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Data Profits Releases 4 Easy Replenishment Ideas that Adapt to the Digital Age

ATLANTA, July 20, 2017Data Profits, a mid-tier retail and wholesale demand forecasting and replenishment SaaS system, releases a new video: “P’s of Retail”. This video highlights four ideas that need focus in replenishment software for retail/ wholesale business to thrive in the digital age. Data Profits, highly popular blog has argued against several publications that claim retail ‘brick and mortar’ is dead. Explanations for the death of ‘brick and mortar’ point to the failure of retail technologies to adapt the digital age. Legacy forecasting and replenishment systems do not have the technology needed to adapt fast enough to the market shift brought in by digital technology.

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4 Inventory Replenishment Software Danger Signs

Is Your Inventory Replenishment Software Working?

When you have out-of-stocks and overstocks at the same time, the question you need to ask is Do You Need better Inventory Replenishment Software? Inventory Replenishment is a critical link in your supply chain. Ask yourself, is your current inventory replenishment software delivering the best service levels to match your customer demand? Does your inventory replenishment software maximize profitability with inventory optimization technology to create purchase orders? Do your automated Purchase Orders minimize inventory to carry only what is needed to meet service goals and still meet supplier shipping requirements? Do your users have tools on the Purchase Order pages to aid the Purchase Order approval and exception management processes? If not, then why not, what are you losing to your competition every day you do nothing?
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Solution Found For Promotional Inventory Replenishment

Promotions are Huge, That Doesn’t Mean Inventory Should Be

You’re very familiar with the importance of promotions, how they can make or break sales figures for the quarter or even the year. But an extremely successful promotion brings to light a challenge: Inventory Replenishment. While we often think of general retail for sales events to model, it is the grocery industry and their weekly promotions that highlight the pain in the promotion link of a supply chain. Let’s take a look at the root of the problem, and how the challenge can be overcome with ingenuity and technology to give you an edge over your competition.
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The Truth About Demand Driven Inventory Replenishment

Inventory Replenishment Software’s Hidden Agenda

Demand Driven Inventory Replenishment sounds nice. If your inventory replenishment software uses demand forecasting and incorporates demand concepts to calculate what products to order when and how much to order, tell us have you reached perfection? Sadly, most inventory replenishment software apps are missing a critical component – profit. Most Inventory Replenishment software was written to focus on meeting plan and staying in-stock. A quick review of the number of retailers who have gone away in the past 3 years highlights the success of that strategy.
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