Retail

SKU-level demand forecasting for a retail chain

18% fewer stock-outs without raising total inventory

Mid-marketPoor data and stock-outsPostgreSQL

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Fewer stock-outs

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Lower carrying cost

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Agreed sales metric definition

Context

The situation we walked into.

Replenishment ran on store-manager judgement, and channel data never reconciled.

Approach

  1. 01

    Consolidated POS, warehouse and marketplace data into a modelled warehouse

  2. 02

    Agreed metric definitions with commercial leadership

  3. 03

    Built SKU-store forecasts feeding replenishment

  4. 04

    Delivered exception dashboards for category managers

Result

What changed for the business.

Availability improved while carrying cost fell, and commercial reviews stopped debating which number was right.

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