Tesco Selects RedPrairie’s Enterprise Workforce Management Solution for Managing Its Global Store Staff of 350,000 Employees

World leading international retailer Tesco will implement RedPrairie solution to optimize staff productivity across 13 countries

LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–RedPrairie Corporation, a world leading consumer driven optimisation company, announced today that Tesco, one of the world’s leading international retailers, will implement RedPrairie’s Workforce Management application at its retail stores. The RedPrairie solution will enable Tesco to deliver greater customer service by aligning customer traffic with employee scheduling.

“We selected RedPrairie because they provide the best scheduling solution that can operate across Tesco’s different formats,” said Dave Briggs, Programme Manager for Tesco. “By helping ensure that we always have people on hand to assist shopper, it supports our constant effort to improve customer experience. Ultimately, it will improve our business by increasing store productivity, and supporting revenue growth.”

Martin Hiscox, President & Managing Director International, RedPrairie, said, “We are delighted to deepen our relationship with Tesco by helping to optimise their store operations. It is highly satisfying to receive further recognition of the strength of our solutions from such a well-respected company and we look forward to continued success together.”

RedPrairie is a leading provider of retail operations management systems. Its workforce management solution includes: time and attendance, business forecasting, workforce demand planning, automated optimised scheduling, staff self-service, dashboards with configurable alerts, and computer based training.

All of the features are displayed in an intuitive, user friendly interface.

RedPrairie also provides supply chain execution systems and counts many of the worlds leading retailers, including Tesco, as customers. Supply chain solutions include warehouse management, workforce management, duty management, transportation management, and fleet management.

About Tesco

Founded in 1924, Tesco PLC is a British-based international grocery and general merchandising retail chain. It is the largest British retailer by both global sales and domestic market share with profits also exceeding GBP 2 billion worldwide. Tesco now controls just over 30% of the grocery market in the UK. As of March 2008 Tesco have a store in every postcode of the United Kingdom. For more information, visit www.tesco.com.

About RedPrairie Corporation

RedPrairie is a world leading consumer driven optimization company. Built on an advanced Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) developed over the past 15 years, the RedPrairie integrated suite of solutions offers on-demand capabilities to over 32,000 sites worldwide for many of the world’s largest companies.

RedPrairie’s E2e™ solutions synchronize people and products throughout the customer buying cycle to ensure goods reach the right place at the right time. At the point of sale, this means consumers have access to desired products and that the store is staffed with the right people to help them make their purchases. In the production cycle, it means suppliers and manufacturers time and synchronize shipments and production based on demand signals from the retailer. And in the back room of the store, it means having the least amount of inventory, solving the “last yard” problem of the retail supply chain.

With 20 global service sites and standard service methods that have been validated over the last 30 years, RedPrairie provides unparalleled service and support. For additional information, call 1.877.733.7724, or access www.RedPrairie.com.

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Release Summary:

RedPrairie Corporation, a world leading consumer driven optimisation company, announced today that Tesco, one of the world’s leading international retailers, will implement the Workforce Management application at its retail stores.