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Operations Research & Advanced ANALYTICS for Grocery Retailers
1. Soluzioni a valore aggiunto per
il supporto alle decisioni ed
alle operations
www.act-OperationsResearch.com
Ted.Matwijec@act-OperationsResearch.com
704.444.8373
Charlotte (US) - London (UK) – Rome (IT)
Operations Research & Advanced
ANALYTICS for Grocery Retailers
Valueadded decision support
systems
2. ACTOR has developed a high level of
specialization on the Retail Industry
working for several years with major
players in the list of the top 100
20+ years of experience on advanced
analytics as unique core-business;
Innovative technology
Support to the change management and
low-risk approach to the introduction of
innovation
ACTOR for Grocery Retailers
3. ACTOR provides an important support
to retailers willing to increase the
excellence in their operations and
market positioning.
ACTOR is a trustable partner to apply
advanced analytics: from the demand
forecast to the distribution optimization,
price and promotion optimization.
ACTOR for Grocery Retailers
4. What can we do:
Warehouse & DC Optimization-Simulation
5. Distribution Centers & DC Optimization and Simulation
The distribution centers have a crucial role for the
retailers. First of all to guaranty the correct
service to their network of stores.
Once this goal is ensured, the next goal is to
ensure the minimum costs and an adequate
flexibility to manage the business.
ACTOR supports:
- the design of processes and infrastructures
- the daily operations, empowering existing
WMS by optimization algorithms.
6. Distribution Centers & DC Optimization and Simulation
ACTOR helps Grocery Retailers to:
1. Optimize the picking lay-out and the pricking
processes;
2. Optimize the utilization of resources within the
distribution center;
3. Optimize the stock capacity (volume);
4. Optimize the design of the network;
5. Correctly apply cross-docking and other processes
to manage the specific type of flows (eg. promotions)
6. Ensure the quality of the preparation as well as
monitor the quality of the received goods
7. Distribution Centers & DC Optimization and Simulation
Modules Short Description
OPT Slotting Optimal slotting of Items.
Optimal management of Fast Picking Area
Optimal management of automatic-vertical-storage
OPT Picking Optimal picking list
OPT Stock Optimal Optimization of Stock
Net Solver Optimal dynamic dispatching of tasks for operators or AGV
Speedy-Batch Optimal definition of batches to feed downstream processes like a sorting
OPT Loading Optimal composition of Handling Unites (eg cases, pallets or Containers)
OPT Heights Optimal design of shelves
WFP Predictive workforce Planning (include sophisticated forecast of workloads)
DQC Dynamic Quality Control (quality management via statistical sampling)
8. Challenges:
Increase productivity that was also affected by a not-optimal
shelving.
CASE STUDY
Context:
Texas grocery stores retailers adding over 30 new stores. They were
expanding the current warehouse where they manage: grocery, dairy
and frozen food.
9. Benefits:
Productivity improvement 21%
Service level improvement 20%
Reduction of traveling for picking activities 30%
Solution:
1. Decide the best (math-optimal) position for each SKU (OPT Slotting)
2. Understand impact on operations: productivity & traffic (Simulator & OPT
Picking)
3. Optimize the design of the racks (impacting pallet-replenishment productivity &
efficiency of volume utilization (OPT Racking)
10. Red DOTS identify inefficiency
AFTER
BEFORE
Red DOTS identify inefficiency
11. What can we do:
Transport & Distribution Optimization
12. Transport & Distribution Optimization
Transportation for retailers is a significant cost
component impacting the profitability.
Usually retailers outsource the service to a
Logistics Partner. It is important that the retailer
maintains a good control, ensuring that
operations minimize the cost and respect the
service level.
A good practice suggests that the retailer
addresses the utilization of specific tools in order
to ensure such control. ACTOR has a
combination of optimization tools in order
optimally manage the distribution.
13. Transport & Distribution Optimization
Objective Function
Planning SCHEDULING & Routing KPI’ MONITORING
Optimization
MASTER DATA MNG.. CONSTRAINTS
Fleet
OPTMIZED Plan
Transport Orders
Time-windows,
trucks-POI
compatabilty etc.
Map
14. Transport & Distribution Optimization
OPT Runner: scheduling and routing optimization
system. It is a TMS with a strong focused on the
optimization. It includes functionalities to calculate
costs, receive real-time data from the vehicles to
generate alerts etc.
OPT Calendar: creates the optimal delivery-
calendars. The main goal is to cut the travelling
distances. The output it is the list of days of the week,
and time-windows, to visit each single store.
Calendars are usually update on season based.
OPT Net: optimization of the design of the supply
chain network.
15. Challenges:
Explore any possibility to improve the process governance,
avoiding extra-costs to improve the service level and apply it in
case of positive findings.
CASE STUDY -
Context:
The logistics partner of our Customer (a Grocery Retailer) claimed for a
significant increase of the transportation costs due to the policy required by the
retailer. On the other side the retailer needed to increase the service level with-
out impacting on the costs.
16. Solution:
The solution has been obtained by 2 phases:
1) off-line analysis, simulating an optimal distribution. Such simulation included
the optimization of the fleet scheduling (by OPT Runner) and an
optimization of the delivery-calendars by OPT Calendar.
2) Roll-out of OPT Runner as TMS for the daily management. Optimization of
the delivery calendars on seasonal base.
