Merchandising Systems Evaluation Center

What Is a Merchandising System?

Retail merchandising software provides traditional, self-sourcing, and multichannel retailers with the tools to manage and react to real-time data from across the enterprise. Merchandising systems provide retailers with access to information from stores at any location enabling stock balancing, targeted replenishments, and improved assortment planning. Merchandising also provides exception-based reporting to reduce carrying costs, automate processes, and negotiate more effectively with suppliers. Ultimately, these systems help manage inventory and markdowns to help retailers maximize profits and streamline business operations.

Merchandising Business Drivers and Benefits

• Reduce holding and operational costs by having the right assortment of merchandise in the right place at the right time.
• Ensure greater control over premature markdowns in order to increase profitability.
• Better manage inventory flow with pre-season and in-season ordering, replenishment, and allocation.
• Manage-by-exception enables retailers to reduce carrying costs and automate processes.
• Real-time information across the enterprise provides visibility in stock-to-sales ratio and prevents out-of-stocks.

Why Use the Merchandising Evaluation Center?

• Evaluate solutions that meet the demands for automating transactions, understand the inventory, provide price management, reporting, and other merchandising capabilities.
• Qualify requirements for a merchandising solution that will meet retailers' demanding requirements to handle high-volume transactions in multiple locations, languages, and currencies.
• Shortlist vendors based on required system functions, architecture, and integration issues.

Merchandising Risks

• Ensure your solution has the capabilities of managing your inventories internationally—across multiple retail channels.
• Align your infrastructure with your business priorities in order to maintain your competitive advantage.
• Ensure main business functions are properly integrated into the landscape of your existing merchandising environment so they attain their maximum potential.

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