The network Khleb-sol discounter improved supply using Korus OSA service

2019: Connection to a cloud service of Korus OSA

On August 13, 2019 the CORUS Consulting company reported that the Irkutsk network of product discounters "Khleb-sol" entering into Slata Group was connected to the cloud serviceKORUS|of OSA helping retailers with fight against the shortage of goods on shelves.

To understand the reasons of a situation of "Out-of-stock" (lack of goods in specific shop) and to quickly fill up product inventories in large network, the retailer was connected to a cloud service of KORUS|by OSA – the development of Corus Consulting constructed using technologies machine obucheniyamicrosoft by Azure.

Specialists of Corus Consulting configured integration from accounting system retail network and storage in which are data about checks and a commodity remaining balance. On a preparatory stage the project team connected to service twenty shops of product discounter then the network could calculate the amount of the missed sales for the test period and define the most probable causes of deficit of goods.

Successful results of the first stage allowed to connect in December, 2018 to service all shops "Khleb-sol". Service automatically reveals situations of "Out-of-stock" on each position in assortment of shop and creates the broad picture on the missed sales and their reasons – both for the last day, and in dynamics. Also service helps with carrying out monthly local inventory. A system reveals problems in merchandising in each outlet and according to each nomenclature, announces managers of shops the reasons. This information forms the basis for more point reconciliation of a remaining balance.

In addition, KORUS|OSA analyzes origins of empty shelves. So a system defines that the situation could arise because of errors of merchandisers, failures of a system of the autoorder and wrong forecast of orders or because of violation of the delivery schedule by suppliers. After the analysis of the reasons service quickly creates recommendations for elimination of shortage of goods.

Connection to KORUS|OSA allows top management of the company to make quickly decisions on the basis of analytical reports which contain information on deficit of goods, the missed sales and the reasons of shortage, the exact time of emergence and correction of a problem.

"Our shops are located on the most part of the inhabited territory of Siberia – from the Irkutsk region to Transbaikalia. In the conditions of long distances and natural features of the region the logistics of goods becomes a difficult task. Thanks to KORUS noted Machey Romanovsky, the director of retail chain stores of Slat and "Bread salt"

"The implementation project of service in Khleb-sol network took about 1.5 months. Thanks to a cloud computing architecture a system does not require any additional investments from the customer, except a connectivity to data sources", notedKonstantin Dobrotok, the head Service Lab of department of analytical solutions of CORUS Consulting Group