Mantis, a leading supplier of extended Supply Chain Execution (SCE) software and solutions in Central Eastern Europe and Russia/CIS, and its partner Novensys, the leading supplier of logistics and auto-id solutions in Romania, announced today that Delamode, the fastest growing logistics services provider (LSP) in Romania, has decided to extend its co-operation with Manntis by choosing Logistics Vision III (LV-III) to be the platform for optimizing operations for their new customer real,- hypermarket Romania SRL.

Delamode, headquartered in Bucharest, is one of the leading LSPs in the Romanian market, with more than 5 distribution centres covering over 40,000 square meters. Delamode is working with many customers like Metro, Debenhams, Dixons, Fujitsu, InBev, Honeywell, etc.

real,- hypermarket Romania SRL is a member of the METRO Group, the worlds third largest retailer. In 31 countries, the METRO Group in addition to real,-hypermarket owns Metro / Makro Cash & Carry, Media Markt (consumer electronics retailers), Saturn (consumer electronics retailers) and Galeria Kaufhof a department store chain. Metro Group employs around 280,000 people in its more than 2,200 stores.

Within the Metro Group real,- hypermarket represents the successful concept of the large selling space self-service hypermarket in retailing. The real,- hypermarket concept spells success because it combines easy reach for the customer, size, clear assortment structure and comprehensive product selection at very competitive prices.

real,- hypermarket Romania SRL entered the Romanian retail market in March 2006, when it opened the first store in Timisoara. Another 14 hypermarkets followed, in important commercial centers, so, at this moment, real’s network in Romania counts 15 hypermarkets. The goal is to have a chain of 21 hypermarkets till the end of 2008, and to offer a wide range of quality national and international products, good prices and excellent services recognized at international level.

After the successful implementation of LV-III in Delamode operations, the company decided to extend its co-operation with Mantis / Novensys by choosing the LV-III for the optimization of its operations for real,- hypermarket Romania SRL. LV-III went successfully live for real in early July 2008.

"This is a very good example of supporting a customer in its expansion. SCM solutions must be highly adaptable in order to protect our customer’s investment and fulfill all his present and future needs. The rapid growth of Delamode is a challenge, but the adaptability of LV-III combined with the experience of Mantis and Novensys warranties a successful solution that meets our customer’s requirements" states Fedon Daskopoulos, Business Development Manager of Mantis International.