Replenishment Optimization

Karabus Management has the most experienced replenishment experts in the consulting industry. Our people have more than 150 combined years of inventory management experience, both as consultants and as executives at major retailers. They have helped numerous retailers and wholesalers assess and improve their replenishment and allocation processes, people and tools.

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We use proprietary analytical tools to help clients quantify the financial benefits of using scientific inventory management practices. We develop business requirements for selecting inventory management and replenishment software, as well as manage the vendor selection process. We also identify and help institute the changes retailers must make in their business processes to fully capitalize on new software.

Many retailers believe they only need to make substantial investments in new technologies to improve business performance, and that the technology they install should support - not alter - the way they have always worked. Invariably, these retailers are disappointed by poor returns on their technology investments. From our experience, the retailers with the greatest payback from technology are those that make fundamental changes to their business processes before installing new systems - not retailers that automate outdated and flawed business processes.

Other retailers are reluctant to invest heavily in new technology, perceiving the risk and expense to outweigh the benefits. Karabus Management has extensive experience at helping retailers create a clear roadmap to generating substantial returns on their IT investments.

In addition, retailers often have legacy systems that are difficult to replace quickly. We help retailers get the most out of their legacy systems. We develop "quick-win" opportunities that provide the confidence, momentum and financial benefits that are often necessary for a retailer to fund a major transformation project. In addition, our approach enables a retailer to generate results along the way rather than wait multiple years to see a return.

Karabus Management has helped many retailers that have implemented leading replenishment systems to generate the return on their investment - ROI promised but not delivered by the software vendor. We have also aided retailers in making major operations improvements without new technologies by changing processes, practices and organizational structures.