STREAMLINING SUCCESS: HOW CHARLES TYRWHITT MODERNISED THEIR MERCHANDISE FINANCIAL PLANNING SOLUTION
British multi-channel men’s clothing retailer, Charles Tyrwhitt had been using Board software for several years, but their existing solution had become outdated, complex, and slow due to unused elements. The goal for the project was to simplify the existing Board solution and align with updated processes, enhance speed, flexibility, and capabilities by utilising Board’s retail accelerators, ie pre-configured solutions.
bdg have really listened to our needs and our wants and have taken those into consideration, but have also come up with some great ideas from their previous experience. Together we’ve been able to build a system that’s been so successful.
Charles Tyrwhitt had been using Board software for several years. It was time to upgrade to a newer version of Board to increase speed and capability. In addition, a change in processes within the company had caused elements of the solution to become unused, which in turn meant that the solution had become complex and slow.
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Faster, streamlined planning process using a lighter, updated Board solution.
Tailored implementation through Board accelerators aligned to current business needs.
Strong collaboration between bdg and Charles Tyrwhitt ensured a successful system.
The clothing division alone has hundreds of thousands of SKUs, making inventory management extremely complex. Efficiently managing the flow of goods therefore requires a highly flexible and reliable processes and software. With Board and bdg, Sainsbury found the ideal solution to optimise inventory management.
The classic Excel-based planning process for merchandise planning reached its limits with the constant growth of Zalando, Europe’s largest online platform for fashion. Too time-consuming, error-prone and not very homogeneous: Merchandise planning was no longer in line with the dynamic business environment and was in danger of completely losing sight of important key factors in an overly sluggish planning process.
Zalando relied on bdg to implement a complex solution in Jedox for merchandise planning.
The result: the planning time and effort were radically reduced and the quality of the planning was significantly increased.
Good planning is crucial for business success. This is especially true in the fast-food business, where speed of response and quick adaptation to changing consumer trends are essential. As the business grew, so did KFC’s restaurant planning requirements, which meant that the Excel-based planning system was soon unable to keep pace with growth and needed to be replaced with a more powerful solution.
