Implementation of PP&C to unlock the full potential of SAP PMR
Foodstuffs South Island Co-operative is a market leader in New Zealand South Islands’sretail grocery industry
- Headquartered in Christchurch, Canterbury (NZ)
- The Co-operative supports the well-known brands: New World, PAK’nSAVE, Four Square, RaewardFresh, Henry’s and On The Spot
- Proud to be 100% owned and operated by people from New Zealand
- Revenue: $3.28 bn NZD (2021)
Further information: foodstuffs-si.co.nz
Success Story
Implementation of PP&C to unlock the full potential of SAP PMR
Challenge
retailsolutions' PP&C combined with SAP PMR optimise Foodstuffs' promotion planning and improve their margins
Manually managed promotion planning process led to fragmented ways of working; challenges caused by obsolete master data
Majority of promotions are vendor proposed, managing negotiations with vendors is time consuming
Manual maintenance of a large volume of promotions
Covid-19 pandemic let to the project being executed entirely remote
Solution & Benefits
Promotion Planning & Calendar
SAP Promotion Management for Retail (PMR) was paired it with Promotion Planning & Calendar (PP&C), the out-of-the-box Industry Cloud solution for enhanced support of high-level promotion planning.
Solution
- Implementation of retailsolutions PP&C and SAP PMR to bring the end-to-end planning process on system -enabling working with accurate and up-to-date master data with automatic notifications of master data changes
- Custom Vendor portal allows suppliers to view planned promotional activities and submit proposals for product promotionss along with associated funding ready for approval directly in the system
- Automated offer terms construction based on proposed vendor rebate proposals and pre-configured target margins
Benefits
Improved coordination of the promotion planning process
Fewer mistakes, better accuracy, reduced rework, improved transparency
Less communication effort reduces the scope for errors and improves vendor relationships
Significant reduction in effort required to maintain promotional offers.