Challenge
- The retail and wholesale teams required better reporting and the ability to drive decisions with more accurate and consistent data.
- The business struggled with time consuming error-prone manual spreadsheets for merchandise planning and allocation.
Solution
- Performed a “healthcheck” for the full lifecycle of the product around process, people, data and tools which delivered prioritized recommendations including timescales and ROI.
- Managed vendor selection for solutions for merchandise planning, allocation & replenishment & wholesale including business demo scenarios, scoring criteria & commercials.
- Defined future state business processes.
- Developed resources & change management structure.
- Implemented chosen solutions.
Outcome
- New solutions are driving revenue and cost benefits through full price sales improvements.
- Decision making is now fact based and efficient, enabling the team/s to work strategically and they are positioned to support the growth of the business.