Informatica Case Studies Hardware Retailer Uses Data Warehouse to Track Inventory

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Hardware Retailer Uses Data Warehouse to Track Inventory

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Applicable Industries	Equipment & Machinery
Applicable Functions	Logistics & Warehousing
Use Cases	Inventory Management Log in to view content
Challenge	Ace tracked which products retailers ordered, when they were ordered and shipped. However, the company could not track or forecast actual sales. Data used for reporting was up to a one-week old, owing to performance and data cleansing issues. Requirement to integrate wholesale and inventory data with POS data to help drive key business decisions, improve category management, lower inventory costs and optimize pricing. Reliance on custom coding to integrate POS data was excessively resource intensive and led to major performance constraints. Read More
Customer	ACE Hardware Read More
Solution	Real time POS analysis enables Ace to replenish inventory systems and in-store stock more quickly, reducing inventory holding costs. Read More Log in to view content
Data Collected	Inventory Cycle Count, Inventory Levels, Orders Processed, Shipping Time, Buying Habits Read More Log in to view content
Solution Type	IT Read More Log in to view content
Solution Maturity	Mature (technology has been on the market for > 5 years) Read More Log in to view content
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Applicable Industries

Equipment & Machinery

Applicable Functions

Logistics & Warehousing

Use Cases

Challenge

Ace tracked which products retailers ordered, when they were ordered and shipped. However, the company could not track or forecast actual sales. Data used for reporting was up to a one-week old, owing to performance and data cleansing issues. Requirement to integrate wholesale and inventory data with POS data to help drive key business decisions, improve category management, lower inventory costs and optimize pricing. Reliance on custom coding to integrate POS data was excessively resource intensive and led to major performance constraints.

Customer

ACE Hardware

Solution

Real time POS analysis enables Ace to replenish inventory systems and in-store stock more quickly, reducing inventory holding costs.

Data Collected

Inventory Cycle Count, Inventory Levels, Orders Processed, Shipping Time, Buying Habits

Solution Type

Solution Maturity

Mature (technology has been on the market for > 5 years)

Impact #1	[Management Effectiveness - Data Analysis] Enabled Ace to target customers more effectively by analyzing historical buying habits detecting trends
Impact #2	[Financial Growth - Profit Margin] Increased profit margins and pricing structures
Impact #3	[Data Management - Data Analysis] Informatica integrates critical POS data from 1,500 retail locations with its wholesale and inventory systems for strategic analysis by sales, marketing, and pricing managers

Impact #1

[Management Effectiveness - Data Analysis]
Enabled Ace to target customers more effectively by analyzing historical buying habits detecting trends

Impact #2

[Financial Growth - Profit Margin]
Increased profit margins and pricing structures

Impact #3

[Data Management - Data Analysis]
Informatica integrates critical POS data from 1,500 retail locations with its wholesale and inventory systems for strategic analysis by sales, marketing, and pricing managers

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Hardware Retailer Uses Data Warehouse to Track Inventory

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