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Retailers carry tens or hundreds of thousands of SKUs, far too many for buyers to accurately forecast every product at each channel/location. Retailers run costly markdowns to clear out overstocks, and out of stock merchandise leads to lost sales. Therefore, purchasing decisions are largely made at a higher than SKU level.
All costs associated with the transfer — from logistics and store capacity to demographic diversity and the sizes and colors most likely to sell at the specific location — are incorporated automatically. In-Stock Percent. But for most retailers, the restocking process doesn’t begin until inventory starts to run low at a specific store.
Retailers carry tens or hundreds of thousands of SKUs, far too many for buyers to accurately forecast every product at each channel/location. Retailers run costly markdowns to clear out overstocks, and out of stock merchandise leads to lost sales. Therefore, purchasing decisions are largely made at a higher than SKU level.
This means that a store must not only carry enough inventory to satisfy forecasted demand, but also additional stock to satisfy any online or mobile orders that will be fulfilled though their location. The only way to achieve this feat is to accomplish all of this proactively. How do you build a smart fulfillment strategy?
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This means that a store must not only carry enough inventory to satisfy forecasted demand, but also additional stock to satisfy any online or mobile orders that will be fulfilled though their location. The only way to achieve this feat is to accomplish all of this proactively. How do you build a smart fulfillment strategy? 1] [link]. [2]
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