Pharmacy inventory management: Maintaining availability despite complexity
To be competitive, pharmacies must successfully manage the variable and unique demand for prescription medications.
Customer voice: How ICA Sweden shares order forecasts with suppliers to improve collaboration, increase availability, and reduce waste
In this customer voice blog, Andreas Persson, Head of Replenishment at ICA Sweden, discusses the excellent results the company has achieved by sharing order forecasts with suppliers.
Machine learning in CPG demand forecasting: Considering retailer data drives results
CPG companies need to leverage retailer data in demand planning and collaborate effectively with their retail partners to attain high forecast accuracy and meet demand.
Chain drug retailers can overcome silos with ‘one truth’
Multinational businesses must figure out a way to break down silos and give specialized teams the ability to make fast decisions that can benefit everyone.
How quick commerce retailers can establish market dominance
Smart investments today will set quick commerce retailers up to weather the storm of competition and ensure they come out on top well into the future.
What’s the key to dark store profitability?
The smart use of dark stores helps make online channels profitable and respond to the increased consumer demand for speed and convenience in online shopping.
Fresh food replenishment key to improved profitability in grocery retail
The biggest difference in automating replenishment of fresh products in comparison to center-store products is the increased importance of planning accuracy.
Cracking the omnichannel code: How to unlock online retail profitability
As we look back at 2020, the rapid evolution of omnichannel is at the top of everyone’s mind. Here we discuss how retailers can optimize their supply chain for online and offline success.
Retail forward: Turning “adapting to cope” into “adapting to win”
2020 required retailers to prioritize demand over profitability. To successfully move forward, retailers need to find a way back to efficiency and turn “coping” into “winning."
Specialty liquor retail: Managing the beers, wines, and spirits (BWS) category
The BWS category poses several challenges for retailers, including promotional planning, capacity management, and omnichannel replenishment, leading to poor results if not planned for carefully.
Living RELEX values: The customer is a friend
At RELEX, we strive to establish strong and personal relationships with each of our customers as we help them achieve success into the future.
Customer voice: Weathering the pandemic and reducing food waste
In this Customer voice blog, Antti Kurhela, Supply Chain Manager at Wihuri, talks about how this foodservice operator was able to rapidly adjust to changing conditions while still reducing food waste in 2020.
How retail winners are optimizing their cost to serve
What were the most significant differences between those retailers who managed to “just survive” 2020 and those who adapted quickly enough to regain solid footing and even capitalize on new opportunities?
Why reliable forecast automation is key to omnichannel grocery success
Grocery retailers who are implementing an omnichannel strategy should use a transparent supply chain management solution that provides trustworthy, automated forecasts.
How retailers can adapt to disruption without sacrificing efficiency
Rapid change has put retail adaptability to the test, from the shift to omnichannel to a technological arms race to external shocks like extreme weather events and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Introducing RELEX Live: Global retail summit
We’ve pulled together some of our favorite resources on the topics that presenters will engage with throughout the RELEX Live sessions on September 23.
The art and science of markdowns: Collaborative merchandising and inventory planning
Retailers can bridge the gaps between their supply chain and merchandising teams using shared forecasts to improve markdown performance.
Introducing RELEX Labs
Welcome to RELEX Labs, our research engine at the core of our company working closely with our customers to develop the future of retail optimization.
The long-term strategy: Transforming operations for sustained online growth
During the coronavirus crisis many businesses saw an increase in online ordering. This trend won't go away once the crisis has passed - people are discovering the convenience of online ordering.
Six improvement areas before the next supply chain crisis
The COVID-19 crisis has made clear that retailers, almost without exception, must make supply chain improvement an urgent priority going forward.
The short-term strategy: Managing an increase in your online orders
While a sudden growth in online sales presents an opportunity to recoup lost in-store sales, it also poses a significant operational and logistical challenge.
Strategies to address demand variation between essential and nonessential goods
RELEX’s best practices for managing demand for essential and nonessential items within a single environment during these unusual demand patterns.
Study highlights four grocery businesses improving retail sustainability
Fresh items attract customers, yet grocers lose over 1,5 percent of revenue to food waste. Waste reduction is not just about sustainability, but it also contributes to a healthier balance sheet.
Study of American grocers uncovers opportunity in competitive market
RELEX and EnsembleIQ surveyed leading North American grocers to understand how they view today’s competitive grocery market.