Hardlines & Specialty

Support integrated planning and execution with one synchronized view of demand

Many of the world’s leading hardlines and specialty retailers — including Cabela’s, Inc., Crate & Barrel, PETCO Animal Supplies Stores, Inc. and RadioShack Corporation — have turned to JDA for its proven merchandising and supply chain management technology and domain expertise in demand management, merchandise and assortment management, price and promotion management, and replenishment and fulfillment.

JDA’s innovative software and services enable hardlines and specialty companies to:

• Drive ROI through optimal asset utilization, inventory replenishment and allocation. Companies can achieve unparalleled optimization to support their complex replenishment and logistics processes while minimizing inventory investments and logistics costs.
• Profitably anticipate, plan and shape consumer demand. With a foundation supporting the consumer-centric demand lifecycle, companies can increase forecast accuracy, lower inventory costs and optimize revenue.
• Enhance merchandise management with market-specific assortments and planning across seasons. Companies can utilize local preferences and align product selections with the purchase patterns of each store’s unique customer base.
• Improve performance with market-specific pricing. Regionalized pricing and markdowns can be integrated back into a company’s demand plans to ensure inventory availability.
• Leverage intelligent decision support to plan, manage and optimize inventory investments. Companies can align product supply with consumer demand, reduce markdowns and better target merchandise allocations for improved sales, margins and customer satisfaction.
• Minimize in-store costs and maximize customer service. By streamlining all of their store operations processes, companies can optimize administrative, inventory, workforce and cash management activities.

JDA also provides hardlines and specialty retailers with solutions for transportation management and space and category management.

Why JDA?

JDA solutions for retail 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 hardlines and specialty companies. With JDA solutions, you can align your merchandising and supply chain operations with real-time consumer demand across every channel.