AI-powered supply chain and retail planning to successfully navigate uncertainty

In the face of a slowing economy and persistent inflation, wholesale distributors must right-size their inventory holdings to meet customer orders while avoiding tying up working capital in excess stock. 

Not only must distributors have a real-time view of inventory and demand, they need to use dynamic planning, adjusting inventory in response to ever-changing market conditions, to avoid surplus stock. 

By using always-on inventory analytics, a distributor gets a complete real-time picture of on-hand stock holdings and incoming demand. A data platform for always-on analytics captures inventory events as they occur and provides insights into inventory needs and performance. Once distributors have this view of their enterprise, they can leverage AI-powered dynamic planning tools to match the right amount and mix of on-hand inventory with customer demand.

If you’re a retailer, you understand that omnichannel initiatives like adaptable, efficient ship-from-store programs are vital to compete in a marketplace driven by customer whims and buffeted by supply chain volatility.

Many retailers are also (quickly) realizing that the tools and strategies that once governed their fulfillment processes are severely ill-equipped to support ship-from-store programs.

How can retailers know what item to ship from where without increasing shipping costs, damaging margins, or endangering customer satisfaction?

Read on for the three key to tackling ship-from-store challenges and how Dynamic Fulfillment not only can overcome them but already has for some of the world’s leading retailers.