Apparel Industry
With ever-growing competitive pressures on retail channels, minimizing all product-related costs, including procurement, inventory, transportation and shelf-space costs, has become a priority. In the past, retailers would absorb these costs. Now, they are shifting more and more of these costs to their suppliers.
This trend has encouraged manufacturers and suppliers to develop a closer partnership with retailers. Proof of this trend is the fact that Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) and Continuous Replenishment initiatives have emerged as proven approaches since they allow manufacturers and retailers to collaboratively plan production, shipment, and replenishment based on true demand.
Strategy
Demand Solutions Retail Planning is a complete account management system that meets the rigorous challenges presented by store-level assortment planning, point-of-sale analysis and replenishment. It is responsive to the most demanding requirements of retailers in model stock generation, manipulation and approval.
With flexible exception reporting, "what-if" modeling, account analysis and order inquiry, DS Retail Planning is known for its stellar inventory turns, reduced out-of-stocks and best-of-breed customer service.
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