Wakefern Food Corporation
Transforming Retail Floor Planning and Planogram Management.
Client Overview
Wakefern faced limitations with its Excel-based floor planning processes and outdated Spaceman and Dropbox tools. These highly manual processes proved to be time-intensive and error-prone with no ability to provide real-time insights or collaboration. Wakefern wanted a comprehensive solution that streamlined floor planning, centralized data, automated key tasks, and supported scalable operations across its 400 Member-Owned stores.
Challenges
Wakefern's reliance on Excel for floor plans led to a slow, error-prone process taking up to three weeks. The lack of real-time analytics hindered data-driven decisions on product placement. Inefficient file management with Dropbox caused compliance issues and inconsistencies. Manual data handling across stores increased labor costs and limited scalability, especially during resets and promotions.
Solutions
The 345 platform provides Wakefern with a fully integrated, web-based solution that includes rPLAN for planogram management and rPLAN Macro for retail floor planning. This solution replaced Excel, Spaceman, and Dropbox while effectively consolidating all tasks into a single platform that enables real-time collaboration, automation, and centralized data management.
Key Features of the 345 Solution
345's solution enables data-driven product placement. The integrated 345 VQ platform centralizes catalogs, store attributes, and sales data, eliminating silos. Planogram management is streamlined by replacing Dropbox, enabling automated compliance checks and better collaboration. Automation in validation, compliance, reporting, and updates ensures merchandising rule adherence, standardizes planogram PDFs, boosting efficiency and accuracy.
Outcomes
Automated validation ensures accurate and compliant planograms, reducing manual errors and improving efficiency. Automation also replaces labor-intensive processes like PDF generation and reporting, cutting costs and saving time. Real-time analytics enable data-driven decisions on product placement and sales optimization, enhancing operational efficiency. Standardized templates and centralized file management ensure consistency across all Wakefern stores, supporting a cohesive brand experience.
Conclusion
The implementation of the 345 platform has transformed Wakefern's approach to planogram and floor planning. By replacing legacy systems with rPLAN and rPLAN Macro, Wakefern has achieved significant time savings, cost reductions, and improved accuracy in planogram execution across its portfolio of Member-Owned stores. The Wakefern Space Planning Team has been able to demonstrate how centralized, automated solutions can enhance retail operations, improve compliance and empower strategic, large-scale growth.
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