Forever Cheese taps RELEX Solutions forecasting and replenishment tech across three DCs

Forever Cheese has selected RELEX to replace spreadsheet driven forecasting and replenishment across its distribution network. The project will support its three distribution centres (DCs) and more than 1,000 SKUs, supporting freshness and service levels, with a planning foundation designed to scale with the business.

Founded with a focus on sourcing and distributing products from around the world, Forever Cheese sources primarily from Italy Spain, and Asia, with expanding supply from the US, Switzerland, Portugal, and Croatia. The company operates a complex supply chain, spanning multiple business units, including Forever Cheese, WA Imports, and Virginia Packing, that combines national distribution with light manufacturing and packaging operations.

Effectively managing long international lead times, expiration driven inventory, and increasing intercompany logistics required a planning approach that can connect demand, inventory, and replenishment decisions across the business as it continues to scale.

With forecasting and replenishment capabilities from RELEX, Forever Cheese says it will gain a centralised view of demand, inventory, and replenishment across its DCs and channels. RELEX will support expiration aware planning to help manage perishable inventory, while enabling exception-based workflows that automate routine planning decisions and focus attention on the exceptions that matter most.

The company plans to leverage the technology to support supply chain optimisation for future acquisitions.

“Over the last several years, Forever Cheese has grown in both scale and complexity, and we needed a planning system that could keep up with highly perishable inventory and long lead times,” say Eric Vorchheimer, CFO at Forever Cheese.

“RELEX gives us a clear path away from manual processes and toward a more structured planning approach. With better forecasts and visibility across our operating companies, we expect to reduce spoilage, improve fill rates, and most importantly enable our team to focus on value added work across category management, supporting a stronger foundation for future organic growth and M&A.”

“Forever Cheese operates in an environment RELEX was built to support, with perishable products and long international lead times,” says Keith Adams, Senior Vice President, RELEX Solutions. “By connecting demand forecasting and replenishment on top of their existing ERP, they’re giving their teams clearer guidance day to day and a planning foundation that will support the business as it continues to grow.”

2026 RTIH Innovation Awards

Forecasting and replenishment will be a key focus area at the 2026 RTIH Innovation Awards.

The awards are now open for entries and celebrate global retail technology innovation in a fast moving omnichannel world.

Our winners will be revealed at the 2026 RTIH Innovation Awards Ceremony, taking place at The HAC in Central London on Wednesday, 4th November.

Check out our 2025 winners here.

Our 2025 hall of fame entrants were revealed during a sold out event which took place at The HAC on 16th October and consisted of a drinks reception, three course meal, and awards ceremony presided over by award winning comedian, actress and writer Tiff Stevenson.

In his welcome speech, Scott Thompson, Founder and Editor, RTIH, said: “This is the awards’ fifth year as a physical event. We started off with just 30 people at the South Place Hotel not far from here, then moved to London Bridge Hotel, then The Barbican, and last year RIBA’s HQ in the West End.”

“But I’m conscious of the fact that, to quote the legend that is Taylor Swift, You’re only as hot as your last hit, baby. So, this year we’ve moved to our biggest venue yet, and also pulled in our largest number of entries to date and broken attendance records.”

He added: “This year’s submissions have without doubt been our best yet. To quote one of the judges: The examples of innovative developments across both traditional and digital retail spaces were truly remarkable.”

Congratulations to our winners, and a big thank you to our sponsors, judging panel, the legend that is Tiff Stevenson, and all those who attended our 2025 gathering.