PTA IT consulting knows what makes retailers tick; The Mannheim-based IT consultants have used their industry knowledge and proven process expertise in the retail industry underpinned by numerous digitization projects of varying degrees of complexity. PTA’s retail customers sell a wide variety of product ranges: These include technical materials for craftsmen and DIY do-it-yourselfers, consumer goods, food, non-food and groceries; Regardless of whether retail companies are looking for modern solutions tailored to their requirements at the point of sale, transparent warehouse management, reliable invoice control or an integrated solution for their purchasing or returns management: The focus is always on the optimal IT solution – whether as part of a migration, new development or further development.
The Mannheim-based IT consultants and process experts take all process requirements into account in every IT project and also guarantee a high level of failure protection and the necessary IT security. This is ensured not least by the ISO27001-certified IT services provided by DATIS IT-Services GmbH, a sister company of PTA. The IT experts also support retail companies in all matters relating to the transformation of their IT landscapes and the modernization and harmonization of your retail IT.
IT solutions and managed services for retail
On the basis of a wide range of industry knowledge, coupled with in-depth solution expertise, PTA advises, designs and implements integrated IT landscapes for retail customers, PTA advises, designs and implements integrated IT landscapes for retail customers and, if required, also ensures their secure and highly available operation in the DATIS data center. The service provider provides them with IT infrastructures and managed services as required. Private cloud solutions are very popular with retailers. Retail companies operate these either independently on their own IT systems or, on request, with high availability in the DATIS data centers, hosted in Germany.
Virtualization in the public cloud, BaaS and minimizing liability risks
The IT experts from Mannheim also implement public cloud solutions that can be accessed via an Internet connection for their retail customers; This so-called virtualization offers the advantage of distributed computing. With this approach, retail companies benefit from a high degree of control, security, flexibility and transparency. This is because they always have sovereignty over their data and are therefore geared towards consumption. Services relating to Backup as a Service (BaaS) are also highly relevant; These are important for retail companies when it comes to outsourcing, restoring, recovering and disaster recovery of data. These IT services are of central importance for liability issues. Legally compliant data protection is an absolute prerequisite in the retail sector when it comes to fulfilling insurance requirements;
Attention SAP user companies …
Retail companies that manage their processes with SAP are well advised to deal with the replacement of their legacy systems as soon as possible; And not only because the data model of the new SAP Suite is much simpler. Far more important is the fact that many IT systems in warehouse management are often highly individualized or outdated. On the one hand, this means high costs for maintenance or, in the worst case, a lack of real-time data, especially as SAP has already announced the end of maintenance for its previous ERP suite by 2027. With SAP S/4HANA, the Walldorf-based software manufacturer and long-standing partner offers various warehouse management options as an integrated or separate IT solution; SAP Stock Room Management or SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) are powerful options from which retail companies can benefit in particular.
Speaking of partnerships …
PTA’s IT consultants are in constant contact with a large clientele and numerous experts at the retail industry’s leading trade fairs, such as EuroShop, the HDE Congress and the EHI Technology Days; This ensures that they are always up to date and keep pace with the dynamic changes in the retail industry; Thanks to long-term business relationships, they have access to a strong and proven partner network when required; By pooling their expertise, the PTA team and its partners can cover and successfully implement even the most complex and constantly changing project and market requirements.
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