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This best practice guide highlights the key approaches for increasing responsiveness and efficiency in grocery retail supply chains.
Supply Chain Transformation: The Complete Guide leads you through the process of choosing and implementing the right supply chain planning system.
Listen to industry experts discussing recent survey results and sharing thoughts on what grocers can do to thrive in today’s dynamic market.
Does corporate responsibility end with the spreadsheet, or do grocers have a second set of responsibilities – to the customers and the earth providing the goods?
This best practice guide highlights the key approaches for increasing responsiveness and efficiency in grocery retail supply chains.
Our annual ‘State of the Retail Supply Chain’ report identifies several areas where we believe retailers could improve their operational efficiencies based on deficiencies they have highlighted.
16 % of large US grocery retailers still base their distribution center forecasts on historical data on outbound deliveries from these distribution centers. This is akin to driving a car while looking into the rearview...
Halloween has become a major opportunity for retailers to grow their business. In the US alone, the total spending for Halloween is expected to reach $9 billion this year.
Choosing a supply chain planning system isn’t easy. That's why we've listed some things to consider if you’re going to transform your supply chain planning.
This whitepaper explores different clustering approaches, the benefits of using behavioral clustering and tailoring assortment and space with customer demand.
Earlier in September, representatives from 15 of the biggest grocery retailers across Europe, gathered at RELEX's Grocery Forum to discuss the future of unified retail planning.
Great data processing delivers great business value. Still, RELEX is one of few solution providers that has developed own database and database engine.
The biggest difference in automating replenishment of fresh products in comparison to center-store products is the increased importance of planning accuracy.
Accurate forecasting is at the core of increased operational efficiency as it is key to accurately match resources, such as stock and personnel, with demand.
We surveyed leading North American grocers and compiled the key results in a study titled 'Growing and Sustaining Competitive Advantage in Grocery Retail'.
RELEX and Elastic Solutions surveyed leading North American grocers to understand how they view today’s grocery market and what key retail and supply chain planning initiatives they are undertaking to build and sustain a competitive...
A supply chain is always a work in progress. You can optimize it so it’s running as close to perfect as possible and then circumstances change.
While category insight data is widely used to aid the production of more customer-focused assortments, many retailers fail to leverage the knowledge of those closest to the customer – the local store staff.
Representatives of 3 leading German and Swiss companies, WIV Wein International, Galexis and LeShop.ch, were asked why they chose RELEX Solutions.
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.
During my almost seven years working with space planning, I’ve faced almost every question there is to ask around the topic. One, however, seems to come up constantly “Can we use forecast data when making...
Predicting weather is not easy and rapid changes in weather can cause consumers to suddenly shop or cease to shop for specific products, which can quickly become costly for a retailer.
The wide State of the Retail Supply Chain study conducted in 2017 by Martec International indicates that, in many areas, UK and Irish retailers are ahead of their European counterparts.
Many of the same trends we’ve seen in 2017 will continue in 2018 alongside new challenges and opportunities. We’ve listed the five most interesting trends that grocery retailers can expect in 2018.
Sales promotion of one product impacts not only the sales of that product, but also products not in promotion.
Managing seasons and public holidays is a never-ending task for retailers. To address this deficit, we have created an infographic illustrating how a successful Christmas supply chain should be managed.