Swedish Retailer Axfood Partners With JDA to Create High-Impact Space Plans for Over 1,000 Stores
Customer Company Size
Large Corporate
Region
- Europe
Country
- Sweden
Product
- JDA Space Planning
- JDA Planogram Generator
Tech Stack
- Space Planning Software
- Planogram Software
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Customer Satisfaction
- Productivity Improvements
- Revenue Growth
Technology Category
- Functional Applications - Inventory Management Systems
- Functional Applications - Warehouse Management Systems (WMS)
Applicable Industries
- Retail
Applicable Functions
- Sales & Marketing
- Warehouse & Inventory Management
Use Cases
- Inventory Management
- Supply Chain Visibility
Services
- Software Design & Engineering Services
- System Integration
About The Customer
Axfood is the second-largest grocery retailer in Sweden. The company wholly owns 250 stores that operate under the Willys and Hemköp brands and also collaborates with approximately 820 proprietor-run stores that are contractually tied to Axfood. The company has a team of nine planners, each of whom is an expert in certain product categories. Each planner manages 200 to 300 planograms, which must be updated three times a year. The level of collaboration between Axfood and its proprietor-owned stores can vary greatly, making it crucial for the company to support consistently high-performing displays and plans across all stores.
The Challenge
As the second-largest grocery retailer in Sweden, Axfood operates 250 stores under the Willys and Hemköp brands and collaborates with approximately 820 proprietor-run stores. The company faced the challenge of managing space planning across more than 1,000 stores to ensure consistently high revenues and margins. The company's space planning team had to manage a large volume of planogram work, with each planner managing 200 to 300 planograms that needed to be updated three times a year. The level of collaboration between Axfood and its proprietor-owned stores varied greatly, making it crucial to support consistently high-performing displays and plans across all stores.
The Solution
Axfood partnered with JDA Software to use its Category Management solution to optimize its store shelves. The solution enabled Axfood's space planning team to manage a large volume of planogram work effectively. The team could create better shelves for its customers by arranging the product placement to make the products they wanted their customers to see more visible. The company tracked its results and found a positive correlation between planogram compliance and its bottom line. Axfood is currently implementing a pilot of JDA Planogram Generator across three product categories and 50 stores. The new software will enable the space planning team to incorporate local assortments into the planogram and produce a plan that's perfect for each store's specific shelves and facings.
Operational Impact
Quantitative Benefit
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