What We Deliver
The creative exercise of going through the development process using magnetic boards and imaginary products was a stroke of pure genius. Athens Group delivered extremely complex concepts to our team with ease.”
— Bruce Silverman Global Vice President, Private Label, Whole Foods Market
Retail-specific implementation of Product Lifecycle Management for improved ROI
According to a recent RSAG survey, retailers who outperform their peers in year-over-year comparable store sales, carry a significantly higher percentage of private label merchandise than their underperforming peers. All retailers want to better differentiate their offerings, react more quickly to trends and build customer loyalty. But older point solutions and spreadsheet-based processes just can’t handle today’s huge number of private label programs, items, and vendors; and the level of speed and collaboration needed in a globally distributed supply chain.
Highly configurable Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions are gaining traction in retail. Retailers who have adopted PLM solutions to better manage their private label initiatives are achieving higher sales, margins and turnover. Because challenges and processes vary from industry to industry, engaging a firm with strong retail expertise to help customize and integrate your PLM system will reduce your risks and costs and speed time to benefit.
What We Deliver
The lines between traditional Merchandising systems, Supply Chain and PLM solutions have blurred due to overlapping capabilities at various levels of maturity. We bring the needed breadth of knowledge that encompasses a variety of retail systems and processes for better integration.
A more fully integrated solution, with retail-centric processes, is the key to achieving the full benefits of PLM, including improved:
- Gross Margin
- Speed to market
- Supply Chain collaboration
- Process and status visibility
- Team productivity
- Product quality
Related services include:
Business Process Analysis
Software Design & Development
Solution Integration