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| Providing the consumer with the
right product at the right time at right place helps create repeat business and
consumer loytitley which, in turn, help increase market share. Retailers are
faced with the complex process of defining global strategies, identifying the
best marketing and product mix and deciding on the best products for their
assortments. Buyers and Category Managers need accurate and timely information
such as demographic data, market trends, and product and supplier performance
in order to execute assortment strategies. |
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ASSORTMENT from Soft Solutions helps retailers create the
effective assortments of products that satisfy consumer needs by stocking
products that are desired by their consumers at the right time, place and
price. Our retail ASSORTMENTsolutions helps ensure that
assortments reflect consumer demand, market trends and corporate objectives. It
enhances the decision-making and management processes involved in building
assortments according to item groups, price image and margin objectives.
ibs ASSORTMENT also helps leverage supplier negotiations by
allowing a better visibility of the competition, item selection, supplier and
store situations. Well-defined assortments will result in increased sales and
higher margin. |
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| Our retail assortment solution is
a flexible, scalable and fully configurable platform that includes the
following features and modules: |
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| -Planning & Configuration
Module: For creating and managing assortment plans, defining and assigning
marketing attributes to products and stores. |
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| -Scenario Builder Module:
For setting up assortments according to specific, retailer-defined criteria.
Also allows retailers to create product groups and clusters while taking into
consideration key performance indicators. |
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| -Assortment Module: For
simulating and comparing various scenarios in order to select the optimal
assortment that meets customer needs while maintaining the highest margin. |
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| -Store Positioning Module:
For simulating and viewing store assortment positioning. Retailers can
measure store compliance according to the store strategy and positioning |
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| -Decisional Module: For
analyzing variance between the projected and the actual, along with other
useful analysis and reports that help retailers view assortment results and
adjust accordingly. |
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| For more detail information,
please download the following material: |
| - Soft Solutions - ibs
ASSORTMENT - Fact Sheet |
| - Soft Solutions - ibs
SPACE PLANNING - Fact Sheet |