Schuitema NV to Optimize Space & Category Management with JDA Software

Logistics Insight Asia - Industry News, 5/6/2008

JDA Software Group has announced that Schuitema NV, the second largest Netherlands food retailer with 439 supermarkets and a turnover of 3.3 billion Euros, selected additional solutions from JDA Software’s industry-leading Space & Category Management suite to help achieve precision merchandising through tailored, demand-driven assortments and streamline execution, optimizing space and category management initiatives.

Having used JDA’s Space Planning by Intactix application for seven years, Schuitema licensed JDA Software’s Intactix Knowledge Base, Floor Planning, Efficient Item Assortment and Space Automation solutions, all powered by Intactix, for a fully integrated, comprehensive space and category management system that will support the implementation of its new business processes.
“We selected JDA’s Space and Category Management solutions over several other vendors due to its fully integrated capabilities for range, space and floor planning, as well as store execution in order to support a new approach in our business processes. The JDA solutions will help us effectively manage and precisely execute over 2,500 planograms, allowing us to better allocate labor while sensing and responding to consumer demand,” explained Jaap Verjaal, Schuitema’s information technology director.

In addition to tracking store product performance more effectively and reducing the amount of manual intervention and data-management tasks once implemented, Schuitema also looks forward to increasing analysis capabilities at the category management level, providing accurate replenishment capacity and standardizing store layout and appearance.

JDA Software Group, www.jda.com