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.
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
Pharmaceutical distribution: Managing availability requirements and product shifts
Pharmaceutical distributors face challenges with managing a wide array of prescription, OTC products, and substitutions. With advanced technology, pharmacies can handle the complex balancing act between suppliers and retailers.
Pharmacy inventory management: Maintaining availability despite complexity
To be competitive, pharmacies must successfully manage the variable and unique demand for prescription medications.
Retailers don’t have to choose between profitability and customer satisfaction
To remain competitive, retailers must make all channels not just viable but profitable while offering high-quality services and features to support customer needs.
New supply chain technology enables retailers to reduce food waste
By investing in modern supply chain planning and optimization technology, grocery retailers can improve their profitability and their sustainability at the same time.
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.
The rise of food waste legislation: Enforcing waste reduction and California’s SB 1383
Effective fresh management and data-driven food donation programs can help retailers prepare for new regulations and reduce food waste.
How AI can fight the food waste battle
By relying on AI and machine learning to create highly accurate forecasts, grocery retailers can successfully reduce food waste and spoilage.
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 to disrupt the disrupter: Finding the chink in Amazon’s armor
Many companies have tried to compete with Amazon, but only one company has successfully challenged Amazon at its own game. Meet Shopify.
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.