M&S Food enlists RELEX Solutions for supply chain project

Marks and Spencer Food is tapping RELEX Solutions technology for an initiative covering forecasting, ordering, and allocation management.

Implementation began in March for M&S Food’s 1,050 stores and 13 distribution centres throughout the UK and Ireland.

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The retailer is using RELEX’s AI driven tools for forecasting, fresh optimisation, store and DC ordering, allocations, and capacity and delivery flow smoothing. 

The roll-out will also bring awareness of store shelf space into supply chain planning.

“RELEX’s ability to quickly deliver insight and accuracy across forecasting, ordering, and allocation within a single platform will significantly increase the efficiency of our day to day business operation,” says George Wright, Commercial Director at Marks & Spencer Food.

“RELEX is an important part of our vision of modernising the end-to-end supply chain. We very much look forward to achieving exceptional results as a result of this project.”

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