Store-specific Floor Plan Management Establishment of macro to micro space planning

Automated drawing maintenance tools within Retail FOCUS allow for the seamless incorporation of fixture and planogram changes to all affected store floor plans without user-intervention. Additional processes manage the activities needed to publish and communicate these changes via an email and web-based review and approval processes.

Planogram Development and Publishing Build and communicate the space plan

A performance-driven planogram development and optimization tool within Retail FOCUS allows retailers to combine store and store-cluster supply chain and demand-based merchandising rules to automatically determine the correct item-inventory and visual presentation. The result is rendered and presented in a 3D visual merchandising environment for final refinement and approval by the user.

Store Category Space Analysis Understand and develop a range and space plan

Retail FOCUS captures and maintains a consistent view of fixture and planogram space allocation with each approved version of the store plan. This information is combined with a retailer’s performance database to provide detailed space utilization analysis and identify both macro and micro space optimization opportunities. It allows for store performance comparisons, plan objectives or store cluster benchmarks.

Drawing Automation Execute the range and space plan across the entire enterprise

Several automated drawing management tools ensure that store-specific drawings can be created and maintained in a dynamic merchandising environment. Integration with retailers’ CAD process, Item Management, Supply Chain and Planogram development process ensures changes that affect the store-floor plan are seamlessly incorporated with minimal to no user intervention. Once automated changes have been applied, a client-specific publishing and communication process distributes the updated store plans as required.

3D Store Plan Visualization and Maintenance Visualize, communicate and manage

Retail FOCUS Merchandiser delivers a detailed fixture and store environmental library to produce photo-realistic environments of a new or prototype store. Users can manipulate fixturing, product and store elements in a 3d environment to reflect the desired state. Distribution of store environments for review and approval is done via email or the web.

Single Common relational database Underpinned by an open, industry standard relational database

Retail FOCUS uses a common relational database to store the store fixturing and merchandising information allowing for a complete, detailed report on all inventory, fixturing, merchandising and space/performance return.

Web-based Store Plan Collaboration Store to HQ two way real-time communication

As retailers struggle with more complex and frequent merchandising changes, store personnel face greater challenges receiving and processing this information via email/PDF/hardcopy reports. The eSeries suite of products is web-enabled offering real time accurate, timely and detailed information between store and HQ.

Web-based Merchandising Collaboration Supplier-Retailer two way real-time communications

With increasing pressure to create more customer-centric and store specific planograms, retailers are more readily involving suppliers in the merchandising process. This process has historically required the purchase of complex applications and synchronization routines. The eSeries suite of products is a web-based merchandising solution that allows a retailer’s trading partners to participate in the plannogramming process via the web. eMerchandiser provides secure, vendor-specific access to web-based planogram development solutions using a centralized planogram database.

Electronic Store Survey Next time could be your last with eSeries; once captured, maintained in real time

eDesigner provides web-enabled viewing and maintenance of floor plans directly from the store floor. eDesigner allows for the real time management of both fixturing and planogram information. Additional support for exception reporting, merchandising execution and client-specific data gathering capabilities are also included. Electronic surveys result in automatic generation of AutoCAD .dwg files in a pending status for review and approval by other field or head office personnel.

Integrated Fixture Takeoff and Ordering Retail FOCUS becomes your asset management tool

Retail FOCUS provides direct integration with existing fixture libraries and manufacturer ordering information to deliver store plan version-specific fixture takeoffs and fixture ordering. Additionally, a store difference report highlights additions and returns to stock of fixtures and fittings from remodel and remerchandising initiatives.