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Staying at the Forefront of Fashion by Accelerating Planning Processes The world of fashion moves fast, and to compete successfully, jewelry and accessories firmbeeline GmbH must get its products to retail stores quickly. However, omnichannel planning processes that involved data from multiple, disparate systems were increasing time to market. The company deployed retail management solutions from SAP and has streamlined forecasting processes and cut planning cycles while enabling a more agile response to fluctuations in demand in rapidly changing markets. beeline began its IT transformation by migrating finance and controlling processes from 30 instances of the SAP ERP application to SAP S/4HANA for fashion and vertical business. beeline GmbH Wholesale Distribution | Germany SAP Customer Activity Repository, SAP S/4HANA for fashion and vertical business, SAP Assortment Planning, SAP Allocation Management, SAP Merchandise Planning, SAP Activate, and SAP Model Company for Fashion and Vertical Business

• Aggregation of point -of-sale data using the SAP Customer Activity Repository application • Support for end -to-end fashion retail processes in SAP S/4HANA for fashion and vertical business • Detailed planning functionality in the SAP Assortment Planning, SAP Allocation Management, and SAP Merchandise Planning applications • Additional content to accelerate deployment from planning to execution, provided by the omnichannel content add-on for SAP Assortment Planning • Foundation for innovation provided by SAP Business Technology Platform, with a modern architecture that enables machine learning applications and the rapid deployment of mobile apps

90% Less time to produce planning reports, down from two weeks to one day

>50% Reduction in planning cycle time frames

120 million Products shipped each year

Challenges

• Complex system landscape & integration. No Single source of truth • Lack of visibility of business processes, 360˚ view of customers

“Retail solutions from SAP are playing a crucial role in helping us get the right products to the right stores at the right time, enabling us to work more efficiently and supporting rapid growth.”

Outcomes

• Optimized operations, inventory and supply chain management • Reduced Time To Market • Improved finance operations

Product Director, Beeline GmbH -Yvonne Franklin

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