The one-size-fits-all approach to floor planning of the past is obsolete. Retailers recognize that store layouts should be flexible and adapt to changing customer behaviors and market trends.
The poultry supply chain grows more complex with time, so companies can’t afford to make strategic decisions on margin in isolation.
As a retailer grows and matures, they will inevitably find themselves, at some point, needing to invest in merchandising systems. But which capabilities to prioritize?
Meat producers must implement advanced, scalable supply chain planning systems to succeed in the future and ensure both growth and profitability.
This whitepaper uses common planning scenarios to explain how supply chain optimization works and why companies looking to streamline operations and maximize profits should consider switching to this technology.
Retailers are looking at their merchandising strategies to cluster stores more precisely in order to understand demand at a more granular level.
Finding the optimum balance between centralized and customer-centric assortment differentiation is a critical task. But how this optimum can be arrived?
With automation, central planning teams can create a high volume of accurate planograms that are adapted to store needs. This will decrease out-of-stocks and overstocks, reduce inventory costs, and improve operational efficiency in stores.
What's the optimal balance between short- and long-distance procurement? Find out how to compare and combine the two worlds.
This whitepaper explores the challenges faced by today's pharmaceutical distributors and best practices for overcoming them.
In this whitepaper, you can deep dive into pharmacy retail's unique challenges and explore how advanced technology can solve them at a regional level.
Seasonal inventory management is not easy. However, there are many companies who have managed to turn it from a problem into an opportunity.
Both retailers and CPG companies need effective collaboration strategies to mitigate supply chain risks and adapt quickly to changes in the market.
An effective S&OE process ensures retailers meet their sales plans without suffering from poor product availability or costly operational firefighting.
Weather-based forecasting is challenging, but those retailers who can accurately forecast when the weather will affect sales can capitalize on increased sales opportunities and prevent excess stock and costly spoilage.
Promotions are essential to retail success, but too often, poor execution delivers poor results. Here are the four things forward-thinking retailers are putting into practice to automate and improve their promotion planning.
Today’s store managers face the challenge of creating shift schedules that satisfy 3 things at the same time: matching shifts to forecast workload, complying with all rules and restrictions, and aligning shifts with employee requirements.
Accurate, AI-driven forecasts can be leveraged to drive exponential benefits throughout retail operations, for example through workforce, replenishment or markdown optimization.
This whitepaper lists the benefits of automated markdown optimization, as well as introduces a five-step guide for a well-planned markdown process.
Stochastic planning has been presented as a result for tackling uncertainty in supply chains. Our whitepaper explains what it is and when and how to use it.
Retail is impacted by many factors, such as weather and cannibalization, that can be taken into account with the help of machine learning.
This white paper shows how accurately forecasting for short lifecycle products is possible through intelligent statistical modeling that uses data from previous product introductions.
Most retailers are rich in data, but access to data does not automatically enable retailers to make better decisions faster. This is where decision science steps in.
Great data processing delivers great business value. Still, RELEX is one of few solution providers that has developed own database and database engine.