MERCHANDISE PLANNING AND ALLOCATION CONSULTING
Anticipate and forecast the right assortment to satisfy customer demand.
Inventory is the single largest capital investment a retailer makes. Optimizing and unifying merchandise planning, forecasting and allocation reduces exposure and risk from overstocks, out-of-stocks and markdowns, increasing overall margin. Make your inventory work harder for you with enVista’s merchandise planning and allocation solutions
Merchandise Planning and Allocation
Effective merchandise planning is about investing in the right products at the optimal price and time. Merchandise allocation ensures these products are available in the right locations and quantities. By integrating merchandise planning, assortment planning, demand planning and allocation, retailers can create an environment where the right products are always in the right place, at the right time and in the right quantities. This comprehensive approach drives increased sales and profitability.
enVista’s Merchandise Planning and Allocation Solutions
When optimizing a retailer’s merchandise planning and allocation strategies, enVista’s retail consulting experts take a holistic approach, ensuring the organization’s capabilities are perfectly aligned with its future goals. This approach involves multiple steps, including:
Assessment
enVista’s retail team completes an in-depth assessment of the organization, compiling information about the existing people, processes and technology. During this phase, we will gain a deep understanding of the organization’s existing capabilities and future goals.
Strategy
Our team is comprised of experienced retail strategists and operators who have worked in all sides of the retail industry. We are uniquely equipped to craft a winning strategy that will align your capabilities to help you achieve your merchandising and planning goals.
Technology Selection & Implementation
We take a vendor-agnostic approach to determining the right technology for a retailer’s needs. Our team has an unmatched knowledge of the technology market and can guide you through selection, sourcing, implementation, change management and more
Define and implement a successful merchandising and allocation strategy.
Merchandising is a continually evolving science that blends the art of understanding your customers’ needs with the data-driven ability to execute on the procurement, placement and selling of goods in a relevant way. Our retail experts understand the value of an integrated merchandising ecosystem. Utilizing our proven implementation methodology, our experts have the tools and experience to help you unify your planning processes and realize your optimal merchandising strategy.
Integrated Planning
enVista helps you move from siloed processes and applications to a single source of the truth and ensure your planning process is both accurate and aligned with your strategic goals.
Optimized Assortment
Our experts help you determine a more profitable depth and breadth of product to meet customer expectations.
Enhanced Allocation
We help you to effectively evaluate and improve your organization’s business processes, while also connecting you with the latest in business intelligence technology to make more effective and agile allocation decisions.
Proven Experience. Maximum Results.
Driving Profit and Operational Efficiency with Advanced Merchandise Financial Planning (MFP) System Implementation
- Guided the selection and implementation of new (MFP) System.
- Reviewed and improved data constructs for enhanced data quality and processes.
- Developed rigorous testing scripts and used a “train the trainer” approach to ensure seamless adoption and internal buy-in.
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