Where should I allocate my stock?

Further to my recent open letter to the UK Grocers, I'm delighted to announce that - in response to COVID-19 supply challenges - we have designed and launched SKUtrak Stock-in-Trade; available immediately to all customers on SKUtrak premium packages. This helps supermarket suppliers to better understand where stock of their products is located across their major customers' stores and depots, in response to the unusual buying patterns that we are currently experiencing.

SKUtrak Stock-in-Trade has been built in just two weeks and provides:

• an aggregate stock and sales cover profile across ALL retailers that form part of your SKUtrak Standard+ service - at category, subcategory and SKU levels;
• a depot breakdown - again in aggregate, across ALL retailers - so that you can review current stock and put that in the context of stock movements over the past 28 days.

These dashboards help to assess stock positions, determine stock cover, decide on where to prioritise stock in response to retailer orders and better meet the needs of shoppers and consumers.

If you serve the major UK supermarkets and are struggling with unusual order patterns, fluctuating forecasts and tough allocation decisions... take a look.