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Excellent Logistics will boost Store Performance
The primary goal of Retail Logistics is to improve performance of the stores.
Our aim is to turn Logistics into an excellent service provider.
RETAIL LOGISTICS
 Efficient Consumer Response
Automatic replenishment
Store Order Leveling™
Optimal case size
Cost reduction
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Efficient Consumer Response (ECR)
ECR is cooperation between Retail Marketing, Retail Logistics, Store Operations and the supply chain of suppliers.
Most successful retailers use state-of-the-art ECR tools, to increase availability and sales, and to cut inventories and distribution costs.
Automatic Store Replenishment
We published an interesting article about benefits of Automatic Store Replenishment (Computer Aided Ordering, Sales Based Ordering).
If you are considering to work with Automatic Store Replenishment, read the article
And if you use Automatic Store Replenishment, but are still suffering from out-of-stocks or high ordering costs, let us help you to enjoy all the benefits.
Store Order Leveling™
Do Friday and Saterday constitute half of weekly sales? Stores will generate large orders around the weekend and small orders in the middle of the week. This disrupts the entire supply chain.
The best solution is Store Order Leveling™ by simply manipulating input parameters of the Automatic Replenishment System.
Result: flat orders from Monday to Friday, and one single ordering system for fastmovers and slowmovers!
Optimal Case Size
Case-pack quantity of fast moving consumer products is a battlefield between retailers and suppliers, because of conflicting interests.
Retailers want small case-pack quantities because they prefer low shelf stocks. Suppliers want large case-pack quantities for lower packaging costs and more shelf space.
This article provides a theoretical analysis of effects of case-pack quantity on costs, shelf inventory and profitability in the total supply chain.
For analytical product developers and advanced retail students.
Activity Based Costing (ABC) and Value Chain Analysis (VCA)
"Value Chain Analysis" is a tool to analyse and improve the entire supply chain by Activity Based Costing of all processes.
It is a powerful project to drive unnecessary costs out of the system and improve service levels at the same time.
Cost reduction
You will reduce transportation costs 2 or 3 % by cutting salaries, buying cheaper trucks, negotiating fuel prices etc. But this requires much energy for small proceeds.
But you will cut transportation costs by 15 - 25%, and at the same time improve service levels, by applying our transportation activity models.
These activity models are also excellent tools for rate negotiations with logistics service providers.
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