Grocery & Convenience
From manual ordering to automated stock and promotion optimization
Logio implemented Veritico Stock and Veritico Price for Jednota Mikulov to standardize and automate order management, improve stock structure, and make promotions more efficient.
Outcome
The project removed issues caused by ineffective stock management that had impacted availability and depreciations, while employees were spending up to five hours a day managing orders. Stock availability improved, stock moved faster, and order creation time dropped dramatically, which contributed to higher sales and customer satisfaction.
Stock availability improved from 96 % to
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Inventory turnover time decreased by
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Time needed to create orders shortened by
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About Jednota Mikulov
Jednota, spotřební družstvo v Mikulově is a regional retail cooperative focused on selling food, drugstore items and general merchandise. It operates its own network of grocery stores across the Břeclav district and parts of the Brno‑venkov region in South Moravia. The network includes both small village stores and larger supermarkets supplied from a central logistics center in Hustopeče.
87 stores across South Moravia
17 supermarkets in larger towns and municipalities
1 central logistics center in Hustopeče supplying the whole network
Initial challenge
Jednota Mikulov faced ineffective stock management that negatively affected stock availability and depreciations. Store employees were overwhelmed with administrative work, spending up to five hours a day managing orders instead of focusing on customers.
Project goal
The goal was to standardize and automate the ordering and shopping process, improve stock structure and promotion efficiency, and free up staff time, while increasing stock availability and reducing the impact of depreciations.
Solution
Standardizing stock and promotion management across the network
Logio focused on replacing manual ordering and fragmented promotion management with integrated Veritico tools that automate key decisions and create a consistent process across stores.
Solutions implemented
Promotion Planning & Effectiveness
Unified Pricing & Markdown Management
Automated & Efficient Warehousing
Intralogistics & Material Flow
Process Mapping & Analysis
Impact
More available stock, less work for store staff
Higher stock availability
Stock availability improved from 96 % to 98 %, so customers are more likely to find what they need on the shelf.
Faster inventory turnover
Inventory turnover time decreased by 8 %, which helps stock move faster and addresses issues that had previously led to depreciations.
Dramatically less administrative work
Time required to create orders fell by 90 %, reducing the daily administrative burden that had reached up to five hours per day for employees.
More efficient promotions
Promotions became more consolidated and efficient thanks to Veritico Price, improving how promotional activity supports stock structure.
Sales and customer satisfaction uplift
The combination of higher availability, better stock structure and more efficient promotions led to a significant increase in sales and customer satisfaction.
Ready to automate stock and promotions in your retail network?
If your teams still spend hours on manual ordering and promotion planning, tools like Veritico Stock and Veritico Price can help. Tell us about your stores and we will explore how to improve availability, reduce administrative work, and support your customers better.
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