Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

CARLISLE, Pa. -- Ahold USA's Giant Food Stores, LLC of Carlisle, Pa. and one of its divisions, Tops Markets headquartered in Williamsville, N.Y., yesterday completed the 70-store installation of a fuel marketing solution to run cross-promotions between its stores and fuel operations.

HONG KONG and GAITHERSBURG, Md. -- GS1 Hong Kong and GXS yesterday launched the GS1 HK Data Pool, which will enable enterprises in Hong Kong and the Pan Pearl River Delta (PPRD) region to exchange GS1 standards-compliant product information with their global trading partners.

SALISBURY, N.C. -- Delhaize chain Food Lion here plans to install a store execution management solution to streamline its workflow in the store, and ensure in-store execution compliance.

RFID will offer unprecedented supply chain visibility, says an expert panel. But first, retail managers must be able to see the way to strategic employment and real ROI.

Tchnology is the new labor management tool of choice for cutting costs, but it also has to keep employees and customers happy.

BELLINGHAM, Wash. -- Brown & Cole Stores here has selected Seattle-based Straitshot Intelligent Private Network (IPN) to provide the grocer's employees with secure access to important applications, including electronic payments, pricing, inventory, Citrix thin-client applications, and the company intranet.

SCARBOROUGH, Maine -- In an effort to optimize business performance across its various banners, Hannaford Bros. Co., plans to move the workforce management of its 270 stores -- operating under the banners of Hannaford Supermarkets, Sweetbay, and Kash n' Karry -- to a common, Web-based platform.

COTTONWOOD, Calif. -- Holiday Quality Foods (HQF), a privately held grocery chain based here, will deploy Margin Minder 3.0 from Salient Corp., a Horseheads, N.Y.-based provider of performance management solutions, with the aim of more rapidly and effectively measuring and evaluating profitability throughout the company.