Colombus.next is a unique supply
chain optimisation, advanced
planning and decision-support solution allowing
retailers to optimise merchandising planning, inventory,
allocation and replenishment across the retail chain.
Colombus.next enables a business strategy approach,
drilling down to departmental objectives to improve
operational excellence and collaboration across
the business.
The solution runs on a service- oriented
architecture and the most advanced Microsoft technologies.
Features
and supply chain best practices include:
- Merchandising planning & Budgets
- Assortment planning
- Forecasting
- Merchandise Management
- Sales and demand forecasting
- Product lifecycle
analysis
- Best seller analysis
- Ideal inventory level calculations
- Advanced
store replenishment optimisation
- Advanced warehouse
replenishment optimisation
- Open to buy
The key word to describe this next generation
software is “dynamic.” It uses scenario
modes to simulate the impact on the business.
Any change in indicator or parameter (date of
new store opening, key target stores, quantities
of assigned items, residual stock, distribution,
supplier timescales, transfer timescales etc.)
triggers an automatic recalculation of forecasted
sales, ideal stock levels, future stock requirements,
anticipated out-of-stocks, ordering cycles and
assortments. Colombus.next works in a radical
new way, using intuitive intelligent assistants
to profile groups of stores and identify best
sellers.
Benefits include: increased sales, optimised
stock levels in-store and at the warehouse,
reduced variances between allocated and actual
stocks
and sales, optimised replenishment cycles and
demand-driven assortments. All these translate
directly into increased turnover, margin, cash
flow, productivity and customer satisfaction.
ROI
include a 50% reduction in end of season stock,
reduced markdowns and lost sales, and lower
cost of returns and/or inter-store transfers.
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