Grocery, Convenience & Pharmacy 

Achieve supply chain excellence in the highly competitive grocery, convenience and pharmacy industry

Many of world’s leading grocery, convenience and pharmacy companies across all formats — from supermarkets to hypermarket/supercenters, as well as eight of the top 10 food and drug companies in the Fortune 500 — have turned to JDA for advanced planning solutions and domain expertise in demand management, space and category management, merchandise planning, price and promotion management, and workforce management.

JDA’s innovative supply chain management software and services enable food and drug retailers to:

• Improve forecast accuracy by leveraging one synchronized view of demand. Companies can employ precision merchandising practices to better sense and respond to demand in near real time.
• Drive more effective promotions and events. Companies can combine advanced demand forecasting and optimization capabilities with comprehensive price and promotion execution to meet financial goals.
• Synchronize planning across functions for optimized store operations. Companies can seamlessly incorporate statistical sales forecasts and consumer-driven channel clusters to produce accurate, insightful and coordinated plans.
• Increase margins through more profitable, targeted assortments. By balancing planning and product selection, companies can produce plans that meet consumer needs and fulfill business objectives.
• Improve service levels on reduced inventory investment. Companies can develop multi-tier, time-phased orders, shipments and receipts within the various points of their global network.
• Boost customer service by having the right person at the right place at the right time. Companies can control labor costs and ensure budget compliance by improving plan execution and producing schedules that align with store demand.

JDA offers additional solutions tailored to the needs of grocery, convenience and pharmacy companies, including JDA’s solutions for space and floor planning, merchandise management and transportation management.

Why JDA?

JDA solutions are built on an in-depth understanding of your supply chain needs, and feature configurable, best practice processes and workflows developed in conjunction with leading food and drug retailers. With JDA supply chain management, you can leverage consumer demand signals to make more informed decisions — ensuring better execution and more profitable performance.