E-commerce

Our Industries

E-Commerce has changed not only the way we shop but the way companies operate. Many virtual companies offer goods on-line and employ 3rd party logistics companies to do all the storing and shipping. However, inventory planning is the purvey of the company and may be done by the owner or a staff member.

E-commerce incorporates business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) and other variations. The new virtual storefronts have added complexity to planning especially if the business also maintains its own stocking locations and other manufacturing facilities.

E-Commerce Inventory Challenges

Difficulty in manually setting min and max levels
Forecasting future demand
Stock-outs of key items
Category management
Low inventory turns on a majority of items
Excess and obsolete inventory
Wrong mix of inventory items
Continually changing customer preferences
Manual processes for determining what to stock, how much, when to order, and where to stock

How Valogix Handles the Challenges

Robust replenishment planning automatically sets optimal stocking quantity
Forecast for every item at every location is generated by the system using the method that fits the demand pattern best
Optimization – reduces costs and improves service level
Exception based – alerts warn of future issues
Provides visibility to all items and locations
No second guessing where stock is or where stock is needed