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Retail, Distribution & Consumer Goods

How retail can withstand cost pressure with an efficient ERP system.

"In recent years, wholesale and retail has increasingly become a digitised industry."
- Dr. Harald Dreher.

State of the industry

Retail is already a highly digitised industry.

In recent years, wholesale and retail has increasingly become a digitalised industry. This means that the processes within the supply chain have to be made more efficient in order to survive cost pressure and low margins.

Improving competitiveness is a permanent aspiration of successful wholesale and trading companies, and this usually also involves the requirements for ERP and merchandise management software in terms of efficiency in a digitalised world.

Digital warehouse – efficient processes

Common challenges within Retail, Distribution & Consumer Goods

Special requirements are placed on an ERP system:

Key Issues
  • Inconsistent workflows
  • High error rates due to manual data handling
  • Difficulty in scaling processes to meet increasing demand
Dreher Solutions
Process Optimisation & Management: Analyses and refines workflows to ensure consistency and efficiency across processes, reducing delays and improving overall performance
Robotic Process Automation (RPA): Automates repetitive tasks, minimising human error in data handling and improving accuracy across processes
Digital Transformation: Transforms manual processes into scalable digital workflows, enabling the business to adapt quickly to fluctuating demand and grow more efficiently
Key Issues
  • High operational costs 
  • Balancing quality with cost-effectiveness
  • Need for optimised pricing strategy
  • Accurate tracking and control of costs
Dreher Solutions
Process Optimisation & Management: Identifies and streamlines costly inefficiencies with operations, lowering expenses and improving margins
ERP Implementation: Centralises financial data, providing real-time cost tracking and control, enabling more informed decisions to maintain and enhance profitability
Key Issues
  • Inaccurate demand forecasting
  • Complex logistics coordination
  • Limited real-time inventory visibility
  • High operational costs from inefficiencies
  • Delayed response to supply disruptions
  • High transport costs

 

 

Dreher Solutions
IT Strategy Consulting: Develops a data-driven strategy for demand forecasting, leveraging technology to improve accuracy and align stock levels with consumer demand
ERP Implementation: Centralises logistics data across all distribution channels, enhancing coordination and simplifying management of inventory flows for both online and offline sales
Robotic Process Automation (RPA): Automates inventory tracking and updates in real-time, providing full visibility across inventory levels and enabling quicker responses to demand shifts
Process Optimisation & Management: Refine workflows to streamline supply chain coordination. Ensuring consistent inventory levels, minimising delays and reducing operational inefficiencies across distribution channels. Enhancing real-time responsiveness.
Key Issues
  • Pressure to meet sustainability standards
  • Complexity in tracking environmental impact
  • Scope 1, 2 & 3 reporting
  • Need for transparent supply chain practices
Dreher Solutions
Sustainability Full Service: Supports businesses in identifying CO2 reduction opportunities, establishing reporting frameworks and aligning with sustainability goals and regulations.
ERP Selection: Identifies solutions that incorporate sustainability tracking. Helping businesses to efficiently manage compliance data and align operations with current and emerging standards.
Process Optimisation & Management: Streamlines and refines workflows, improving efficiency and environmental impact.
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Meet your unique business goals

Integral first step:

Process optimisation should be considered before ERP implementation as it ensures the system operates on streamlined, efficient workflows. Without it, ERP systems risk magnifying inefficiencies instead of resolving them. Process optimisation

  • Prevents automating flawed or outdated processes
  • Identifies key inefficiencies to address early
  • Aligns system configuration with optimised workflows
  • Maximises ERP’s potential for improved performance
  • Creates the foundation for long-term operational success

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Future Focused:

Building regulatory compliance capabilities within ERP, especially for sustainability and CSDR, ensures the system is equipped to handle evolving regulations. Early integration minimizes future disruptions and enhances long-term sustainability efforts. The integration of regulatory compliance

  • Embeds compliance tracking into system functions
  • Ensures CSDR capabilities are built-in early
  • Supports automated compliance reporting
  • Reduces future costly system modifications
  • Strengthens sustainability and regulatory alignment from the start

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A Crucial Foundation:

The selection of an ERP system is fundamental to long-term success. The right system ensures operational efficiency, compliance, and scalability, reduces future costs, and enables sustainable growth. A structured and professional selection process:

  • Aligns system functions with business objectives
  • Reduces future costs for unplanned system changes
  • Supports scalability and future business expansion
  • Ensures the system's adaptability to evolving industry requirements
  • Secures stakeholder buy-in

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Crucial Transformation:

ERP implementation is crucial for transforming business operations by integrating key processes into a unified system. It enhances efficiency, streamlines workflows, and provides real-time data insights, driving overall business success. The implementation of an ERP-system

  • Unifies business functions into a single platform
  • Enhances decision-making with accurate, real-time data
  • Streamlines processes, reducing manual tasks and errors
  • Increases efficiency by automating repetitive operations
  • Supports scalability and growth by adapting to evolving business needs

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Future Foundation:

The AI and Automation module focuses on leveraging technology to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance decision-making. Built on a foundation of standardised processes and clear data, this module helps businesses harness the full potential of AI and automation for sustainable growth. The integration of AI-technologies

  • Automates repetitive tasks, increasing efficiency
  • Enhances decision-making with data-driven insights
  • Improves productivity by streamlining workflows
  • Scales easily to adapt to growing business needs
  • Personalises customer experiences

