JDA's Arthur Applications Drive Improved Sales Markdowns:
According to Buehler, Phillips-Van Heusen has leveraged the full capabilities of Arthur Allocation to improve significantly its inventory position at a very detailed level.
“We had a major push to improve our position beyond item and class to the size level,” he said. “Now with Arthur Allocation working with our different formulas, we are doing size forecasting for basic stock merchandise and pre-pack optimization for fashion apparel. This combination has significantly contributed to our sales markdown improvements and has clearly improved our sales and margins in recent years.”
Arthur Allocation Boosts Productivity and Efficiency:
By implementing Advanced Allocation by Arthur, Phillips-Van Heusen has also experienced gains in productivity and efficiency for its employees. Buehler said the Van Heusen division's all-store allocation process routinely took between an hour and an hour-and-a-half to complete. Now with Arthur Allocation it can be done in a fraction of the time.
“We can literally have it done in 10 to 15 minutes now,” Buehler said. “And it's a more consistent and a more accurate allocation than it used to be. That certainly is a benefit.”
Another benefit the company sees is the ease of training new employees on the technology. What used to be manual training with a long learning curve is now a quick assimilation for Phillips-Van Heusen employees.
“We've had quite a bit of turnover in that area of personnel, for positive reasons,” Buehler says. “Most of them have been able to move into higher-level positions, and the new people we bring in are up and running on the system in a matter of weeks.”
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