SAF SuperStore for Fully Automated Orders for Retail Stores

The Customer the Driver of the Order Process

The SAF SuperStore forecasting and ordering software automates replenishment in the stores and optimizes the ordering process. By determining the optimal order quantities, the standard software reduces inventory levels and out of stocks. The orders are based on forecasted sales and current inventory levels. As a result of the clearly improved item availability, both customer satisfaction and customer loyalty improve resulting in higher sales and profits. At the same time, warehousing costs are reduced by the optimized order quantities. The SAF forecasting and ordering system aligns, consistent with the concept of Demand Chain Management, all delivery processes with customer demand, the driver of the value- added chain. SAF SuperStore is targeted to meet the needs of the full range of retail businesses: discounters, wholesale and retail traders, mail order companies and do-it-yourself stores.

Consideration of External and Internal Influencing Factors

SAF SuperStore forecasts take seasonal effects, promotions, price changes and advertising campaigns into account. An integrated reporting system – Management by Exception – alerts store operators to imminent out of stocks, excess inventory, tacit delisting or unusual sales slumps. Unlike conventional computer-supported ordering systems, which can only automate about ten percent of the overall replenishment planning process, SAF SuperStore achieves automation levels of up to 100 percent.

SAF SuperStore is Compatible with Standard Operating Systems and Hardware Platforms:

• MS Windows 2000 (SP4 or higher) for Intel PCs
• MS Windows XP (SP2) for Intel PCs
• IBM AIX 5.2 or higher on IBM RS/6000
• S.u.S.E. Linux 9.2 (i686) - Kernel-Version 2.6.8 (other distribution versions upon request) on Intel PCs
• Solaris 9 (SunOS 5.9) or higher on UltraSparc
• Solaris 10 (SunOS 5.10) auf X64
• HP-UX 11 or higher on HP Apollo