JDA Software helps the world’s leading retailers and suppliers achieve tangible benefits through integrated merchandise planning and assortment management activities that support strategic corporate goals. Here are some of the real results that our customers have achieved with JDA’s Merchandise Planning & Assortment Management solution.

1. Real Results Merchandise Planning & Merchandise Planning &
Assortment Management Assortment Management
Sample of JDA’s Merchandise Planning &
Assortment Management Customers
Why do companies worldwide rely on JDA Software to deliver Ackermans Retail Organization
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. “Getting smarter on the assortment side by store is how we get
value in merchandise planning and assortment management?
Real Results. Fast. Asda Stores Ltd.
Bass Pro Shops, Inc.
store-for-store sales gains. In order to do that, as we’re learning with
JDA, assortment planning is the holy grail of retailing and we are
JDA Software: Balancing Your
JDA Software helps the world’s leading retailers and suppliers achieve Big M, Inc. very well focused on that. Putting all of our divisions on the same Merchandise Investments and
tangible benefits through integrated merchandise planning and assortment BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc. tools with the same vision and same methodologies and processes,
management activities that support strategic corporate goals. Here are some
of the real results that our customers have achieved with JDA’s Merchandise
Carlton Cards Retail, Inc.
Casual Male Retail Group, Inc.
we can really hone in on the demand of the customer.” Sales Targets with Localized
Planning & Assortment Management solution*: Charlotte Russe Holding, Inc.
Charming Shoppes, Inc.
Frank Zarrello
Vice President of Planning & Allocation,
Consumer Demand to Drive Profits
Consumer-driven processes supporting increased sales Coach, Inc. Big M, Inc.
• Improved response times to trends and sales markdowns Famous Footwear
• Enhanced inventory position beyond item and class, to the size level Gordmans, Inc.
• Increased size distribution accuracy by 10-40 percent Guess?, Inc.
• Improved sales by 14-19 percent Guitar Center, Inc.
Hibbett Sports, Inc.
• Increased full-priced sell-through by 10-30 percent
• Achieved top-line growth through improved cross-selling
Hot Topic, Inc.
Jones Apparel Group, Inc.
About JDA Software Group, Inc. Now you can be among the JDA Companies are striving
Reduced inventory investment JDA® Software Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: JDAS), The Supply Chain Merchandise Planning & Assortment
• Decreased average inventory investment by 5 percent in period one and 16
Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc.
MC Sports Company®, is a leading global provider of innovative supply chain Management customers reporting for broad visibility
percent in period two – both during a time of substantially increased sales management, merchandising and pricing excellence solutions. JDA
Meijer, Inc. outstanding results and an and synchronized
• Reduced out-of-stocks by 15-50 percent Modell’s Sporting Goods empowers more than 6,000 companies of all sizes to make optimal decisions
that improve profitability and achieve real results in the discrete and process unsurpassed customer experience
• Increased in-stock rate from the low 90 percent range to almost 97 percent, MQ Retail AB
with no significant increase in inventory Mr Price Group Ltd. manufacturing, wholesale distribution, transportation, retail and services with the following components: processes across their
industries. With an integrated solutions offering that spans the entire supply
• Reduced inventory and had a better in-stock position on the fundamentals New York & Company, Inc.
• Decreased greater-than-90-day inventory items from 50 percent to 15 percent Pamida, Inc.
chain from materials to the consumer, JDA leverages the powerful heritage • Enterprise Planning buying, assortment
and knowledge capital of acquired market leaders including i2 Technologies®, • Buying & Assortment Management
of total goods Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation
• Shifted inventory to higher-performing stores to decrease markdowns, resulting Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation
Manugistics®, E3®, Intactix® and Arthur®. JDA’s multiple service options
provide customers with flexible configurations, rapid time-to-value, lower • Performance Analysis planning, allocation
in margin growth Regis Corporation
• Forecasting process changed from monthly to weekly, to make replenishment Retail Brand Alliance, Inc.
total cost of ownership and 24/7 functional and technical support and
expertise. To learn more, visit www.jda.com or e-mail info@jda.com.
• Enterprise Knowledge Base and merchandise
more responsive to actual trends Ripley’s Comercial ECCSA S.A. • Size Scaling
Cost and resource savings
Ross Stores, Inc.
• Channel Clustering
management activities
Shoe Carnival, Inc.
