Enabling the Customer Driven Value Chain

Planning in Wholesale Distribution is complex, as margins are typically small with lower barriers to entry into a market. It is key to offer a wide range of products in particular markets resulting in: a large number of SKUs to manage, a wide variety of lead times and a constant stream of new products. In today's markets it's critical for wholesalers to:

• Maintain high availability
• Reduce redundant stock
• Balance supply cost and inventory
• Have a forecast to order process that works by exception. Be highly responsive to changes in demand
  

Leading Distributors such as Gardman and A1 Sports use Exceedra to deliver real time demand forecast and supply chain information to achieve:

• Better availability
• Reduced inventory
• Increased sales
• Reduced lead times
  

• Commercial Insight and Planning
• Gain deeper and more real-time insight into sales information to enable faster responses to demand fluctuations. Saves days of time in data analysis and planning and leads to optimal sales performance.
• Supply Chain Insights and Planning
• Provides a single view of forward demand forecasts and constrained supply requirements. Improves speed of corrective actions, as well as improved planning capabilities.
• Category Insight & Planning
• Deeper insight into how categories are performing against a range of criteria and across a range of data sources. Enables improved view of buying patterns and fluctuations in demand.
• EPOS Demand Signal Repository
• Improve services to customers via real-time demand data distilled into useful, actionable information. Leads to maximised availability and responsiveness.