Retail & Distribution
White Paper in 2019 - How digital transformation is the latest trend in Australian retail
Australian retail re-defined
The digital economy has up-ended the traditional retail shopping cart. Not only up-ended it, but shrunk it, digitised it and replaced it with an icon at the top right-hand of consumers’ screens. Customers demand fast access to information and a smooth, easy, personalised experience with each interaction. They expect consistency on any device and across any channel, physical or digital. Read our white paper to learn the current challenges faced by Australian retailers and why retailers are pursuing digital transformation to stay relevant to customers.
Increasingly, a retailer's success is tied to its ability to provide relevant, accurate product information and to deliver consistent, personalised experiences that will keep shoppers engaged. This requires retailers to put the customer front and center to compete in today's retail landscape.
Our solutions change the way retailers work – with centralised operations connecting stores, e-commerce and customers to headquarters - all to create a scalable, optimised customer experience and build the foundation for continued success.
Whether your business is growing, expanding into new markets, or replacing outdated systems, we can help you create a customised and distinct digital strategy to address customer expectations and to differentiate your brand from your competitors with an approach that is unique to your organisation.
Let us guide you in optimsing your digital foundation – allowing you to focus on gaining brand advocates and growing your business.
Retail solution areas include:
- Point of sale (POS) systems - Manage transaction processing, cash and drawers, customer data capture, clientelling, inventory reports and much more.
- Online & in store (omni-channel) - Engage customers and support cross-channel selling with an information hub encompassing all integrated data and processes.
- Loyalty programmes - Configure and manage various components including tiers, rules, dates, discounts, points accrual, and redemption across channels.
- Store replenishment - Forecast the sales quantity of each product per day by store, maintain adequate stocking levels with timely replenishment and use data insights for correct order quantity, create purchase orders and invoices automatically.
- Merchandising - Centrally manage assortment including creation, scheduling, tracking as well as deep item hierarchies.
- Product lifecycle management - Get all staff on the same platform using the same data with a single system creating a single source of the truth.
- Landed costing - Fast transition of inventory, billing and freight tracking for better monitoring and customer updates.
- Credit control and collections - Integrated with accounts receivable and sales orders modules, improving cash flow, reducing bad debts and enabling new account risk scoring.
DXC Merchandise Planning and Execution Suite
Getting your products in the right place at the right time for the right price
Functionality for all stages of merchandising – from budget planning and demand forecasting to purchase planning, allocation and replenishment. Select components or implement the entire solution that provides:
- Enhanced, more accurate forecasting
- Improved accuracy of allocation modeling
- Reduced inefficiencies in end-to-end retailing
- Increased sales/margins through optimized inventory and pricing.
DXC Retail Toolkit Fundamentals
Extended retail functionality for Microsoft Dynamics
An extended set of tools for retailers on a single platform – eliminating the need for expensive customisations and reducing dependency on third-party applications and simplifies workflow processes. Key functionality includes:
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Unlimited user-defined customer fields
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Expanded customer properties at POS
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Product availability and discontinued status
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Product availability by attribute
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Customer cases and activities
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Advanced product search
DXC Action Analytics for Retail
Real-time analytics for retailers
Driven by advanced analytics and predictive models actionable insight that goes much deeper than traditional planning models – allowing you to make decisions in near-real time. Get more out your data and take your business to the next level.