PROBLEM
This national big box retailer wanted to reduce labor at receiving and in the back room.
SOLUTION
Data of Record
We enabled this retailer’s Direct Store Delivery (DSD) vendors to provide item and cost data electronically to the retailer in advance of delivery using no special codes for items or store locations.
Scan-based Trading
We helped transition appropriate DSD vendors to an SBT program which eliminated the need for back door receiving, transitioned the responsibility to the vendor to manage backroom pull up and on-shelf merchandising and increased inventory visibility and performance to both the vendor and the retailer.
RESULTS
- 1% – 10% sales increase
- Eliminated inventory risk by shifting cost of DSD inventory to vendor
- Reduced back room hours and check-in labor
- Improved inventory visibility
