UAB Senuku, believed to be the biggest DIY (Do It Yourself) retailer in the Baltics has signed a major deal with Infor to mange demand planning and inventory. Infor will help Senukai to reduce overall stock levels while avoiding stock-out situations by improving demand forecast accuracy for every product at every location and planning replenishment across their international supply chain. The project covers Senukai’s retail and wholesale branches with more than 91 company-owned or franchise DIY stores and more than 150,000 permanent wholesale buyers in Lithuania and abroad.
UAB Senuku Prekybos Centras (Senukai) services wholesale and retail trade across a wide range of products including; materials for construction, electrical supplies and lighting, household appliances and equipment, sanitary products, sporting and leisure goods, gardening products and audio and video systems. ‘Senuku Prekybos Centras’ trade in products are supplied by nearly 1500 foreign and 900 local producers. Up to 300 various foreign companies have authorized Senuku Prekybos Centras to be their exclusive representative in Lithuania or in the Baltic States. Company’s product range exceeds 155000SKU.
Infor S&OP enables UAB Senukai to get more insight into their demand and supply plans, perform real-time ‘what-if’ scenario planning for different demand-supply conditions and assess their plans in unit and financial terms. Event management and workflow will help Senukai quickly detect problems in their supply chain and highlight these to the appropriate people to improve responsiveness.
Infor says that Infor S&OP is a new solution, purpose-built for the unique needs of manufacturers, suppliers and distributors. The solution provides capabilities for bringing together demand, supply and financial plans into a single application with deep analytics and embedded workflow that supports all stages of the sales and operations planning process.
The business goal is to gain consensus on a single plan that aligns the financial and operational plans for the business.