• Cut buyers’ workload in half by consolidating retail inventory across channels
• Eliminated 20 hours per month that planners previously wasted waiting for plans
Sterling Jewelers Inc. • Allocation to meet consumer
Syms Corporation
• Transformed all-store allocation process, which formerly took up to 1.5 hours,
into a routine 10-15 minute process
Target Australia Pty Ltd. demand while supporting
The Forzani Group, Ltd.
• Replaced lengthy, manual new-hire training process and learning curve with a
quickly assimilated process that has new hires using the system in a matter of weeks
Things Remembered, Inc. strategic goals.
United Retail Group, Inc.
• Improved staff manageability by reducing personnel requirements by Urban Brands Inc.
20-50 percent VF Corporation
• Increased efficiencies at distribution center through improved cross-docking WE Europe B.V. WEB AMERICAS EUROPE ASIA PACIFIC
and reduced pick/break-pack due to optimized pre-pack configuration Wilsons Leather www.jda.com US UK & Northern Europe Singapore Japan Bangalore
EMAIL 4-Color
+1 800 479 7382 +44 (0) 1344 354500 +65 6305 4350 +81 3 6418 1100 +91 80 4120 8506
• Minimized cost of IT ownership and maintenance via JDA’s Woolworths South Africa info@jda.com Canada & Latin America France & Southern Europe Australia China Mumbai
integrated applications Zale Corporation +1 480 308 3555 +33 (0)1 56 79 27 00 +61 2 8912 7900 +86 21 2327 9400 +91 22 6770 3343
• Removal of redundant variables from 248 to 48, and the streamlining
Copyright © 2010, JDA Software Group, Inc. All rights reserved. JDA is a Registered Trademark of JDA Software Group, Inc. All other company and product names may be Trademarks, Registered
of plans from 18 to six Trademarks or Service Marks of the companies with which they are associated. JDA reserves the right at any time and without notice to change these materials or any of the functions, features or
• Went from 70 separate spreadsheets to a single, shared specifications of any of the software described herein. JDA shall have no warranty obligation with respect to these materials or the software described herein, except as approved in JDA’s Software License
Agreement with an authorized licensee.
assortment plan 05.13.10
* Represents actual results realized by JDA customers.

2. Real Results Merchandise Planning & Merchandise Planning &
Assortment Management Assortment Management
Sample of JDA’s Merchandise Planning &
Assortment Management Customers
Why do companies worldwide rely on JDA Software to deliver Ackermans Retail Organization
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. “Getting smarter on the assortment side by store is how we get
value in merchandise planning and assortment management?
Real Results. Fast. Asda Stores Ltd.
Bass Pro Shops, Inc.
store-for-store sales gains. In order to do that, as we’re learning with
JDA, assortment planning is the holy grail of retailing and we are
JDA Software: Balancing Your
JDA Software helps the world’s leading retailers and suppliers achieve Big M, Inc. very well focused on that. Putting all of our divisions on the same Merchandise Investments and
tangible benefits through integrated merchandise planning and assortment BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc. tools with the same vision and same methodologies and processes,
management activities that support strategic corporate goals. Here are some
of the real results that our customers have achieved with JDA’s Merchandise
Carlton Cards Retail, Inc.
Casual Male Retail Group, Inc.
we can really hone in on the demand of the customer.” Sales Targets with Localized
Planning & Assortment Management solution*: Charlotte Russe Holding, Inc.
Charming Shoppes, Inc.
Frank Zarrello
Vice President of Planning & Allocation,
Consumer Demand to Drive Profits
Consumer-driven processes supporting increased sales Coach, Inc. Big M, Inc.
• Improved response times to trends and sales markdowns Famous Footwear
• Enhanced inventory position beyond item and class, to the size level Gordmans, Inc.
• Increased size distribution accuracy by 10-40 percent Guess?, Inc.
• Improved sales by 14-19 percent Guitar Center, Inc.
Hibbett Sports, Inc.
• Increased full-priced sell-through by 10-30 percent
• Achieved top-line growth through improved cross-selling
Hot Topic, Inc.
Jones Apparel Group, Inc.
About JDA Software Group, Inc. Now you can be among the JDA Companies are striving
Reduced inventory investment JDA® Software Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: JDAS), The Supply Chain Merchandise Planning & Assortment
• Decreased average inventory investment by 5 percent in period one and 16
Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc.
