About Us
Smart companies manage inventory by the numbers, Not by chance.
ERS is a service-oriented business with the goal of helping retailers, suppliers and brands turn their inventory faster
, forecast more accurately and
provide deeper visibility to sales. We are passionate about collecting, integrating and interpreting data to improve our client’s merchandise decision-making ability.
If you don’t find what you’re looking for on our website- please ask us! We are the best resource for
custom reporting and
projects– our expertise and software development arms enable us to solve problems quickly and affordably.
Learn more by visiting our Frequently Asked Questions here .
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What works best for your organization?
Understandable interpretations of data put in terms anyone can understand and act on. We use proprietary AI tools to more quickly find and answer questions about your business.
We complement or act as your planning team. We know what questions to ask and live and breathe retail planning every day.
Complete tool kit for planners, buyers and suppliers. POS analytics, reporting, dashboards, forecasting and more.
Our Ecosystem
Our solutions work for RETAILERS, SUPPLIERS, LICENSORS, DISTRIBUTORS and BRANDS. Data can be integrated between them for the ultimate in data and information sharing.
Our platform combines reporting & demand planning
One Platform for the Past, Present & Future.
Our Special Forces Team
Meet our “Special Forces” team. We solve tough problems that hold a company back from reaching its full potential. All retail experts, with diverse backgrounds that provide knowledge and best practices that pure software companies just don’t have.
Jim Lewis
CEO
Josh Coughlin
CTO
Stefanie Blum
Business Analyst
Paul Warren
Director of Consulting
Alvin Das
Data Scientist
Remembering David Matsil
Results
By implementing our planning process a fast growing digitally native CPG distributor improved in-stocks by over 20%. Automation of many of their buying activities now saves an average of 3 days of work each week.
A leading manufacturer uses our BI platform to track their retail businesses- from their own direct sales to the major chains. What used to take them 8-10 hours per week is now a 15 minute process.
A well known Shoe and Leather Goods brand and retailer uses our automated VMI solution, improving brick and mortar and on-line in-stocks by 25% while reducing total ownership without missing any sales.
A custom built allocation improvement dashboard enabled a leading home textiles manufacturer to reduce lost sales by 22% and uncovered other opportunities that would otherwise go unnoticed.