Planning to keep your shelves stocked and your profits flowing.

Retail Finance Consulting

With constantly changing consumer habits, varying inventory levels, and slim margins from fluctuating supplier costs, retail finance is constantly being thrown off guard. IBM Planning Analytics delivers real-time information to support strategic-level decisions to help you always be aware and keep on track.

Keep your guard up How we consult

Common Issues

We know how difficult it can be to turn raw data into insights, manage inventory throughout the year, and make informed decisions with all the data available.

EPOS System Data

EPOS systems provide retailers with a tonne of data that can be used to make business critical decisions, but with the sheer amount, making sense of that data can be a challenge. Without a clear analysis, it can be difficult to identify sales trends, optimise your pricing or manage inventory effectively.

Inventory Management & Stock Optimisation

With seasonal trends, shifting consumer behaviour and preference, and more, it can be an extremely complex process to balance inventory. Businesses have to make sure there’s enough stock, to not miss out on sales, but not so much stock that it ties up all the capital.

Margin Pressures & Competitive Markets

Take fluctuating supplier costs, add in some slim margins because of intense competition, and it makes it super hard to get a clear understanding of the cost structure. Without that, it’s downright impossible to make an informed decision about pricing and promotions.

How we fix them

EPOS System Data

We integrate the data from EPOS systems into IBM Planning Analytics, building dashboards and reports that make it easy to make decisions on pricing strategies, adjust their stock levels, and make informed, data driven decisions that improve their profitability.

Inventory Management & Stock Optimisation

By connecting the historical sales data and current market trends in IBM Planning Analytics, we can create accurate demand forecasts, so you can stock smarter and reduce wastage.

Margin Pressures & Competitive Markets

Within IBM Planning Analytics, we take all of the performance data, margin data, and historical trends of supplier fluctuations and put it into a single view. With all of the data in one place, you can see what’s working, where, and why, so you can make smarter decisions more efficiently.