Operating Systems
Ninth, catalog operating systems will achieve a near-total algorithmic integration. Stated another way, catalog enterprise software operating systems will reach a level of sophistication that finally brings all of the disparate analytic and operating tools under one integrated master program. Compared to the massively complex operating systems used today, they will be streamlined and enhanced to include all of the adjunct analytics and metrics that are now accomplished by numerous, separate initiatives. The “SuperSystem” that offers near-total “catalog management in a box” will be available off the shelf. These new mega systems will integrate all e-tail and catalog operating systems including Web sites and retail store operations. The advanced catalog and e-com operating system, Ecometry, from Smith-Gardner is the first and most powerful of such systems available worldwide.