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At RELEX, we’ve accumulated a great deal of retail expertise from among the ranks of our more than 1000 retail planning specialists. Pick our brains by diving into the resources our experts have authored — from blogs and whitepapers to guides, reports, and videos.
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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.
Pharmaceutical Distribution: Managing Availability Requirements and Product Shifts with Agility
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.
Customer Video: Baby Bunting
Sarah Serle, General Manager of Merchandise, and Matt Rodda, CIO for Baby Bunting, share the challenges they faced with siloed and manual ordering processes, and the positive benefits they have seen since implementation.
How to Achieve Effective Supply Chain Collaboration: What Retailers and CPGs Need to Know
Both retailers and CPG companies need effective collaboration strategies to mitigate supply chain risks and adapt quickly to changes in the market.
Cracking the Bullwhip: Taming Supply Chain Disruptions
In this webinar, RELEX CEO Mikko Kärkkäinen addresses the current state of global supply chain dysfunction and shares best practices for tackling supply chain issues in 2022.
Mastering the Top 4 Supply Chain Challenges in DIY Retail
DIY retail can be extremely challenging–from low margins to the scale and complexity of the DIY assortment. Luckily, the right combination of technology and approach can help retailers address these challenges effectively.
ReThink Retail’s NRF 2022 Solution Spotlight: RELEX
In this video, Susan Boyme, VP of Strategic Accounts for RELEX, shines a light on retailers’ concerns about supply chain disruptions and labor shortages and shares how RELEX supports retailers in overcoming these challenges.
Customer Video: Costa Express
Hear why Costa Express implemented RELEX and what positive impacts an end-to-end supply chain has had on Costa's forecast accuracy and availability.
Five Good Habits That Make for Better Supermarket Inventory Management
There are few challenges in retail tougher than managing grocery retail supply chains; optimizing a broad inventory that includes fresh and short shelf-life products is not easy.
NRF 2022 Big Ideas Session: JOKR
Learn how JOKR is transforming its retail planning for increased efficiency, reduced inventory, and better product availability.
The Fundamentals of Business Case Development for Supply Chain Planning Technology Investment
This guide demonstrates best practices for building a business case for supply chain technology investment and puts perspective on primary considerations when working with ROI calculations.
Collaboration Is Key for Successful Supplier-Retailer Relationships
Through proactive, collaborative sharing of forecasts and other data, retailers and suppliers can align their business objectives, provide visibility into future needs, and streamline end-to-end processes.
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 Right Tools for the Job: How to Build a Better DIY and Home Improvement Supply Chain
This best practice guide explores a range of supply chain challenges and opportunities specific to DIY and home improvement retailers.
Tackling Food Waste: Good for the Planet, Good for Business
According to RELEX’s research, retailers lose more than $70 million to waste each year. In this video, we share some impactful steps retailers can take to reduce food waste.
Winning the Food Fight: Best Practices for Managing Grocery Retail Supply Chains
Food retail is a challenging and turbulent market. In this video, our Co-founder Johanna explores what grocery retailers need to do to simultaneously address several major trends in the market.
Unifying Space Management & Supply Chain
Discover how to leverage AI & ML to create optimal consumer-centric planograms based on forecast sales data and product availability.
Get Smart with PetSmart
Hear from PetSmart on how they have optimized replenishment processes with fast results on one unified solution.
Unified Planning & Optimization: Centralize for Success
In this webinar, RELEX experts share best practices for centralizing supply chain operations and discuss why unified planning presents the biggest opportunity to increase operational efficiency.
