Steve will guide us into the future of SPI Products. Where are we headed in the long term. Presented by Steve Youngblood (Vice President of Product Management, SPI) at the 2016 SPI Conference.

1. SPI Products
Innovation:
The Next 24 Months
STEVE YOUNGBLOOD

2. 1. Today’s Products
2. Bringing Our Products Together
3. Combining Technologies
4. Strategic Update: The Next 24 Months
5. Let’s Hear From YOU
AGENDA

3. TODAY’S PRODUCTS

4. Today’s Products

5. BRINGING OUR PRODUCTS
TOGETHER

6. Bringing Our Products Together

7. COMBINING
TECHNOLOGIES

8. Combining Technologies
SPI Buyer Allocation
SPI Buyer Assortment Planning
SPI Buyer Purchasing
SPI Platform

9. Combining Technologies
• SPI IQ separated application specifics from core analytical and
database functions
Platform
Core
SPI – IQ
Analytics
Platform
Data Load Engine
Data Set
Engine
Module
Specific
Logic
Data Access
Security &
Licensing
IQ & Commons Database
Monitoring
Tier-1Tier-2
Buyer DataMart
External
Retail
Data
Sources

10. Combining Technologies
• The New SPI Buyer modules are built on those SPI IQ’s core
functions known as SPI Platform
Platform
Core
External
Retail
Data
Sources
SPI – IQ
Analytics
Platform Purch. Assort. Alloc.
Data Load Engine
Data Set
Engine
Module
Specific
Logic
Module
Specific
Logic
Module
Specific
Logic
Module
Specific
Logic
Data Access
Security &
Licensing
IQ & Commons Database
Monitoring
Tier-1Tier-2
Buyer DataMart
SPI – Buyer Platform

11. Combining Technologies
• The next step in the evolution of SPI Platform is the addition of
an API layer
Platform
Core
External
Retail
Data
Sources
SPI – IQ
Analytics
Platform Purch. Assort. Alloc.
Data Load Engine
Data Set
Engine
Module
Specific
Logic
Module
Specific
Logic
Module
Specific
Logic
Module
Specific
Logic
Data Access
Security &
Licensing
IQ & Commons Database
Monitoring
Tier-1Tier-2
c
IQ-APIs
RESTfulweb
service
Buyer DataMart
SPI – Buyer Platform

12. Combining Technologies
• The next step in the evolution of SPI Platform is the addition of
an API layer
Platform
Core
External
Retail
Data
Sources
SPI – IQ
Analytics
Platform Purch. Assort. Alloc.
Data Load Engine
Data Set
Engine
Module
Specific
Logic
Module
Specific
Logic
Module
Specific
Logic
Module
Specific
Logic
Data Access
Security &
Licensing
IQ & Commons Database
Monitoring
Tier-1Tier-2
c
IQ-APIs
RESTfulweb
service
Buyer DataMart
SPI – Buyer Platform

13. Combining Technologies
• Followed by a Mobile App (Initially Dashboards)
Platform
Core
External
Retail
Data
Sources
SPI – IQ
Analytics
Platform Purch. Assort. Alloc.
Data Load Engine
Data Set
Engine
Module
Specific
Logic
Module
Specific
Logic
Module
Specific
Logic
Module
Specific
Logic
Data Access
Security &
Licensing
IQ & Commons Database
Monitoring
Tier-1Tier-2
c
IQ-APIs
RESTfulweb
service
Buyer DataMart
SPI – Buyer Platform

14. Combining Technologies
• Followed by Web based management and dashboards
Platform
Core
External
Retail
Data
Sources
SPI – IQ
Analytics
Platform Purch. Assort. Alloc.
Data Load Engine
Data Set
Engine
Module
Specific
Logic
Module
Specific
Logic
Module
Specific
Logic
Module
Specific
Logic
Data Access
Security &
Licensing
IQ & Commons Database
Monitoring
Tier-1Tier-2
c
IQ-APIs
RESTfulweb
service
Buyer DataMart
SPI – Buyer Platform

15. Combining Technologies
• As well with tight integration with SPI Buyer Direct
Platform
Core
External
Retail
Data
Sources
SPI – IQ
Analytics
Platform Purch. Assort. Alloc.
Data Load Engine
Data Set
Engine
Module
Specific
Logic
Module
Specific
Logic
Module
Specific
Logic
Module
Specific
Logic
Data Access
Security &
Licensing
IQ & Commons Database
Monitoring
Tier-1Tier-2
c
IQ-APIs
RESTfulweb
service
Buyer DataMart
SPI – Buyer Platform

16. STRATEGIC UPDATES
The Next 24 Months

17. Strategic Updates – The Next 24 Months
• Pure SaaS Environment
• Web, Windows and Mobile Clients for each application
• Development API calls for each product
• For SPI standard application development
• For Customers
• For Development Partners
• Scale, power and global reach at all times
• Single set of non-overlapping product modules
• Seemlessness between modules
• Predictiveness

18. Contact Me
•Steve Youngblood
Email: steve.youngblood@spi.com
Phone: 404.451.3943