Every store gets its own demand plan every morning — fresh waste down, shelves full.
2,400
Stores planned individually
-28%
Fresh-goods waste
11×
Forecast granularity
01
Challenge
One national plan governed 2,400 very different stores: spoilage in some regions, empty shelves in others, and planners who could not possibly tune each site by hand.
02
Approach
Per-store forecasting agents run in the chain's cloud, writing directly into replenishment. The planning team reviews exceptions, not spreadsheets.
03
Outcome
Fresh waste dropped by more than a quarter, availability rose, and planning granularity went from region to shelf — daily.
“Every store now gets its own plan every morning. That used to be impossible.”
— VP supply chain, National grocery chain — 2,400 stores