DALLAS – Dec. 2, 2020 – SymphonyAI, the leading global provider of integrated AI-enabled marketing, merchandising and supply chain solutions for FMCG retailers and manufacturers, today announced that Mayak LLC, which operates the Slata supermarket chain and KhlebSol grocery discounters in the Irkutsk region of Russia, is embarking on a transformational project to support all supply chain processes on a single platform delivered by SymphonyAI.
Slata, the leading retailer in the Irkutsk region of Russia, is also one of the largest retail chains in Siberia and the Far East. It has more than 80 modern supermarkets in Irkutsk, Angarsk, Shelekhov and Bratsk regions with a wide selection of high-quality food and non-food products, as well as a broad network of KhlebSol food discounters – over 310 stores offering the best prices in the Siberian Federal District.
Mayak had conducted a detailed IT solutions market review process with several of the world’s leading vendors and local solution providers to evaluate the functionality of the best solution to deliver that fastest approach to fully automate store processes. As a result of the evaluation process, Mayak chose SymphonyAI solutions to replace existing back-office infrastructure and deliver missing capabilities to provide the full automation of end-to-end store operations using mobile technology.
“To stay competitive today, we need the most innovative technologies and IT solutions that enable us to automate and simplify our operations. We are rapidly evolving our network’s sophistication and optimizing business processes to provide the highest standards of service for our customers and, at the same time, the utmost simplicity and convenience for our store employees. All this is impossible without today’s best industry solutions,” said Konstantin Khlebas, Head of IT, Slata Group. “To find this critical solution provider, we intensively reviewed many solutions and found SymphonyAI to offer trusted technologies and the retail expertise that meets our needs.”
“We are very pleased to partner with such an innovative and forward-looking company, to participate in joint business development and also implement a project that will greatly simplify and improve its day-to-day store operations. We will launch the system in less than six months to enable Mayak to realize rapid value and ROI, ”said Arnaud Gauthier, President, CCO, International, SymphonyAI. “Working closely with our local partner, Consulting for Retail, will ensure the rapid transformation of the back-office business and will provide Mayak significant advantages over competitors.”
An authorized local partner of SymphonyAI, Consulting for Retail (C4R), has deep business expertise in retail and store operations, as well as proven experience in implementing similar projects in Russia and post-Soviet territories. C4R will be leading the deployment for this project.
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About Slata (Mayak LLC)
The Slata supermarket chain has been operating since 2002 and is actively developing and transforming its format to meet the current market requirements, implementing the “slata.online” store project.
Grocery discounters, KhlebSol, are an actively developing chain of low-price stores in the Siberian Federal District, popular among buyers who like to save money. The first KhlebSol store was opened in Irkutsk in 2014.
About SymphonyAI
SymphonyAI is the leading global provider of role-specific, AI-enabled revenue growth management solutions and customer-centric insights for retailers and CPG manufacturers across the entire value chain. Our proven, industry-leading, AI-enabled software, coupled with the industry’s only conversational natural-language AI interface, CINDE, provides key users with proven prescriptive and preemptive recommendations that make it easy to identify end-to-end growth opportunities, activate plans and realize measurable profit and revenue growth. Our solutions are specific to key decision-maker roles focused on profitable growth across the retail value chain from source to consumer. With our strong global partner ecosystem, we serve more than 1,200 organizations worldwide – including 15 of the top 25 global grocery retailers, 25 of the top 25 global CPG manufacturers, thousands of retail brands, and hundreds of national and regional chains – all through the Microsoft Azure Cloud. SymphonyAI is a SymphonyAI company. More at SymphonyAI.
About SymphonyAI
SymphonyAI is the fastest-growing private group of B2B AI companies, backed by a $1 billion commitment to deliver next-generation AI solutions for transforming the enterprise. SymphonyAI addresses use cases in healthcare and life sciences, retail and CPG, industrial manufacturing, energy, oil and gas, media and entertainment, defense, and financial services. Since its founding in 2017, SymphonyAI has grown rapidly to a group of eight companies with a combined revenue run rate of more than $350 million. Over 2,000 talented leaders, data scientists, and other professionals operate the group under the leadership of one of Silicon Valley’s most successful serial entrepreneurs, Dr. Romesh Wadhwani, founder of the Wadhwani Foundation. More at SymphonyAI.
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