Reducing spoilage holistically and the importance of sustainability in supply chain
A holistic approach to sustainability throughout the supply chain allows businesses to create long-term value, waste less, and save more.
How to improve customer-centricity with in-store assortment collaboration
While many retailers widely use category insight data such as product performance, area demographics, and demand patterns to produce more customer-focused assortments, they fail to leverage the knowledge of those closest to the customer – the local store staff.
Fresh packaged food manufacturers must dream bigger about forecasting
Discover how fresh packaged foods manufacturers can use high-accuracy demand forecasting to achieve optimal freshness.
Unlock profitability with replenishment optimization
The efficiency of a business’s store replenishment operation has a major impact on profitability. Yet, it's often overshadowed by higher profile activities such as buying, merchandising and marketing.
How successful retail execution can optimize store efficiency
Frontline teams cope with heavy workloads, burnout, and turnover in today's workforce, making store operations optimization crucial, especially for fresh products, to alleviate constraints and improve efficiency.
Top 3 challenges for consumer electronics retailers
The growth of omnichannel retail has provided consumers with more options than ever to purchase goods. This brings new challenges for consumer electronics retailers when managing their inventory and supply chains.
Planning shelves optimally
Store-specific planograms are transforming retail shelf management. Why? They cater to each store's unique needs, ensuring products with high demand are rightly positioned.
Unlocking success in the grocery supply chain: the power of AI-driven demand forecasting for wholesalers and distributors
This article explores three common challenges faced by wholesalers, and how AI can help tackle challenges.
How coordinated ordering improves load optimization
Load optimization requires more than just efficient truck loading on the part of suppliers. Here’s how wholesalers and retailers can do their part with coordinated ordering.
Tailor your on-shelf inventory with store-specific planograms
A unified approach to category management combined with the right planning tool allows retailers to leverage localized demand data to automate store-specific planogramming.
3 ways planning software raises grocery wholesale margins
Discover 3 game-changing ways to improve wholesale margins using an AI-powered supply chain planning platform.
Five challenges in pet supply retail and how to tame them
Discover the five critical challenges facing pet retailers today and our recommendations for how to tame them, from managing complex assortments to navigating the omnichannel landscape.
Operational efficiency is the key to success
In this blog, the author delves into the key considerations for retailers and consumer goods companies to overcome the inflation crisis by optimizing their supply chain operations.
4 key trends and technology impacting grocery retail
RELEX CEO Mikko Kärkkäinen recently spoke with Total Retail about what he sees as the top four trends impacting grocery retail this year.
How to maximize store operational efficiency with a clever supply chain planning solution
This blog discusses how an effective supply chain planning solution can help keep relationships strong and stores efficient, stocked, and robust.
2022 year in review
This blog provides a look back on the events of 2022 with perspective on what is to come in 2023 and how RELEX is well-positioned to meet the needs of retailers and CPG companies.
New ways to leverage space in promotional planning & execution
Delaney's thoughts about the advances being made in combining the planning of promotions and planograms and how RELEX is supporting retailers to make their work easier, more efficient, and more valuable.
3 ways for retailers to fight inflation woes using promotion planning
The blog explores 3 major ways promotion planning can help retailers provide value to their customers and appeal to their shifting spending habits.
Seasonal inventory management – Planning for Halloween
It’s that time of year again – Halloween, a season when retailers promote everything from candy and pumpkins to costumes and decorations. While the season’s theme may be scary, Halloween shouldn’t frighten retailers.
Convenience stores need to automate or get left behind
To stay competitive, C-stores need a system that uses a single source of data to inform decisions about operational tasks while solving challenges related to staff, space, and inventory management.
How to turn local teams into highly accurate fresh replenishment experts: using technology to augment local knowledge
US-based grocery retailers who combine the use of AI with their human experts see the benefits of a fully optimized fresh assortment – with more sales and less waste
How data best practices can improve inventory management and forecast accuracy
Accurate inventory data is vital to optimal inventory management for every retailer. This blog spots four common causes of inventory data inaccuracies retailers should avoid.
Drug inventory management (Part 2): Handling substitutions and generic medications
To ensure they can meet ongoing demand without pause and offer exceptional customer service, pharmacies need a system that can automatically adjust replenishment orders to account for substitutions.
Retailers and suppliers need to prioritize collaboration now
When suppliers and retailers prioritize collaboration, they can improve their critical relationships at the ground level, support better planning across the supply chain, and prevent disruption.