Optimize product mix and merchandising to boost profits

General merchandise retailers seeking to become more customer-centric must offer the right products to the right customers at the right price—a daunting task for an organization with hundreds of stores with thousands of items in multiple sizes and colors.

afterBOT TransAccess Supplier Connection enables you to share comprehensive post-sales transaction data with suppliers. This permits you to leverage supplier’s expertise selling in many different venues to optimize product assortments and pricing, improve merchandising and promotional activities—and boost customer satisfaction and sales.

Benefits

• Optimize product assortments for each store to increase sales by leveraging vendor’s expertise

• Maximize profits by tracking how well merchandise is selling and collaborating with suppliers to adjust merchandising, promotions, and pricing activities

• Enhance customer centricity and boost customer loyalty by collaborating with suppliers to give customers what they want

Features

Single Repository

Store current, comprehensive post-sales transaction information about product sales(e.g. who bought what, when, where, how much, and how paid) by store and by SKU in a single repository.

Sales Reporting Tools for Retailers and Suppliers

You and your suppliers can share the same sales reporting tool to access the data repository. This tool is optimized to provide fast answers to critical questions, such as:

• Is the product I’m promoting selling at the rate expected?

• What sizes are selling best, and which must be marked down most often in a particular location?

• How well is a particular item selling during the first week after its introduction

Available over the Web

Retailers and suppliers can access the sales reporting tool anytime, anywhere on a need-to-know basis over the Web.