VISION Inventory management with the intelligence to help you balance supply with demand throughout the supply chain BROCHURE
THE VISION ADVANTAGE Range and category management should not be a monthly or quarterly process, nor involve large teams of people manipulating raw data and providing static outputs. An effective range and category management process requires daily management. You need a tool with the power to make recommendations and capture opportunities as they occur that also allows different methodologies to be deployed at different stages of an items life cycle, managing items from initial placement through to end of life. Vision delivers the flexibility to review and change plans with ease, while being linked into your entire business to ensure maximum speed to market. Whether managed by your current team or setup using our team of category experts, our Vision product will integrate into your current organization with ease and deliver tangible results with limited effort and reduced cost. Today s business world is a fast moving and dynamic environment one in which your teams expect to be able to access their business critical data quickly and easily and meet the demands and changing world of your supply chain. Traditional inventory management solutions lack the functionality to manage new releases and promotional cycles plus facilitate the effective account management. The Vision philosophy is business management combined with Collaborative Inventory Management (CIM) tools, having all your supply chain data in one place, creating a central hub where suppliers and retailers can truly collaborate to insure that the right product is in the right place at the right time. Additionally, Vision prides itself on being fully retailer and EDI compliant with retailers worldwide as well as adapting its solution to the ever changing demands of supply chain management and its customer base. 2
Today s consumer packaged goods market requires access to the full scope of information to be able to turn that into action which drive return on investment and business growth. Top retailers know that to remain on top, they must obtain the right merchandise at the right price point, and get it on the shelf at the right place as quickly as possible. PLAN: Use all available data to effectively plan each and every product in your portfolio at a total business level down to the most micro level of each individual point of sale. Full demand planning and forecasting using advanced algorithms and modeling. From production to consumer, combined with the power of true daily forecasting by item and location. IMPLEMENT: A solution that takes your plans and quickly turns them into actionable planograms. Combined with process automation to ensure maximum impact and speed to market. Reduced effort and minimal errors. Advanced CMI (VMI) functionality for strategic supplier and retailer partnerships. MANAGE: The power to manage your plans in real time and when it counts to ensure every opportunity on every item is captured and maximized. REVIEW: The power of an advanced reporting and analysis application at your fingertips. Full New Release and Promotional analysis (pre, during and post). Account Management dashboards, scorecards and exception based analysis ensuring focused effort and maximum return. Detailed business reviews and KPI analysis for supplier and retailer joint planning and management. ACTION: Transform reviews/analysis into actions and effectively manage the entire product life cycle to capture every opportunity and limit risk. Vision s advanced product management modules help plan the product life cycle and ensure when an items is taken off range or has dropped from peak you re not exposed to significant stock problems. The reverse logistics module within the solution ensures when stock returns are a must, and then at least you ll only take back what you need to and when you need to. Full life cycle management from planning to allocation to focused management at each stage of a products shelf life through to end of life. Maximize return on investment and reduce risk. Combined with the power of a Full Category Management suite, designed for and by retailer 3
OUR RETAIL SERVICE OFFERINGS Vision delivers a comprehensive suite of applications that can be combined into one end to end solution or used as standalone applications and services. V-Capture +: Daily level data capture Multiple file formats and methods Full scope of data from market to retailer Digital sales capture and revenue recognition V-in-site +: Advanced analytics and reporting tools for suppliers and retailers Access business critical data for one centralized location Standard module with all demand planning and inventory management services. Customizable reports and analytics to meet your business needs V-Demand: demand planning and forecasting for each point of your supply chain Production - Forecast manufacturing using consumer demand Warehouse - Maintain the right mix and volume of product based on the stores associated with your distribution center(s) Retailer store level Set the inventory levels based on each store s demographics, seasonality, promotional information, shelf space and consumer demand Digital - Forecast sales of new item as well as catalog items using consumer sales and historical trends V-Control: Automated reordering tools Automated rules based ordering from production to store level replenishments Advanced VMI CMI services V-E2E Category Management: Space management Reverse logistics solutions (incorporating our advanced returns and pull back module) Retail solution consulting Customizable retail solutions º Trading terms modules º Chart management º Master file maintenance Fully hosted solution and provision of specialist staff Industry shared service solutions 4
CUSTOMER SUCCESS Vision is used worldwide by over 100 retailers at over 30,000 stores and distribution centers. 19% - increase in sales, above market average of 7%, and can peak as high as 35% 25% reduction in retail inventory combined with 30% decrease in markdowns due to over stocking 18% increase in product availability 40% decrease in returns over like stores and periods 15% higher return on sales over similar products managed via other vendor s retail application and solutions 50% reduction in resources to run like store and range count compared to original systems being used and reduced physical sales force efforts. 99% reduction in order errors - reducing resulting claims, rejected orders, and removal of all unprofitable orders. In today s ever changing business environment it is important to have insight into all of your data. Vision ensures that you can make the most informed decisions when it comes to retail inventory management and demand forecasting. Learn more about how Vision can help you decrease inventory and meet demand. Contact us today to discuss your needs and arrange a demo. Aptean is a leading provider of industry-focused mission critical enterprise software solutions. We build and acquire solutions to support the evolving operational needs of our customers. Our solutions help nearly 5,000 organizations stay at the forefront of their industries by enabling them to operate more efficiently, thereby ensuring higher customer satisfaction. For more information, visit www.aptean.com Copyright Aptean 2016. All rights reserved. 1/16