Target Australia, Kmart Australia select Core Solutions to streamline global sourcing

Hong Kong Two of the largest retailers in Australia, Target Australia and Kmart Australia, have selected Core Solutions’s CBX PLM/Sourcing system to streamline global sourcing of private-label merchandise.

The group has purchased the complete CBX PLM/Sourcing suite and will leverage its capability to help shorten product-development cycles, reduce end-to-end lead times, increase visibility and improve supplier management and operational efficiency. The system is expected to be implemented and ready to ‘go live’ early next year.

CBX PLM/Sourcing will help Kmart, Target and Coles Group Asia convert traditionally manual sourcing processes based heavily around spreadsheets, e-mails and faxes to streamlined processes enabled by a Web-based, centrally managed collaboration, workflow and business-intelligence system.

“Despite the current economic conditions, Target and Kmart have pushed forward with CBX PLM/Sourcing, because they recognize the strategic importance to elevate the group’s global sourcing capability to the next level. Target and Kmart have shown an enormous amount of commitment from top to bottom to make this project a success,” said Michael Hung, CEO of Core Solutions.