MC Sports Company®, is a leading global provider of innovative supply chain Management customers reporting for broad visibility
percent in period two – both during a time of substantially increased sales management, merchandising and pricing excellence solutions. JDA
Meijer, Inc. outstanding results and an and synchronized
• Reduced out-of-stocks by 15-50 percent Modell’s Sporting Goods empowers more than 6,000 companies of all sizes to make optimal decisions
that improve profitability and achieve real results in the discrete and process unsurpassed customer experience
• Increased in-stock rate from the low 90 percent range to almost 97 percent, MQ Retail AB
with no significant increase in inventory Mr Price Group Ltd. manufacturing, wholesale distribution, transportation, retail and services with the following components: processes across their
industries. With an integrated solutions offering that spans the entire supply
• Reduced inventory and had a better in-stock position on the fundamentals New York & Company, Inc.
• Decreased greater-than-90-day inventory items from 50 percent to 15 percent Pamida, Inc.
chain from materials to the consumer, JDA leverages the powerful heritage • Enterprise Planning buying, assortment
and knowledge capital of acquired market leaders including i2 Technologies®, • Buying & Assortment Management
of total goods Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation
• Shifted inventory to higher-performing stores to decrease markdowns, resulting Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation
Manugistics®, E3®, Intactix® and Arthur®. JDA’s multiple service options
provide customers with flexible configurations, rapid time-to-value, lower • Performance Analysis planning, allocation
in margin growth Regis Corporation
• Forecasting process changed from monthly to weekly, to make replenishment Retail Brand Alliance, Inc.
total cost of ownership and 24/7 functional and technical support and
expertise. To learn more, visit www.jda.com or e-mail info@jda.com.
• Enterprise Knowledge Base and merchandise
more responsive to actual trends Ripley’s Comercial ECCSA S.A. • Size Scaling
Cost and resource savings
Ross Stores, Inc.
• Channel Clustering
management activities
Shoe Carnival, Inc.
• Cut buyers’ workload in half by consolidating retail inventory across channels
• Eliminated 20 hours per month that planners previously wasted waiting for plans
Sterling Jewelers Inc. • Allocation to meet consumer
Syms Corporation
• Transformed all-store allocation process, which formerly took up to 1.5 hours,
into a routine 10-15 minute process
Target Australia Pty Ltd. demand while supporting
The Forzani Group, Ltd.
• Replaced lengthy, manual new-hire training process and learning curve with a
quickly assimilated process that has new hires using the system in a matter of weeks
Things Remembered, Inc. strategic goals.
United Retail Group, Inc.
• Improved staff manageability by reducing personnel requirements by Urban Brands Inc.
20-50 percent VF Corporation
• Increased efficiencies at distribution center through improved cross-docking WE Europe B.V. WEB AMERICAS EUROPE ASIA PACIFIC
and reduced pick/break-pack due to optimized pre-pack configuration Wilsons Leather www.jda.com US UK & Northern Europe Singapore Japan Bangalore
EMAIL 4-Color
+1 800 479 7382 +44 (0) 1344 354500 +65 6305 4350 +81 3 6418 1100 +91 80 4120 8506
• Minimized cost of IT ownership and maintenance via JDA’s Woolworths South Africa info@jda.com Canada & Latin America France & Southern Europe Australia China Mumbai
integrated applications Zale Corporation +1 480 308 3555 +33 (0)1 56 79 27 00 +61 2 8912 7900 +86 21 2327 9400 +91 22 6770 3343
• Removal of redundant variables from 248 to 48, and the streamlining
Copyright © 2010, JDA Software Group, Inc. All rights reserved. JDA is a Registered Trademark of JDA Software Group, Inc. All other company and product names may be Trademarks, Registered
of plans from 18 to six Trademarks or Service Marks of the companies with which they are associated. JDA reserves the right at any time and without notice to change these materials or any of the functions, features or
• Went from 70 separate spreadsheets to a single, shared specifications of any of the software described herein. JDA shall have no warranty obligation with respect to these materials or the software described herein, except as approved in JDA’s Software License
Agreement with an authorized licensee.
assortment plan 05.13.10
* Represents actual results realized by JDA customers.

