RJR Consulting Group

Name

RJR Consulting Group

Legal name

RJR Consulting Group, Inc.

Website

https://rjrconsult.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Direct Commerce Software & Consulting

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Management Consulting Services (54161), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Data, Analytics & AI Consulting (BPAHAEAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Retailer-Vendor Collaboration, Joint Business Planning (JBP) & Trade Terms Services (CRAOAOAJ), Pricing, Revenue & Commercial Analytics (BPAHALAM)

Keywords

• E-commerce integration
• EDI solutions
• Direct commerce consulting
• Ecometry integration
• Order management software

Headquarters

HQ city

Skyland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Custom Programming Services: Design and creation of custom programming solutions tailored to specific client needs. Engagements include both onsite contract work (e.g., 4-month and 8-year contracts mentioned) and remote development projects. Services range from system implementation planning to strategic planning for Ecometry environments.
2. Software Products: Proprietary software products including EDI Gateway, Amazon Interface, Skymall Interface, Prime-Vendor Selection, DataSync, TMEditor, Item Utilities, Data Management Tools, and various other supplementary solutions exclusively designed for Ecometry. Products available on HP3000/MPE platform and increasingly migrated to Open-Systems (SQL-Server) environments.
3. Consulting Services: General consulting services covering operational system utilization, advanced custom reporting, system implementation planning, and strategic planning. Services leverage decades of Ecometry expertise to provide solutions from minor issues to complex problems.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

RJR Consulting Group provides custom programming, EDI/marketplace integration software, and specialized consulting services for multi-channel and direct-commerce companies running on the JDA/Ecometry Direct Commerce Suite. Its proprietary product line includes Vendor Gateway (EDI), Amazon Interface, Skymall Interface, Prime-Vendor Selection, DataSync DupeChecker, RJR TMEditor, Item Utilities, and Data Management Upload Tools, delivered on both legacy HP3000/MPE and modern SQL-Server Open-Systems platforms.

Product overview

RJR Consulting Group offers a portfolio of software products and services exclusively designed to supplement and enhance the JDA/Ecometry (formerly Smith Gardner MACS) commerce and order management system. The product lineup includes core integration products—Vendor Gateway (EDI) for EDI transaction processing, Amazon Interface for Amazon storefront integration, and Skymall Interface for catalog marketplace connectivity—alongside a suite of utility modules covering batch order processing (RJR TMEditor, DataSync DupeChecker), item management (Item to Order Lookup, Item Update, Item Copy), data management (Pricing Upload, Offer Product Upload, Receiving Upload, InfoOut Utility), warehouse optimization (Advanced Order Processing Filtering, Warehouse System Interfaces), and specialized interfaces (EDI/XML Programming, Returns and PO Interfaces, Collate on Demand). Products are available on HP3000/MPE platform with ongoing migration to open systems (SQL-Server) platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Vendor Gateway (EDI) Electronic Data Interchange solution that standardizes and automates B2B transaction processing between companies, enabling Ecometry users to act as drop-ship vendors or fulfillment organizations by accepting, filling, and invoicing orders using EDI standards (850 Purchase Orders, 855 Order Acknowledgements, 856/810 Shipping and Invoice). Supports EDI and XML with mapping for drop-ship vendors and fulfillment organizations.
• Amazon Interface Interface enabling data exchange between Ecometry users and Amazon.com's Web Storefront system by extracting product payload files to populate Amazon's site and processing order transactions and related data feeds.
• Skymall Interface Streamlined link to SkyMall for Ecometry catalog participants that receives orders in BatchOrder (TapeMACS) format from SkyMall, processes them in Ecometry, and reports shipment confirmations to trigger SkyMall payments; also handles returns processing.
• Prime-Vendor Selection Program that automatically reassigns primary (drop-ship) vendors for selected products based on cost factors, lead days, and user-defined vendor preferences, with integration into Vendor Gateway (EDI) to add inventory level criteria.
• DataSync DupeChecker Duplicate-checking utility that processes incoming BatchOrder files before they run through BatchOrder (TapeMACS) to dramatically reduce duplicate names in customer databases, with a separate output mode to handle pre-existing duplicates formatted for standard Ecometry Merge Processing.
• RJR TMEditor (BatchOrder/TapeMACS Editor) Full-featured Windows-based BatchOrder editor that allows review and correction of standard information in incoming BatchOrder (TapeMACS) files and is directly linked to the reject information produced by TapeMACS for dynamic editing capability.
• Item Utilities Suite Suite of item-master utilities for Ecometry covering Item to Order Lookup (filterable search across orders for specific products), Item Update (read item numbers from external files and modify database fields such as default pricing), and Item Copy (copy item master information, merge with new data, and build new items).
• Data Management Upload Tools Upload utilities that load pricing and multipricing tier data, offer products (with a 'Style' offer product update), and receiving information from external flat files into the Ecometry database.
• Advanced Order Processing Filtering Program that lets Ecometry users fine-tune which orders will be picked to maximize warehouse productivity.
• Custom Programming Services Custom design and creation of programming solutions tailored to specific Ecometry user needs, covering EDI/XML programming, warehouse system interfaces, returns and purchase order interfaces, TapeMACS/BatchOrder mapping and utilities, and product/matching with collate-on-demand logic. Engagements include both onsite contract work (e.g., 4-month and 8-year contracts) and remote development projects.
• Ecometry Consulting Services Consulting services for Ecometry/JDA environments covering operational system utilization, advanced custom reporting, system implementation planning, strategic planning, and data management. Leverages decades of Ecometry expertise to address issues from minor operational questions to complex problems for direct-commerce and multi-channel clients.

