"Pchelka-Market" - a chain of stores specializing in the sale of food and various goods for everyday life, together with Consulting for Retail, has completed an assortment management project.

To achieve one of the main tasks of the Pchelka-Market retail chain - the creation of favorable conditions for customers to make carefree purchases, with the provision of a high-quality, high-standard platform for making purchases, it was decided to launch a project to improve processes and introduce assortment management tools. The executor of this project, as an expert in the industry, was the company Consulting for Retail.

After analyzing the company's needs in optimizing business processes, moving away from the chaotic input-output of goods, which did not allow determining what stocks were in stores, and fulfilling the task of actively growing the retail network, software from the world leader in the industry, Symphony, was chosen as the tools RetailAI (www.symphonyretailai.com).

As a result of the project, the company was able to achieve the following results:

• Optimize existing business processes, within the framework of the provided business consulting from Consulting for Retail.
• The formation of about 200 planograms in 27 categories in specialized tools for the entire chain of stores is handled by two category managers.
• Management of the retail space through the tools for drawing and analyzing the space, taking into account the retail equipment and the categories of the assortment placed on it.
• More efficient display of goods on shelves and data for automatic orders, due to the integration of an industry solution with an internal accounting system based on 1C.
• More efficient work of merchandisers and category managers, with a reduction in labor costs for the formation of an assortment.

"Pchelka Market" is a chain of stores specializing in the sale of food and related products necessary for everyday life. One of the main tasks of the company is to create comfortable convenience stores with an optimal range of goods at affordable prices. Pchelka Market offers its customers a wide range of popular products - more than 7,000 items, incl. goods under the STM "SOTA". The retailer also has products of its production: a meat shop, a bakery, and culinary products.