Grocery - Industry Focused Solutions
Introducing Applexus Enhanced Industry Solutions for Grocery
The grocery industry demands agility, precision, and a deep understanding of how each aspect of the business — from pricing and promotions to inventory and procurement — works together. Grocers need solutions that streamline processes and provide real-time insights necessary to make informed decisions quickly. Applexus understands these challenges and offers industry-focused solutions that leverage the power of advanced SAP technologies. We help grocers optimize their processes, reduce operational costs, and enhance customer satisfaction.
Here’s how our tailored solutions can drive measurable improvements across key areas of your business.
Pricing and Promotion Optimization
Grocers often face challenges in managing real-time visibility into pricing and promotions. With legacy systems, promotional prices are sometimes manually applied or not updated in real-time, causing discrepancies at the point of sale (POS).
Applexus can implement SAP System Generated Coupons to automate the tracking and application of promotional prices across stores. This solution calculates price differences between regular and promotional prices, generating corresponding coupons that stores use to apply discounts, ensuring accurate promotion application, operational efficiency, and enhanced customer experiences.
Master Data Management
Managing vast amounts of master data is a challenge for grocers, especially when using multiple systems. The process of maintaining accurate product and store information can become cumbersome and prone to errors.
We can help streamline master data management by consolidating data from multiple systems into a unified platform. Applexus can implement an intuitive user interface for easy data entry and maintenance, enhancing data accuracy and reducing operational complexity. This approach simplifies processes and improves overall data consistency for better decision-making
Procurement & Diverter Management
Procurement processes, especially around load building and diverter management, can be inefficient and error-prone when done manually. We implement automated procurement solutions to improve load-building processes and streamline order creation based on vendor tolerances, weight, and demand forecasts.
Our diverter dashboard helps grocers manage diverter purchase orders by providing easy access to the best purchasing options and automating the creation and comparison of purchase orders for efficiency.
Store Returns Automation
Manual processes for store returns can lead to delays and errors, especially when tracking pallets and totes for credit and charge transactions.
Applexus can develop a custom Fiori app that allows stores to upload pallet and tote counts directly via spreadsheet, reducing manual errors and speeding up inventory tracking. This solution streamlines the credit posting process, improves compliance, and accelerates overall transaction processing.
Store Replenishment Optimization
Replenishing store inventory manually is time-consuming and often leads to stockouts or overstock situations.
We can implement an automated store replenishment process using handheld devices for in-store reorder scans and to perform SAP ATP checks, and automate the creation of stock transport orders (STOs). This ensures optimal inventory levels are maintained and replenishments are made on time, reducing both stockouts and overstock
Store Ordering Simplification
Managing store orders or through separate order books can be complex and inefficient. Our user-friendly Fiori application can centralize store ordering, enabling buyers to easily manage, add, or remove items.
By simplifying the review and approval process, this solution reduces manual effort, increases accuracy, and boosts productivity.
Cross-Docking Efficiency
Managing cross-docking processes manually can create inefficiencies in the supply chain, causing delays in shipments to stores. Applexus can integrate cross-docking functionality into SAP, eliminating the need for third-party systems.
Our solution enables seamless processing of cross-dock orders, allowing for efficient handling of goods directly from the distribution center to stores, reducing delays and streamlining the logistics process
Data and Analytics for Informed Decisions
Grocers need real-time, accurate data to make informed decisions across various operations. Applexus provides real-time hybrid reporting by integrating historical and current data through SAP Datasphere and SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC).
We enable grocers to generate detailed reports on inventory, purchasing, store audits, and vendor performance, helping them track key business metrics, optimize operations, and make data-driven decisions
