JDA Launches Their Own Blog

JDA has sent out an email to many of their customers announcing their new blog called Supply Chain Nation.  They are encouraging community discussion on their topics and the comments will be moderated as is the case with this blog.

The few posts that they have uploaded are from various JDA executives with their takes on the retail industry.  I hope to find that they categorize their solutions and add their product managers to their list of blog posters.

New ProSpace classes at NWACC's Shewmaker Center

We are growing and will be offering Intactix and Space Planning (better known as “ProSpace”) starting January 23, 2012. In this class the student will be able to build planograms, analyze shelf space and reduce out of stocks, just to name a few things that will be covered.

There will be an “Introduction to Shelf Management and Intactix Space Planning” on Monday evenings, January 23-March 12 (8 weeks) from 6-9pm. We will then offer the “Advanced Shelf Management and Intactix Space Planning Class” on Monday evenings, April 9-30 (4 weeks) from 6-9pm. If you are interested or know someone interested, registration will begin October 20, 2011. For additional information contact Renee Campbell via email or at 479-936-5175.

JDA's Bentonville Training Facility to be renamed "Paul Sharos Education Center for JDA Solutions"

This plaque was displayed at Paul's memorial this past Saturday.  

In honor of "Mr. Wonderful", JDA has renamed their Bentonville training facility to "Paul Sharos Education Center for JDA Solutions".  

Paul was the lead trainer and established the Bentonville office.

Father, Friend, Long Time Co-worker, Paul Sharos

This morning I found out that our long time friend Paul, passed away last night.

The following is an excerpt from an internal memo at JDA...

It is with great sadness that I send this note to inform you that one

of our long standing JDA Associates, Paul Sharos, passed away

unexpectedly this afternoon.

Paul a Senior Instructor in the Education Services team originally

joined JDA in July 1996 with Intactix in the Naperville office.  In

2005 Paul relocated with his family to Arkansas to start up the JDA

Bentonville office.  Paul helped to develop the Training-On-Demand

program to provide custom instruction based on specific customer needs

and historically maintained one of the highest Instructor Revenue and

Instructor Utilization rates.  Many of you had the pleasure of working

with Paul, I understand that he had a good sense of humor and made

friends wherever he went and always made his interactions with others

personal. 

I have been told when Paul wasn’t at work he enjoyed being a “Band”

Dad, spending as much time as he could with his family, and loved

movies and American Idol.

Paul was cherished by his team, friends at JDA, and the many customers

that he touched.

Paul is survived by his wife and three children.

I've known and worked with Paul from our days together at Intactix in the late 90's.  A fond memory of him that I have is when I first met him, he bought me a Packers cheesehead which I still own and occasionally use.  I noticed that he had this giving attitude all the time and you may have experienced it yourself.  For the past 6 years Paul, Michael McClain and I loosely ran an unofficial Intactix Users Group here in NW Arkansas.  We could all count on him for contributing the most to the meetings with his peanut-gallery comments, eye-rolling jokes, donuts, coffee and knowledge sharing.  

I am really going to miss this great personality.  My thoughts are with his family.  

FOCUS Draws To A Close

See everybody at the all new Aria Resort in Vegas next year.

FOCUS 2011 Is Underway

Next three FOCUS conferences to be in Vegas?

When talking with another JDA customer today I was told that the next three conferences will be held in Vegas. I guess the prices in Vegas are too hard to turn down.