Benefits
Costs reduction: 13%
Reduction of the variability in terms of volume delivered per
day : 36%. As a consequence it has improved the fleet
utilization, in particular for smaller vehicles (often a
bottleneck to deliver in city centers).
17. As-is Optimized Savings
# of tours per
week 525 478 9%
Km per week 33.500 29.338 12.3%
€/Pallet 5.08 4.41 13 %
18. What can we do:
Predictive Inventory Optimization
19. DC Inventory Optimization
The policy that a retailer uses to manage the
stock has an important impact on service level
as well as on the profit. The policy is impacted by
discounts that suppliers offer to the retailers. Such
opportunities are not always an actual benefit.
The ACTOR solution provides the optimal quantity of
product to order to supplier based on an accurate
forecasts and stock projection. The solution permits
to manage the stock of a network of distribution
centers connected to local warehouses.
20. DC Inventory Optimization
Modules Short Description
Before! Predictive Analytics Automatically predict the demand considering all the influencing
variables
OPT Replenishments-DC Create the optimal order to suppliers. For a secondary warehouses
the systems create the order to the primary warehouses and direct
orders to suppliers.
Before! Promo Vertical module to predict promotions
OPT Buying Optimization of purchase of goods under promotion.
21. Challenges:
Reduce the inventory costs
Increase the service level
Manage transfer of goods between warehouses when
necessary;
Centralize the governance of the process;
CASE STUDY
Context:
35 warehouses connected to 5 Distribution Centers
More than 5.000 suppliers managed.
22. Solution:
The ACTOR platform composed by Before! Predictive Analytics and
OPT Replenishment has been introduced.
Orders are generated automatically over-night, after a user checks of
the alerts, orders are transferred to the ERP.
Benefits:
Stock-out near to zero (service level near to 100%)
Inventory costs reduced by 30%
Process is now centralized in a unique buying-center.
23. What we can do:
Predictive Store Replenishments
24. Stores Replenishment
The solution permits to:
1) Predict the daily demand, for the single store
- single SKU;
2) Calculate the stock-projection and the risks of
stock-out with a dynamic re-order point;
3) Optimize the quantity to order to the
Distribution Center or direct-to-supplier. The
system create the orders and automatically
send them to the ERP;
4) Manage fresh-food, recopies and menu;
5) Favorite a smart collaboration between store
distribution center & suppliers.
25. Store Replenishment
Modules Short Description
Before!Predictive Analytics Automatically predict the demand considering all the influencing
variables
OPT Replenishments-Store Create the optimal order to replenish the store with different logics
depending on the type of products.
26. Challenges:
1. Avoid understocking and overstocking;
2. Cut the no-value-added time to manually issues orders at the
stores.
3. leave to the operators higher-value tasks: check predictive
alerts, manage contingencies, support customers.
4. Provide the management with aggregated forecast in order to
better use the promotional level.
CASE STUDY
Context:
Network of 400+ stores of various dimension (from big supermarkets to
proximity stores in city-centers). Significant seasonality (eg. touristic
zones). Important products consumption impacted by weathers.
27. Benefits:
Stock-out near to zero
Order-cost reduced of 80%.
Solution:
Automatic forecast of the demand, considering influencing variables (eg prices,
holidays etc) by Before! Predictive Analytics.
Automatic calculation of stock-projections & Alerts
Automatic generation of orders respecting all the constraints and calendars;
28. What can we do:
Promotion & Price Optimization
29. Promotion & Price Optimization
The solution permits to:
1) Predict the demand of a certain promoted
product at single store (Before!Promo). The
forecasts consider the effect of the different
promotion mechanics.
The system is able to estimate the demand of
new products or products that will be promoted
for the fist time in a certain stores.
2) The system allows a what-if analysis to support
the design of promotions
3) A specific optimization system (DPO – dynamic
price optimization) permits dynamically to
optimize the prices.
30. Promotion & Price Optimization
Modules Short Description
Before!Predictive Analytics Automatically Predict the demand considering all the influencing
variables
Before! Impact Item Analysis The module of before provide an analytical ranking of SKU in terms of
impact on the customers expectation
Before! Promo Vertical module to predict promotions and perform what-if analysis.
OPT Buying Optimization of purchases of goods under promotion
Dynamic Price Optimization Price Optimizer
31. DC Inventory Optimization
Modules Short Description
Before!Predictive Analytics Automatically Predict the demand considering all the influencing
variables
OPT Replenishments-DC Create the optimal order to suppliers and from a secondary
warehouses to the prime warehouses/supplier
Before! Promo Vertical module to predict promotions and perform what-if analysis.
OPT Buying Optimization of purchase of goods under promotion.
32. Challenge:
Reduce the stock-out of goods during the promotion for the
important products;
Limit the overstocking and waste of fresh-food due to underperform
promotions.
Support by what-if the merchandize during the design of the
promotions.
CASE STUDY
Context:
Grocery Retailer with a network of about 450 stores.
Promotions managed on weekly base and every 2-weeks depending on the
case. Promotion are differentiated by type of stores. Several new products are
introduced by a promotion.
33. Solution:
Before!Promo and OPT Buying have been installed. The application it has been
interfaced with the GOLD ERP. The application is used by the buyer to support
the procurement and by the merchandize to analyze and design the promotion.
Benefits:
Dramatic reduction to missed sales up to 40%
depending on the category
Significant reduction of over-stock, up to 60%
depending on the category