Case Study: Woolworths Holdings Limited Leverages JDA To Support Its End-To-End Planning Processes And Improve Inventory Management

Woolworths Holdings Limited, a $3.3B high-end department store chain that offers a wide range of clothing, beauty, home goods, food products and financial services, leverages a wide range of JDA Software's forecasting, merchandise planning, replenishment, buying and assortment management and master data management solutions to increase sales and manage inventory. The retailer's chain consists of 420 stores located in South Africa, as well as in other regions of Africa and the Middle East through franchise partnerships.

Woolworths first implemented merchandise financial planning to ensure that it could stock the right products in the right store and at the right time. Since then, the company has been at the cutting edge of retail technology, investing in supply chain solutions to drive additional benefits around demand planning, allocation and replenishment management.

In the next phase, Woolworths realized it needed to reduce inventory and streamline range planning to improve its overall business processes and increase profitability. As a result, the retailer selected JDA® Buying and Assortment Management – a solution that is designed to help retailers meet the challenge of identifying and meeting customer needs.