May 2010 09:44:13 +0000

Ridge Solutions, a Retail IT consultancy, based near London, was at the recent Microsoft Dynamics AX Consultants Day, run by K3 in conjunction with Microsoft. For those that missed out, or even for those who made it but are interested in another view, they've blogged about the event:

"Microsoft hosted an event in London with K3 to launch the new Dynamics AX platform for retail. I've known K3 for a number of years, having implemented Navision (now Microsoft Dynamics NAV) with Alliance Pharmacy (now part of the Alliance Boots group). So, I was interested to know where the product set had moved on to and what they were up to...."

Interested? Read on...

Disaster Recovery or ‘Dude, Where’s My Data?’

admin — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:32:35 +0000

I've been having problems with notebooks recently. As a business we rely heavily on them and it's fantastic to be able to just pick up your 'office' and take it with you, but of course you need a backup strategy if the notebook should fail, as mine did last week. Windows failed to recognise the network or any usb devices, in fact I think it barely realised I was there. Thank goodness for replacements.

The replacement lasted about a week before the disk crashed, (just after I'd returned home from doing a demonstration, close call). While most of my data is backed up, I'm still looking at a half day or so to get back to a full working environment that I'm comfortable with.

This led me to wonder whether the majority of retailers have checked to see if their disaster recovery strategies work. What would you do if you lost mission critical data? Have you checked that the systems you have are working, (do you have a comprehensive recovery plan in place or do you use a bandaid solution i.e. minimum fix when problems arise)? Like changing batteries in a smoke detector, testing your recovery strategies should be something that is done regularly because after disaster strikes, (and we all hope it doesn't), it is too late and could prove a very costly mistake.

This approach won't cut it

NEW Dynamics NAV Retail Database

admin — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 10:46:52 +0000

LS Retail released their first world wide version of the Dynamics NAV Retail 2009 database at the end of January. K3 are pleased to announce it has already localised this release for the UK! The Retail People are currently putting the product through it's paces as it undergoes testing this month.

The next stage to be undertaken is the conversion of key K3 modules across to the 2009 version. K3 are very excited about t his as the new 2009 version opens up doors in terms of providing a new role based menu and interface. The new three tier architecture also allows easier access to Dynamics business logic through web services.

This is great news for new customers and existing customers upgrading to Dynamics 2009. We'll update here as more details on specific features and benefits are released, or get in touch with K3.