50%
Reduction in stock-outs
18%
Reduction in inventory
56
DCs
$4.5B
Revenue
A101 is one of the world’s fastest-growing retailers, with 12K+ stores, $4.5B in revenue, 56 DCs, 300+ vendors and 2K+ active SKUs. It opens 1,000 new stores every year, and its replenishment was manual while its DC purchasing depended on people.
So A101 partnered with Solvoyo to automate demand-driven replenishment and DC purchasing on one platform. The result is a 50% reduction in stock-outs and an 18% reduction in inventory.
Manual Replenishment and DC Purchasing Had to Scale to 1,000 New Stores a Year
A101 had two goals. The first was to bring its disintegrated DC purchasing process onto a simple, user-friendly platform to improve efficiency and control inventory investments. The second was to automate replenishment and procurement planning on the same platform with AI and ML technologies.
The challenges were:
- Manual replenishment and PO creation in response to store orders
- No scalable, adaptive platform to keep up with 1,000 new store openings every year
- No tracking across the whole supply chain and no real-time view of supply chain KPIs
- A DC purchasing process that depended on people, with limited control over working capital
Demand-Driven Replenishment and DC Purchasing Automated on One Platform With AI and ML
Solvoyo and A101 built demand-driven replenishment planning and DC purchasing on a single platform that supports collaboration and visibility.
The platform automates the manual replenishment process and procurement planning with AI and ML technologies, and it brings the disintegrated DC purchasing process together in the same place.
50% Fewer Stock-Outs and 18% Less Inventory
Stock-outs and inventory both went down, and replenishment and procurement planning are automated:
- 50% reduction in stock-outs
- 18% reduction in inventory
- Automated replenishment and procurement planning on the same platform, using AI and ML technologies
What Does This Mean for You?
With replenishment and DC purchasing on one demand-driven platform, A101 reduced stock-outs and inventory while its network kept adding stores.
If your replenishment still reacts to store orders and your DC purchasing depends on people, you can automate both on one platform.
About Company
A101 is one of the world’s fastest-growing retailers, with 12K+ stores, $4.5B in revenue, 56 DCs, 300+ vendors and 2K+ active SKUs.
Achievements
50% reduction in stock-outs
18% reduction in inventory
Replenishment and procurement planning automated with AI and ML
DC purchasing brought onto one platform
Don’t take our word for it
With a network of 10,000+ stores, supply chain disruptions and uncertainty are normal for us; we keep opening hundreds of new stores and multiple DCs every year. With advanced analytics and automation, we planned for this level of complexity way ahead of our competitors.
Using demand-driven replenishment planning gave us the agility and scalability we needed in times of market disruptions. We replaced our manual methods with automated recommendations for 10,000 stores in different locations. Thanks to Solvoyo’s daily replenishment recommendations, we gained a competitive edge by reducing stock-outs and increasing availability.
Solvoyo is not just a great platform to support your replenishment process. It is also a great team to support you with insights and guidance on the road to improved efficiency. A true partnership.
