akila®

The solution

akila is designed to:

• Maximize sales while improving service levels and identifying the « best sales ».
• Increase margins while limiting replenishment management costs.
• Balance stocks by guaranteeing the service level on strategic references and by significantly reducing the level of « non-circulating » goods.

Advantages

• Specialized replenishment solution integrating the whole supply chain
• Designed to integrate and communicate with other environments (providers, retail outlets, suppliers)
• « Business » approach focused on improved productivity and customer satisfaction
• Reduced cost for user implementation and deployment
• Fast and measurable return on investment

Functionalities

1. Forecast

• Consumption at any level of the Supply Chain (from retail outlet to factory),
• In accordance with the selected consultant models for goods replenishment ,
• Who will integrate seasonal weighting, promotion campaigns, new products, cannibalization and ratchet effect, flexibility of demand / prices, etc.

2. Replenishing

Calculate the requirement against different constraints:

• Purchasing policy: price opportunities, invitations for tender, service and stock level targets.
• Referencing: packaging, pricing conditions, delivery deadlines and conditions, etc.
• Organization: consolidated or offset stocks, just-in-time / cross-docking, direct deliveries, collections, warehouse and linear storage capacity, capacity of loading bays, job schedules, shipping optimisation, etc.

3. Checking, warning

• Checking retail outlet orders and stock allocation.
• « To do list », management by exception, workflow.
• Generating warnings: shortages, out-of-stock, overstocks, delays.
• Publishing of customizable performance indicators.

Technical characteristics

• SGBD Oracle
• SOA design
• Full Java product
• Thin client

akila^® is a registred trademark of Generix Group