Retail 

Improve forecast accuracy by using predictive analytics. Decide4AI uses different statistical forecasting and machine learning methods to generate accurate forecasts that allow you to react to market changes. Create demand plans on different aggregation level from high level long term to short term location or item level. Use different assumptions to create demand scenario’s and analyse the outcomes in a KPI dashboard.

Manage the supply chain from manufacturing to store. Avoid out-of-stocks by using powerful optimisation combined with day-of-operations re-scheduling. Integrate the planning of manufacturing, warehousing and transport to increase efficiency and drive out costs, idle time and stock out of the supply chain. Get connected to suppliers and third party logistics companies to gain overall control over the supply chain.

Create an optimal shift schedule for your store and warehouse staff that efficiently covers the forecasted labour need and maximises fulfilment of service levels. All restrictions and rules are taken into account such as labour rules, desired shift patterns, min max shift durations, smart distribution of scarce skills over shifts. Next step is the assignment of employees to shifts based on skills, seniority, preferences, location, priorities and customer requests.

The right product at the right time at the right place whilst minimising stock levels. This is what replenishment is about. Optimise and automate your replenishment process taking seasonality’s, promotions, delivery times new store openings and other relevant factors into account. Minimise inventory by storing the right quantities at the right place. React to last minute changes by flexibly re-assigning inventory through the network.

Schedule all warehouse activities, minimise disruptions, minimise order picking delays. Integrate your warehouse scheduling and transportation planning to synchronise the flow. Connect warehouse optimisation to your WMS to get the most out of your warehouse. Warehouse optimisation is often confused with warehouse automation, by optimising your warehouse you increase throughput, maximise space utilization and minimise waiting times.

At the day-of-operations the plan will change because of disturbances, congestion, changed customer orders and other factors that influence the operation. Minimise the impact of the changes. All consequences of any disturbance are calculated in real time. Planners are alerted or the plan can be automatically re-scheduled.