Sears, Roebuck and Co. has selected Manugistics' demand planning and replenishment planning solutions to forecast at the store level for its 870 full-line stores, and improve forecast accuracy and store-level replenishment across all categories of products.
For each Sears store, the solutions will provide a time-phased inventory plan that considers predicted demand at the store, promotions, seasonality, lead-time variability, allocations and incoming stock across the network. The system will also look at supply and demand across the network and generate allocation and replenishment recommendations for planners and alert them to potential problems.
"These solutions will help us continue to have the products our customers want in the stores when they want them, providing the superior shopping experience they expect from Sears," said Steve Poplawski, vice president, merchant operations. "At the same time, all of the efficiencies that flow from increased forecast accuracy will help us meet our goals of increasing sales and reducing operating costs."
A key component of the Manugistics solution is the promotional planning capability, which is seamlessly integrated with the demand and inventory planning processes. The solution will help improve customer service levels through the improvement of in-stock positions for planned promotions.
"This will be one of the largest implementations of a planning system of its kind outside of the Federal government," said Jeremy Coote, president, Manugistics. "We believe that the unparalleled flexibility and scalability offered by our retail solutions are well-suited to a project of such magnitude."
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