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Cutting Inventory Cost by 20% With SAP S/4HANA and SAP for Retail

Explore how Nihilent helped a retail chain transform its business with SAP S/4HANA and SAP for Retail, supporting every core process from master data to point of sale and cutting its cost of inventory by 20%.

Service

ERP Transformation (SAP)

Vertical

Energy

Tech Stack

SAP S/4HANA, SAP for Retail Solutions

Cutting Inventory Cost by 20% With SAP S/4HANA and SAP for Retail

Client Overview

The client is a retail chain operating in a fast changing market. To stay ahead of its competitors it needed to transform the way it ran its stores, its stock and its reporting, and chose SAP S/4HANA with SAP for Retail, with Nihilent as its implementation partner. 

Business Challenges

A retail business in a fast moving market was running on processes and systems that could not keep up.

01

A Fast Changing Market

Competitors were moving quickly, and the business needed to move faster.

02

Fragmented Retail Processes

Core processes from master data to point of sale were not supported end to end.

03

Imprecise Stock Information

Sales staff lacked accurate stock assessments when serving customers.

04

Slow Management Reporting

Management information arrived too slowly to support fast decisions.

05

Complex Data

Data was more complex than it needed to be, making it harder to use.

How Nihilent Addressed This

Nihilent implemented SAP S/4HANA together with SAP for Retail solutions as a complete digital transformation.

End to End Retail Processes

Supported every core retail process, from master data down to point of sale.

Precise Stock Assessments

Gave sales staff accurate, current stock information to serve customers better.

Real Time Analytics

Enabled real time analytics for faster and better decisions.

Simpler Data

Reduced data complexity across the business.

Intuitive Interface

Delivered a simple user interface that improves efficiency and customer service.

Key Results & Outcomes

20%

reduction in cost of inventory

>70%

improvement in management information reporting

>6%

reduction in inventory

10%

reduction in data complexity

Real time

analytics for faster decisions

Key Takeaway / Conclusion

By bringing every retail process onto SAP S/4HANA and SAP for Retail, Nihilent helped a retail chain carry less stock, spend less on it, and make decisions on current information.

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