C-CORE’s principals have worked in retail our entire professional careers, in Store Operations, Merchandising and IT. We get retail-we understand the challenges, the ‘lean’ staff and the volume of work. We have focused our efforts on building a set of proven, practical, reliable and easy to use tools supporting ‘lean consulting’ to help you meet those challenges. We respect and provide for the efficient use of your time, the vendor’s time and our time. We understand the ‘need for speed’ must be balanced with the ‘need for details’, and we deliver both!

We specialize in retail technology - POS (point of sale), Workforce Management Fresh Item Management, Store Replenishment, Systems Roadmap Planning and Store Technology Maintenance. Our industry-leading RAPID Project Toolkit methodology provides the tools, processes and supplemental expertise for you to Get It Right the First Time, On Time.

Our RAPID Toolkit methodology addresses four challenges you face as a retailer:
Lack of resources
Too many projects
Loss of expertise over time
Corporate governance and fiduciary responsibility.

Our toolkit methodology acts to supplement your workforce by providing the most detailed, efficient and results-driven process available to retailers facing the pressures described above.

In a week or less, our process enables us to define your scope, objectives and priorities, and prioritize up to thousands of detailed functional and technical requirements (depending on your project scope) while never losing sight of the key differentiators that ultimately define the success criteria for your project.

We provide multiple options for evaluating vendors, depending on your needs, but in each scenario our unique scoring methodology empowers you to focus on the RIGHT vendors, providing detailed analysis of your top choices.

We then provide the templates and structure to execute your project-from CRP or gap analysis, to full project execution, including project planning, change management, pilot success criteria and go live plans, in preparation for full deployment.

In short, the RAPID Project Toolkit methodology is designed for retailers to Get It Right the First Time, On Time!