The complexity of competitive context, the need for shorter reaction times as well as to stay productive while using at best business resources, this creates pressures for decision makers including operational managers. Consumers' behaviour and their preferences change quite quickly. Whilst multi-channel communication widen the opportunities to interact with different customers segments, this intensifies the competition. Retail and CPG companies that are not relying on decision support tools are exposed to inefficiencies, higher costs and to a lower efficacy while driving the business at risk.

Forecasting, simulation, math optimization

When it comes to competition, levering on targeted, synchronized, focused and unbiased resources is paramount.

With forecasting, simulation and math optimization we can move the right levers while catching opportunities while keeping risks at bay.

Segments

Commercial area

• Sales forecasting (e.g., PoS, category, SKU)
  
• Customers traffic flows forecasting
  
• Efficiency analysis (e.g. PoS benchmarking, assortments)
  
• Product elasticity for regular and promotion prices
  
• Promotion, price and commercial operations optimization
  
• Speculative buying optimization
  
• Assortment definition on a store cluster or a store level
  
• POSs lay-out analysis and simulation
  
• POS resources optimization
  
• Market analysis and competitors benchmarking while addressing
  business positioning.
  

Logistics area

• Routing optimization and vehicles fleet scheduling (e.g. multi-depot,
  pick and drop)
  
• Loading optimization and pallet load formation and stacking design in
  3D
  
• Delivery planning (e.g. multi-level networks, transit points management)
  
• Delivery scheduling design (e.g. weekly calendars)
  
• Optimization and re-scheduling of fixed routes (e.g. traction plans,
  transit point management)
  
• Transportation forecasting (e.g. volumes per POS)
  
• Warehousing process simulation (e.g. inbound goods, stocking, picking, vehicle loading)
  
• Inventory optimization
  
• Picking and display optimization
  Production line scheduling and workforce management
• ottimizzazione del carico e formazione dei pallet (3D)
• pianificazione delle consegne su rete multi-livello (gestione dei transit point).

ACT Operations Research' references
At ACT Operations Research we have been working with top performing players in the Retail and CPG segments through direct and indirect engagements providing customers with proprietary and third parties technologies.

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ACT Operations Research products portfolio

• BEFORE! is the ACT Operations Research' proprietary statistical tool for demand forecasting and revenue management
  
• OPT Net designs efficient multi-level distribution networks
  
• OPT Shipping, OPT Runner and OPT Loading are among the best optimization tools in the market for distribution, transportation and loads/cargo
  
• OPT Warehouse and NET Solver for warehouse and loading area process optimization.
  
• ARENA e SIMIO: the world's leading simulation software applications.
  

The offering includes SAS' powerful analytical and statistical tools which can be integrated with ACT Operations Research' optimization and forecasting engines.
ACT Operations Research provides customers with specialist support by building bespoke simulation models and implementing the most modern math optimization algorithms.