Immense quantities of retail data require daily analysis, and as a result routine inventory or supply-chain issues can go unnoticed for a day or more—creating critical out-of-stock situations that result in higher shipping costs, missed sales, and other inefficiencies. Oracle Retail Business Intelligence provides proactive exception management that immediately identifies opportunities, recommends courses of action, and automates routine tasks. Driven by business rules that you determine, Oracle Active Retail Intelligence monitors business activities in real-time and alerts staff members to exceptions or the next business process. This reduces the amount of time spent identifying and solving routine supply-chain problems, letting you cut labor costs and focus on strategic initiatives.,