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Bluefire’s business
areas of focus for retailers, distributors, and consumer goods companies:
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Basic
items ordering and store replenishment.
Setting supplier order quantities, DC allocation quantities,
and store replenishment quantities based on all relevant economic
factors (sales forecast, sales variability, promotions, sales
probability distribution shape, margin, cost of capital, etc.) as well
as store presentation requirements. |
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Seasonal
items ordering and store allocation.
Determining supplier order quantities and store allocation
quantities for fashion items, following a push (start of season), pull
(in-season), push (end of life) allocation approach, while correctly
managing store presentation needs. |
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Fashion
items store allocation.
Determining store allocation quantities for fashion items,
following a push (start of season), pull (in-season), push (end of
life) allocation approach, while correctly managing store presentation
needs. |
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Markdown
optimization.
Determining the optimal timing and depth of markdowns for
fashion or season products to maximize profitability. |
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Assortment
optimization.
Determining the optimal store-by-store assortment based on
analysis of historical sales data, typically combined with
socio-demographic data and 3rd party sales data. |
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Open-to-buy
management.
Management of inventories to budgets, ensuring that the right
economic decisions are made when order need to be reduced to meet OTB
targets. |
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