GREENSBORO, N.C. – August 4, 2009 – To help retailers protect profits in a down economy, APEX Analytix® today is introducing new upgrades to its FirstStrike® Retail Performance Platform.  The software helps retailers continually audit their operations and reclaim dollars lost to scan or direct store delivery errors, incorrect prices, allowance errors, duplicate payments and missed discounts.

“We worked closely with our retail clients on the design of these upgrades,” said Steve Yurko, CEO of APEX Analytix®, a leading provider of services and software for performance management, error prevention and fraud detection in accounts payable. “As a result, we’re able to offer new features that boost productivity and speed profit recovery.”  

The FirstStrike® family is the most widely used software of its type for the detection and prevention of accounts payable and retail recovery audit errors and fraud.  Release 9.1 of the FirstStrike® Retail Performance Platform delivers broader recovery categories, convenient reporting and shortened claim cycle times: 

 Audit wizards are expanded to include additional claims categories – from direct store deliveries and scan errors to inventory and expenses.  New editable custom fields can be easily created and automatically populated.

 Executive summary flash reports give retailers a ready snapshot of claims activity and key performance indicators.  They can use preconfigured reports and charts, create their own, and easily export data to an Excel spreadsheet or pdf file.

 Mass update capabilities make it easy to make multiple changes to deal agreements sharing the same contract reference number.

 One-click claim generation speeds the recovery of lost profits by producing accurate and complete claim packages.

The FirstStrike® Retail Performance Platform is offered by APEX Analytix® as a managed service over the Web.

About APEX Analytix®

APEX Analytix® is an innovative audit recovery firm serving more than a third of the Fortune 100.  The company has transformed the audit recovery industry with FirstStrike®, a highly functional family of standards-based software that detects and prevents both errors and fraud and improves performance across the procure-to-pay process.  To date FirstStrike® has saved businesses more than $2.0 billion in overpayments and is the most widely used software of its type.  For more information, call 800.284.4522 or visit www.apexanalytix.com.