3. Strategic JDA Delivers End-to-End Capabilities for Merchandising and Assortment Plans that Meet Demand and Financial Targets
Merchandise Synchronized Proven Requirements JDA Capabilities Benefits
Planning Performance
Enterprise-wide • Integrates and streamlines enterprise-wide planning processes, • Saves time with streamlined enterprise
Assortments
Planning including merchandise planning, key item planning, cluster planning, processes and visibility
dynamic planning by attribute and version-based planning with • Adapts easily to market fluctuations
multiple what-if scenarios • Increases sales and profit margins
• Supports multiple concurrent planning strategies and levels • Accelerates training and staff efficiency,
• Supports planning and analysis by exception while eliminating manual errors
• Improves end-user acceptance
and daily use
Challenge: Creating Merchandising Now your company can save time and resources with robust, Guide Your Merchandise and Assortment Planning Planning by attributes enables merchants to dive deeper into
Buying & • Provides enterprise-wide visibility to align buying and assortment • Drives sales and builds loyalty
integrated capabilities – optimized processes and actionable a specific area of demand, such as customer color preferences,
and Assortment Plans that Meet with Workflow-Driven, Customizable Processes Assortment plans with corporate objectives by targeting consumer needs at
intelligence for every merchandising plan and decision. JDA’s product sizes or store clusters by climate. You can then produce a granular level
Consumer Demand and Corporate Goals Merchandise Planning & Assortment Management solution suite optimal assortments with Merchandise Planning & Assortment
Management • Offers a seamless vision of pre-season, in-season, and end-of-season
In today’s challenging economy, retailers and their suppliers are planning activities • Reduces markdowns by delivering
synchronizes all of the details behind your merchandise and constantly pressured to perform in store by making timely Management incorporating system-generated intelligence into the right products that will sell quickly
So many details and so little time has long been the dilemma • Supports development of consumer-centric plans based on product,
assortment planning activities, ensuring that they are reconciled merchandising decisions. With a scalable, flexible architecture the relationships among product, customer and location attributes. • Optimizes inventory investments
for retail and manufacturing merchants. In today’s dynamic store or consumer attributes
with strategic, financial and operational planning across the supporting integrated business process navigation, JDA’s Merchandise With the flexibility to strategically generate more targeted plans, by allocating merchandise to the
environment, the pressure to make the best possible merchandising • Uses Pareto analysis to create successful new items and assortments
enterprise. You’ll realize your company’s sales and revenue goals Planning & Assortment Management solution suite intuitively assortments and allocations, you’ll optimize inventories, reduce right stores and regions
and assortment decisions has become even more intense. To remain based on historical patterns
faster and easier than ever before, with targeted assortments that guides merchandise and assortment planners through their markdowns and increase profits. • Supports continuous learning
competitive, merchants must stay on top of escalating consumer • Optimizes receipt flows to enable lower supply chain costs and improve and analysis
make strategic sense for both consumers and corporate executives. various processes, ensuring that these occur in close alignment
expectations, exploding product choices and expanding sales product allocation decisions • Maximizes flexibility and responsiveness
channels. Yet too often, merchants must work with disparate, You also won’t have to worry about outgrowing your technology with other planning processes throughout the business. All the
Allocate Optimized Assortments Based • Supports the creation of flexible, time-phased assortment plans by offering a real-time look at actual sales
non-integrated planning systems and spreadsheets that lack inherent investment. JDA’s Merchandise Planning & Assortment Management details and key performance indicators for which they are being
held accountable are continuously visible to them, even in-season. on Localized Consumer Demand • Supports planning collection of items
intelligence and optimization capabilities. These systems prevent solution suite supports growth plans and controls operating costs
the efficient synchronization of all of a business’s moving parts throughout the most complex retail environments. Our solution This enables merchants to adapt to changing conditions quickly,
when implementing complex merchandising and assortment plans. is proven to scale to the requirements of even the largest tier-one making the very best decisions in the shortest amount of time. The competitive pressure is on for companies to become more Multi-Channel • Establishes consumer preference patterns based on analysis of historical • Pinpoints consumer preferences to
consumer-driven. JDA Merchandise Planning & Assortment Clustering performance or opportunity forecast data decrease carrying costs, lost sales
companies – without requiring a team of integration partners to JDA Merchandise Planning & Assortment Management also
To focus on what matters most when uniting corporate strategies Management lets you rise to the challenge at every retail location. • Draws from any performance measure in the database to drive clustering and markdowns
operate and maintain, or to steer new initiatives. empowers merchants with enterprise-wide visibility and knowledge.
