Forecasting & Replenishment Transformation
SCOPE
Unresolved issues with promotions and assortment changes, along with manual handling of every exception, created a heavy manual workload. The system was underperforming on forecast accuracy and inventory levels
SOLUTION
- Proposed alternative approaches to planning flow-through supply chains
- Improved safety stock management
- Designed a new business process, prototyped the calculations, and defined an architecture to support the changes
OUTCOMES
- Inventory levels decreased
- Less manual work and fewer planning errors
- More efficient picking and putaway in stores and distribution centers.