There are many ways a space management system can be used by a retailer. I am sometimes surprised by the choices some retailers make in their implementations. Occasionally, they select very complicated integrations while ignoring simpler valuable features. In brief, here are 30 Things to do with a Space Management system. While it is not meant to detail every integrations and cross-functional solutions that a retailer could create. Readers could use it as a guide in creating a roadmap for future space planning initiatives. Consider it a great beginning.
Each of these is a way to extract more value out of your current space management system investment by extending its use to solve multiple cross-company problems. This could be used by IT product managers, business leaders and CIO's as they consider how to improve their merchandising systems integration
Here then from the most basic to the more advanced are
30 Things to do with a Space Management System.
- Planograms
- New store and remodeled store layouts
- Price Integrations
- Printed shelf-edge label production files
- Digital shelf-edge displays
- Store Task Management
- Store-level labor forecasting
- Merchandising Implementation & Compliance
- With image recognition
- Store execution scorecarding
- Vendor scorecarding
- Store feedback
- Bill of materials fixture ordering
- Construction integrations and project planning
- Initial store inventory allocations for new items
- As-is store capture and out of stock measurements
- With or without image recognition
- With or without robots
- Product attribute data capture & tagging
- Inventory forecasting & supply chain integration
- Warehouse/DC deliveries to stores pre-sorted by aisles
- Outdoor and "yard" merchandising planning
- Promotional location planning & forecasting
- In-store marketing integrations
- Macro store space optimization
- Real estate pro forma modeling
- GMROS scorecards by business line & district/region
- Store of the future/new prototype design
- Pop up store planning
- Shopper testing
- Assortment analytics
- Cannibalization/sales transference testing
- New item forecasting
- Promotional lift scorecards
- Promotional location variables
- Omnichannel integration
- Picker routing for online orders by store
- Consumer facing app store maps
- Returns routing management
- Artificial Intelligence integrations
- Opportunity searches
- Predictive sales forecast integrations
- Virtual reality stores
Do you have another way to use your Space Planning system? Tell me what I overlooked in the comments below.