and financial goals with consumer demand and vendor input, By integrating clusters into your merchandising and assortment • Significantly improves merchandise
• Supports dynamic grouping of store locations based on performance
merchants need a flexible, scalable and proven solution – one that Because each planning team has access to appropriate cross-functional planning processes, you can isolate localized preferences. Merchants decision making and reduces
or attribute information unproductive inventory
supports both end-to-end visibility and synchronized processes. information, your company’s merchandising and assortment plans can ensure that every assortment is allocated to the specific sizes, • Supports flexible management of store group outliers and new stores
Such a solution removes the guesswork and risk associated with “Retail is all about planning. If you get the planning will reconcile with a consistent set of shared corporate goals. colors, styles or brands that local customers demand. Merchants
• Produces targeted sales results
buying products and creating assortments, enabling merchants to right and make sure you get the right product in Whether defining top-level merchandising plans, buying individual can also rely on Merchandise Planning & Assortment Management
leverage every opportunity to target local preferences, drive products, making key item plans or executing promotional events,
the right quantities at the right time, you’re going to match promotions with appropriate assortments by location to Size • Generates accurate size profiles to each product/location • Supports profitable management
revenues and increase profits. your teams will more effectively plan, deploy and manage your drive strong category sales. And they can ensure that assortments Optimization and distribution of sized inventory
to be successful. As we’ve gotten more sophisticated • Uses clustering to cleanse size history and minimize management
merchandise resources, while responding rapidly to market are optimized to shelf and floor capacities to maximize profits. of seasonal size preferences • Increases efficiency when dealing
in our retail operations and opened more doors, changes and localized customer demand. with packs or pack combinations
Finally, your company will have the power to visualize your • Generates size profiles by identifying store groups with similar size demands
Solution: Synchronizing the Details Behind Your planning has been key to our profitability and products the way that consumers shop for them – identifying • Enables efficient, accurate distribution
• Cleanse size-preference history that considers sales, inventory, of products in the right sizes to
Merchandise and Assortment Plans with Local success. JDA provides a powerful integrated the very best product and location combinations to support sell-through, blackout periods, etc.
Focus on the Granular Details that Drive individual locations
Consumer Preferences, Strategic Priorities and planning platform for the precise execution top-level strategic targets. • Generates optimal pre-pack configurations for distribution of future
Merchandise Performance • Reduces size allocation errors, leading
Financial Goals of our weekly sales and inventory plans.” seasonal forecasts and calculates buy quantities of packs and bulk to improved margins and increased sales
Michael Relich JDA’s Merchandise Planning & Assortment Management solution
Companies that want to rely on proven best practices in planning
suite enables you to gain a competitive advantage by effortlessly
“We have to cater to the needs of different clothing Performance • Provides advanced business intelligence features such as support for • Improves decision making and
Chief Information Officer, Analysis attribute analysis, exception highlighting, management review and product performance
rely on JDA Software. JDA’s Merchandise Planning & Assortment
incorporating a finer level of detail into your merchandise and size requirements for different regions, and different
Management solution suite has helped hundreds of the world’s Guess?, Inc. assortment consolidation • Minimizes user learning curve
assortment plans. With JDA’s support for attribute-based planning, ranges for the many market sector groups throughout
leading retailers and suppliers more effectively balance their • Leverages core functionality such as charting and exception management • Enables IT to focus on more
inventory investments, sales goals and other financial imperatives
you can concentrate on only the critical and unique customer and the country. JDA Size Scaling fills the major gap in productive tasks than responding
merchandise attributes that drive your business. You can dynamically • Enables users to view enterprise plans and updated data in near real time
with real-world consumer demand. addressing the size issue. Before, many stores suffered to report requests
group consumers, stores, individual items and product collections –
then consolidate them based on the common attributes that best
from selling out of certain sizes, but now we can Allocation • Serves as execution arm for assortments • Improves inventory position
support your planning focus at any given time. provide the right mix of sizes to the right stores.” • Supports inventory and plan-based allocation at a detailed level
• Supports manual and auto-allocation • Increases in-stock position
Brent Curry and improves sales
Chief Information Officer, • Supports highly configurable allocation methods that satisfy demand
• Decreases markdowns
by location
Foschini Limited

4. Strategic JDA Delivers End-to-End Capabilities for Merchandising and Assortment Plans that Meet Demand and Financial Targets