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stack layer one Processes
stack layer two Compliance
stack layer three ERP Selection
stack layer four ERP Implementation
stack layer five Automation & AI

Processes

Integral first step:

Process optimisation should be considered before ERP implementation as it ensures the system operates on streamlined, efficient workflows. Without it, ERP systems risk magnifying inefficiencies instead of resolving them. Process optimisation

  • Prevents automating flawed or outdated processes
  • Identifies key inefficiencies to address early
  • Aligns system configuration with optimised workflows
  • Maximises ERP’s potential for improved performance
  • Creates the foundation for long-term operational success

Learn More

Compliance

Future Focused:

Building regulatory compliance capabilities within ERP, especially for sustainability and CSDR, ensures the system is equipped to handle evolving regulations. Early integration minimizes future disruptions and enhances long-term sustainability efforts. The integration of regulatory compliance

  • Embeds compliance tracking into system functions
  • Ensures CSDR capabilities are built-in early
  • Supports automated compliance reporting
  • Reduces future costly system modifications
  • Strengthens sustainability and regulatory alignment from the start

Learn More

ERP Selection

A Crucial Foundation:

The selection of an ERP system is fundamental to long-term success. The right system ensures operational efficiency, compliance, and scalability, reduces future costs, and enables sustainable growth. A structured and professional selection process:

  • Aligns system functions with business objectives
  • Reduces future costs for unplanned system changes
  • Supports scalability and future business expansion
  • Ensures the system's adaptability to evolving industry requirements
  • Secures stakeholder buy-in

Learn More

ERP Implementation

Crucial Transformation:

ERP implementation is crucial for transforming business operations by integrating key processes into a unified system. It enhances efficiency, streamlines workflows, and provides real-time data insights, driving overall business success. The implementation of an ERP-system

  • Unifies business functions into a single platform
  • Enhances decision-making with accurate, real-time data
  • Streamlines processes, reducing manual tasks and errors
  • Increases efficiency by automating repetitive operations
  • Supports scalability and growth by adapting to evolving business needs

Learn More

Automation & AI

Future Foundation:

The AI and Automation module focuses on leveraging technology to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance decision-making. Built on a foundation of standardised processes and clear data, this module helps businesses harness the full potential of AI and automation for sustainable growth. The integration of AI-technologies

  • Automates repetitive tasks, increasing efficiency
  • Enhances decision-making with data-driven insights
  • Improves productivity by streamlining workflows
  • Scales easily to adapt to growing business needs
  • Personalises customer experiences

Learn More

Who we do it for

Discover how businesses have grown with Dreher Consulting

Martini Sportswear

Martini Sportswear is a forward-thinking business that is dedicated to producing quality of products and superb service. Their multifunctional sportswear stands out for its smart-casual design that has a level of quality.

Goal:

  • Ensure scalability for future growth. By streamlining production planning, inventory management and sales operations. 

Requirements:

  • Seasonality and competitive markets meant quality data for decision making was essential. Impacting everything from design, logistics, production, quality control and dispatching.
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Martini Sportswear
yfood

Yfood is a complete and simple alternative for situations in which there is little time to eat a balanced diet. Today, yfood is the German market leader in the Smart Food category and can not only be ordered in over 30 countries, but is also an indispensable part of stationary retail.

Goal:

  • To create a solid foundation ready for continued rapid growth was the core requirement. Focusing on adapting internal structures for rapid growth.

Requirements:

  • YFood needed to automate their internal structures, ensuring smooth handling of transactions, data analysis, and performance metrics to maintain market leadership.
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y food
Deuter

Deuter is internationally recognised in the outdoor and sporting goods industry. Specialising in high-quality adventure gear. With a global presence, Deuter faces challenges to maintain sustainability standards, manage a diverse supply chain and continually innovate. 

Key Market Challenges:

  • Constant innovation of product design
  • Sustainability standard adherence
  • Global and complex supply chain
  • Diverse market demands and changes
Deuter
Falke

Falke is a leader in premium clothing - known for their high quality hosiery, socks and knitwear. They operate in the fast paced apparel market, therefore contend with challenges to meet seasonal demand fluctuations, changing market demands as well as consistency in product quality and international production standard adherence. 

Key Market Challenges:

  • Seasonal production and inventory
  • Strict quality control requirements
  • International standards and requirements
  • Balancing fashion trends with brand identity
Falke
Gore-Tex

Gore-Tex, is synonymous with waterproof but breathable fabric technology. They are a key player in technical fabrics used across industries, from outdoor gear, medical to industrial. With a clear focus on continuous innovation, there ongoing operational challenges span everything from industry regulatory compliance, multiple manufacturing sites and partnerships. 

Key Market Challenges:

  • Expected to innovate within a competitive market
  • Compliance with regulatory requirements
  • Adapting to emerging sustainability regulatory and market changes
  • International supply chains
Gore Tex
Requirements

An ERP system for retail must be flexible

ERP software can help companies save time and money while providing the necessary resources.

The ERP system must efficiently support the processes within the supply chain. It is essential that the software offers a high degree of flexibility, is easy to learn and can be used both stationary and mobile.

Standard interfaces to logistics and warehouse systems as well as connections to mobile devices are basic principles that must be specified in a requirements specification tailored to the company.

The software must be able to adapt to the requirements of the environment (interfaces) and the changes within a company, to ensure that the software can scale and support the necessary processes in the future.

In summary, choosing the right ERP and merchandise management solution is a decisive factor for the success of a wholesale or trading company.

computer in warehouse with erp system for retail

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