Quantifiable outcome

• 2 million personalized units per year for Personal Creations
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Feature13 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• JDA Software (formerly Smith Gardner and Associates)coreTechnology or IntegrationRJR Consulting Group's founder Ron Ranieri co-founded Smith Gardner and Associates (SGA) in 1989, which created the MACS (Mail Order and Catalog System) later renamed Ecometry. SGA is now operated by JDA Software as the 'Direct Commerce Suite'. RJR's products are exclusively designed for and integrated with this platform.
• Hewlett-Packard (HP3000/MPE Platform)supportingTechnology or IntegrationRJR Consulting provides software solutions for the HP3000/MPE platform in addition to modern Open-Systems environments. Their team is fluent in HP3000-MPEix/Reflection Macro's and SuprTool.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Blue Yonder (formerly JDA Software): Blue Yonder is the current owner of the JDA Direct Commerce Suite (formerly Smith Gardner MACS/Ecometry) — the same platform RJR exclusively services. Blue Yonder runs its own professional services arm that competes directly with RJR for Ecometry implementation, customization, and integration work.
• Accenture: Accenture operates a major Retail and Consumer Goods practice that delivers commerce platform implementations, ERP extensions, and integration services — comparable in customer segment and solution type to RJR but at vastly larger scale.
• Manhattan Associates: Manhattan Associates provides supply chain, order management, and commerce solutions for retail and wholesale, with a professional services organization that competes in adjacent ERP/integration work for the same multi-channel retail clients RJR serves.
• Capgemini: Capgemini is a global systems integrator with a sizable Consumer Products & Retail practice that delivers large-scale commerce transformations, ERP customizations, and integration services — competing for the same enterprise retail IT budgets RJR addresses.
• Cognizant: Cognizant provides IT services and digital transformation for retail and consumer brands, including custom application development and ERP/integration work — competing for the same enterprise modernization mandates RJR serves.
• Körber Supply Chain (formerly HighJump): Körber/HighJump provides warehouse management and supply chain execution software with integration services for retail and direct commerce — directly overlapping with RJR's warehouse system interfaces and order processing solutions for Ecometry environments.

Direct peers

• Tavant Technologies: Tavant is a digital solutions and IT services firm with a dedicated retail/consumer practice delivering custom software, integrations, and platform extensions — comparable to RJR's model of niche custom programming and product extensions for commerce platforms.
• Slalom Consulting: Slalom is a mid-size technology and business consulting firm that delivers custom solutions, system integrations, and analytics for enterprise clients — a closely analogous business model to RJR but at significantly greater scale and across multiple platforms rather than a single ERP.
• Centric Consulting: Centric Consulting is a mid-size technology and management consulting firm delivering custom solutions, ERP extensions, and integrations to enterprise clients — the closest business-model analog to RJR at a larger scale.

Emerging players

• SPS Commerce: SPS Commerce provides EDI-enabled retail supply chain and vendor collaboration solutions — directly overlapping with RJR's Vendor Gateway (EDI) and drop-ship vendor automation products serving retailers and their trading partners.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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