Merchandise Synchronized Proven Requirements JDA Capabilities Benefits
Planning Performance
Enterprise-wide • Integrates and streamlines enterprise-wide planning processes, • Saves time with streamlined enterprise
Assortments
Planning including merchandise planning, key item planning, cluster planning, processes and visibility
dynamic planning by attribute and version-based planning with • Adapts easily to market fluctuations
multiple what-if scenarios • Increases sales and profit margins
• Supports multiple concurrent planning strategies and levels • Accelerates training and staff efficiency,
• Supports planning and analysis by exception while eliminating manual errors
• Improves end-user acceptance
and daily use
Challenge: Creating Merchandising Now your company can save time and resources with robust, Guide Your Merchandise and Assortment Planning Planning by attributes enables merchants to dive deeper into
Buying & • Provides enterprise-wide visibility to align buying and assortment • Drives sales and builds loyalty
integrated capabilities – optimized processes and actionable a specific area of demand, such as customer color preferences,
and Assortment Plans that Meet with Workflow-Driven, Customizable Processes Assortment plans with corporate objectives by targeting consumer needs at
intelligence for every merchandising plan and decision. JDA’s product sizes or store clusters by climate. You can then produce a granular level
Consumer Demand and Corporate Goals Merchandise Planning & Assortment Management solution suite optimal assortments with Merchandise Planning & Assortment
Management • Offers a seamless vision of pre-season, in-season, and end-of-season
In today’s challenging economy, retailers and their suppliers are planning activities • Reduces markdowns by delivering
synchronizes all of the details behind your merchandise and constantly pressured to perform in store by making timely Management incorporating system-generated intelligence into the right products that will sell quickly
So many details and so little time has long been the dilemma • Supports development of consumer-centric plans based on product,
assortment planning activities, ensuring that they are reconciled merchandising decisions. With a scalable, flexible architecture the relationships among product, customer and location attributes. • Optimizes inventory investments
for retail and manufacturing merchants. In today’s dynamic store or consumer attributes
with strategic, financial and operational planning across the supporting integrated business process navigation, JDA’s Merchandise With the flexibility to strategically generate more targeted plans, by allocating merchandise to the
environment, the pressure to make the best possible merchandising • Uses Pareto analysis to create successful new items and assortments
enterprise. You’ll realize your company’s sales and revenue goals Planning & Assortment Management solution suite intuitively assortments and allocations, you’ll optimize inventories, reduce right stores and regions
and assortment decisions has become even more intense. To remain based on historical patterns
faster and easier than ever before, with targeted assortments that guides merchandise and assortment planners through their markdowns and increase profits. • Supports continuous learning
competitive, merchants must stay on top of escalating consumer • Optimizes receipt flows to enable lower supply chain costs and improve and analysis
make strategic sense for both consumers and corporate executives. various processes, ensuring that these occur in close alignment
expectations, exploding product choices and expanding sales product allocation decisions • Maximizes flexibility and responsiveness
channels. Yet too often, merchants must work with disparate, You also won’t have to worry about outgrowing your technology with other planning processes throughout the business. All the
Allocate Optimized Assortments Based • Supports the creation of flexible, time-phased assortment plans by offering a real-time look at actual sales
non-integrated planning systems and spreadsheets that lack inherent investment. JDA’s Merchandise Planning & Assortment Management details and key performance indicators for which they are being
held accountable are continuously visible to them, even in-season. on Localized Consumer Demand • Supports planning collection of items
intelligence and optimization capabilities. These systems prevent solution suite supports growth plans and controls operating costs
the efficient synchronization of all of a business’s moving parts throughout the most complex retail environments. Our solution This enables merchants to adapt to changing conditions quickly,
when implementing complex merchandising and assortment plans. is proven to scale to the requirements of even the largest tier-one making the very best decisions in the shortest amount of time. The competitive pressure is on for companies to become more Multi-Channel • Establishes consumer preference patterns based on analysis of historical • Pinpoints consumer preferences to
consumer-driven. JDA Merchandise Planning & Assortment Clustering performance or opportunity forecast data decrease carrying costs, lost sales
companies – without requiring a team of integration partners to JDA Merchandise Planning & Assortment Management also
To focus on what matters most when uniting corporate strategies Management lets you rise to the challenge at every retail location. • Draws from any performance measure in the database to drive clustering and markdowns
operate and maintain, or to steer new initiatives. empowers merchants with enterprise-wide visibility and knowledge.
