Discover the new path for retail logistics

Your stock really makes or breaks your business. Overheads rise if you’re overstocked and customer loyalty falls if you’re out-of-stock. That’s why, it’s key for you to always maintain an optimum level of stock of a diversified portfolio of finished products.

Managing fresh products with a high risk of markdowns, general merchandise and longer shelf life products have never been easy. Retail is evolving at such an immense speed to cope with the ever-growing customer expectations of convenience and you need a trusted partner who understands the ins and outs of your operations from perishable produce to weekly merchandise specials.

Selling furniture, home improvement equipment or materials for do-it-yourself projects come with unique logistics challenges. Efficient freight loading, weather related demand fluctuations or managing and optimizing transportation cost and inventory are a few of those challenges. Huge stores and the need to retain thousands of products require an accurate, timely, and cost-effective logistics service.

Traditionally, Discounters have focused on offering low prices on a targeted assortment of mostly private-label products. This includes retailers focused on low cost merchandise with ever-changing portfolios and a large number of temporary Stock Keeping Units (SKUs).

But today, these companies have redefined themselves and offer a broader variety of higher quality products and an upgraded customer experience. For Discounters to be able to take the lead both in terms of price and quality, flexibility and constant change in the supply chain is of utmost importance.

Department stores sell products for every need. Apparel, home furnishings, shoes, cook and homeware, bed and bath are organized in separate departments in the store. To cater to customers who want “fashion on demand”, it’s more important than ever to swiftly ship products to market.

E-commerce is changing the retail industry and today E-tailers are dominating online sales. E-tailers are platform retailers selling across multiple product lines – all by harnessing the power of the World Wide Web. Customers expect to have their packages delivered through multiple channels within a few days. This demand results in complexity, forcing e-tailers to become more flexible, and to adopt to new technology – especially within their warehouses.

The Specialty industry consists of retailers that focus on specific product categories as opposed to retailers who sell a large number of products. It could be companies concentrated on a single item in the categories of office supplies or drugstore supplies. Specialty retailers are to a large extent still an offline entity and focus on product expertise and the in-store experience.

For Specialty retailers, it is of utmost importance to have goods delivered on time as stock availability is key. Furthermore, the focus is also on demand forecasting and reduced lead times.