Specialty Retail
Complex Ranges, Complex Supply Chains, Run Automatically
Specialty retail rarely fits a standard planning template. Ranges mix fast and slow sellers, new lines arrive all the time, and many items sell a few units a month per store. The supply chain is just as irregular: stores of different shapes and sizes, delivery windows that change, long and variable lead times, several sources for the same item and almost no storage at the store.
Automation that copes with the mess. Dataviva Supply Chain Planning models the network you actually have: any number of tiers and routes, sources that change over time, delivery calendars, and storage and handling limits. It plans replenishment, allocation and orders automatically within those limits, re-plans when a delivery is late or short, and sends planners only the exceptions that need a decision.
Proven where the stores move. Harding+ runs 300+ shops on 90+ cruise ships, each on its own itinerary, resupplied by sea freight and by costly airfreight when things go wrong. Dataviva delivered 60% fewer out-of-stocks on key lines, inventory value held or reduced, and fewer emergency shipments, with much less work for the central team. Read the case study.
Forecasts for awkward products. Demand Forecasting handles slow movers such as jewelry and pharmacy lines, and forecasts new items from their attributes before they have any sales. Purchasing, Assortment & Category Planning, Pricing & Promotions and Merchandise Financial Planning run on the same platform when you need them.
Automated Replenishment
Replenishment, allocation and orders run automatically within your rules; planners see only the exceptions.
Complex Networks
Any number of tiers and routes, sources that change over time, delivery windows and storage limits, in one time-phased plan.
Disruption Handling
When a delivery is late or short, the plan re-allocates what actually arrived and re-plans the rest automatically.
Slow-Moving Items
Forecasts for items that sell a few units a month, from history grouped across similar products and stores.
New Items
New lines forecast from their attributes before launch, with no sales history and no like items to pick.
Supplier Ordering
Purchase orders within supplier terms and order constraints, approved, issued and tracked to receipt.
60%
Fewer out-of-stocks on key lines
75%
Lower warehouse overstocks
>50%
Reduce decision time
Case Studies
Cruise Retail Supply Chain
Specialty, Travel Retail, Demand Forecasting, Supply Chain
Harding+, the world’s largest cruise retailer, runs 300+ shops on ships that never stop moving. With Dataviva Demand Forecasting and Supply Chain Planning, it now plans about 70% of its range automatically and has cut out-of-stocks on key lines by 60%.
Personal Care Demand Planning
Specialty, Health & Beauty, Demand Forecasting, Promotions
An Eastern European health, beauty and household retailer with 350,000+ SKUs automated forecasting and replenishment with Dataviva. Overstocks fell 13–15% in stores and 75% in warehouses, and planners became 50% more efficient.
Health & Beauty Assortment Optimization
Specialty, Health & Beauty, Pharmacy, Assortment Optimization
After multiple acquisitions, this Health & Beauty chain was operating 2500+ stores of different sizes and formats with a too-small central team to manage assortments. Dataviva Assortment Planning solution deployment led to the centralization of the assortment matrix management which allowed the Health & Beaty chain to create a high-quality analytical base for decision-making…
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