and financial goals with consumer demand and vendor input, By integrating clusters into your merchandising and assortment • Significantly improves merchandise
• Supports dynamic grouping of store locations based on performance
merchants need a flexible, scalable and proven solution – one that Because each planning team has access to appropriate cross-functional planning processes, you can isolate localized preferences. Merchants decision making and reduces
or attribute information unproductive inventory
supports both end-to-end visibility and synchronized processes. information, your company’s merchandising and assortment plans can ensure that every assortment is allocated to the specific sizes, • Supports flexible management of store group outliers and new stores
Such a solution removes the guesswork and risk associated with “Retail is all about planning. If you get the planning will reconcile with a consistent set of shared corporate goals. colors, styles or brands that local customers demand. Merchants
• Produces targeted sales results
buying products and creating assortments, enabling merchants to right and make sure you get the right product in Whether defining top-level merchandising plans, buying individual can also rely on Merchandise Planning & Assortment Management
leverage every opportunity to target local preferences, drive products, making key item plans or executing promotional events,
the right quantities at the right time, you’re going to match promotions with appropriate assortments by location to Size • Generates accurate size profiles to each product/location • Supports profitable management
revenues and increase profits. your teams will more effectively plan, deploy and manage your drive strong category sales. And they can ensure that assortments Optimization and distribution of sized inventory
to be successful. As we’ve gotten more sophisticated • Uses clustering to cleanse size history and minimize management
merchandise resources, while responding rapidly to market are optimized to shelf and floor capacities to maximize profits. of seasonal size preferences • Increases efficiency when dealing
in our retail operations and opened more doors, changes and localized customer demand. with packs or pack combinations
Finally, your company will have the power to visualize your • Generates size profiles by identifying store groups with similar size demands
Solution: Synchronizing the Details Behind Your planning has been key to our profitability and products the way that consumers shop for them – identifying • Enables efficient, accurate distribution
• Cleanse size-preference history that considers sales, inventory, of products in the right sizes to
Merchandise and Assortment Plans with Local success. JDA provides a powerful integrated the very best product and location combinations to support sell-through, blackout periods, etc.
Focus on the Granular Details that Drive individual locations
Consumer Preferences, Strategic Priorities and planning platform for the precise execution top-level strategic targets. • Generates optimal pre-pack configurations for distribution of future
Merchandise Performance • Reduces size allocation errors, leading
Financial Goals of our weekly sales and inventory plans.” seasonal forecasts and calculates buy quantities of packs and bulk to improved margins and increased sales
Michael Relich JDA’s Merchandise Planning & Assortment Management solution
Companies that want to rely on proven best practices in planning
suite enables you to gain a competitive advantage by effortlessly
“We have to cater to the needs of different clothing Performance • Provides advanced business intelligence features such as support for • Improves decision making and
Chief Information Officer, Analysis attribute analysis, exception highlighting, management review and product performance
rely on JDA Software. JDA’s Merchandise Planning & Assortment
incorporating a finer level of detail into your merchandise and size requirements for different regions, and different
Management solution suite has helped hundreds of the world’s Guess?, Inc. assortment consolidation • Minimizes user learning curve
assortment plans. With JDA’s support for attribute-based planning, ranges for the many market sector groups throughout
leading retailers and suppliers more effectively balance their • Leverages core functionality such as charting and exception management • Enables IT to focus on more
inventory investments, sales goals and other financial imperatives
you can concentrate on only the critical and unique customer and the country. JDA Size Scaling fills the major gap in productive tasks than responding
merchandise attributes that drive your business. You can dynamically • Enables users to view enterprise plans and updated data in near real time
with real-world consumer demand. addressing the size issue. Before, many stores suffered to report requests
group consumers, stores, individual items and product collections –
then consolidate them based on the common attributes that best
from selling out of certain sizes, but now we can Allocation • Serves as execution arm for assortments • Improves inventory position
support your planning focus at any given time. provide the right mix of sizes to the right stores.” • Supports inventory and plan-based allocation at a detailed level
• Supports manual and auto-allocation • Increases in-stock position
Brent Curry and improves sales
Chief Information Officer, • Supports highly configurable allocation methods that satisfy demand
• Decreases markdowns
by location
Foschini Limited