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Retail Solutions
Key Industry Drivers and Trends
• Consumer choice has increased through the internet and competitors
• Revenue growth is constrained by competitive pressure, new business models and disintermediation
• Thin margins demand operational efficiency and high sales volume
• Supplier relationships have become more complex through consolidation and globalization
• Customer demands create more services and product proliferation
• Category management, SKU-level planning and inventory management are critical to profitability
• Trade funds and promotional planning add complexity
Initiatives
• Supplier Profitability
• SKU Rationalization
• Product Profitability
• Customer Segment Profitability
• Sourcing / Merchandising decisions (import/export, category management)
• Fact-based Contract Negotiations
• Market Basket Analysis
• Operational Efficiency - process changes, benchmarking, capacity utilization
• Supply Chain Costing and Profitability
Acorn Deliverables
• Supplier analysis, top-bottom profitability
• Customer segment analysis, top-bottom profitability
• SKU analysis, top-bottom profitability, category analysis
• Store/chain analysis, top-bottom profitability
• Product flow analysis, top-bottom profitability
• Import / export analysis, profitability within subclass
• Cost-to-serve analysis, pricing analysis
• Capacity analysis, store labor utilization / benchmarking
• Activity (process) cost analysis
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