PLUS Retail announces RELEX Solutions partnership

Dutch co-operative supermarket chain PLUS Retail has teamed with RELEX Solutions as it looks to deliver planning processes that better meet local demand and cut waste.

RELEX’s tech will support PLUS’s 265 supermarkets as well as its five distribution centres across the Netherlands.

“RELEX is a sophisticated solution that delivers real benefits by leveraging pragmatic artificial intelligence and machine learning within a unified platform,” says Rowell Versleijen, Director Logistics & Supply Chain at PLUS Retail.

“Our goal is to always base our planning on data-driven decisions to improve forecast and replenishment accuracy in both our stores and DCs. The combination of science and experience that RELEX brings to our processes enables us to do just that.”

Pricer deal

Earlier this week, we reported that PLUS Retail had placed an order worth around 100 million SEK as a first phase to roll-out Pricer’s electronic shelf label (ESL) platform to all of its stores.

The total project value is set to clock in at 165 million SEK.

PLUS Retail has integrated Pricer’s cloud-based ESL platform, the Pricer Plaza, to increase the efficiency of several in-store processes. And it has now decided to include the platform as well as SmartTag Power labels in all of its stores.

“We value Pricer’s ability to offer both innovation as well as reliability and durability,” says Duncan Hoy, CEO at PLUS Retail. “We are always striving to improve the customer experience, and these new solutions will really add value to both our customers and our store owners.”