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A Coles fresh food aisle. Source: supplied.
Coles has partnered up with Finnish tech provider RELEX, to replace manual ordering systems for fresh fruit and veg with AI-enabled, cloud-based tech designed to improve efficiency and reduce waste.
The technology will be rolled out in all 850 Coles stores throughout the country, and in seven fresh produce distribution centres.
The RELEX platform will integrate with Coles’ existing in-house analytics system, which has already been rolled out to provide forecasting for other non-fresh categories, chief information officer Roger Sniezek said in a statement.
“This will enable an improved customer offer by not only taking into account past purchases, but also factoring weather and local community events into the forecasting algorithms,” he said.
By Ry Crozier on Apr 26, 2021 10:24AM Fresh produce at Coles (Credit: Coles/Relex Solutions)
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Coles Group is set to transform the way it replenishes stocks of fresh produce across its more than 850 supermarkets nationally with the help of a new cloud-based platform.
The retailer said today it had struck a deal with Relex Solutions for the platform, which uses artificial intelligence algorithms to forecast demand based on a number of variables and to reduce waste, and automation to reduce manual effort.
The Relex platform will be used across all supermarkets and the retailer’s seven fresh produce distribution centres.
iTWire Monday, 26 April 2021 13:11 Coles partners with RELEX Solutions to improve efficiency
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Australian supermarket Coles has tapped RELEX Solutions, a provider of retail optimisation software, to “centralise its ordering systems, improve food freshness, and reduce food waste.”
Australian retailer Coles Group has partnered with RELEX Solutions, provider of unified retail planning solutions, to optimise their end-to-end supply chain planning for fresh produce, as well as their long-term inventor planning capabilities.
The RELEX solution will service the supermarkets nationally and their seven fresh produce distribution centres driving better customer service, reduced food waste, and improved supplier collaboration.
The solution, part of the RELEX Living Retail Platform, will optimise Coles’ replenishment for fresh produce, utilising AI and high scale computation power. It also automates replenishment processes, giving planners time to focus on more
ADMA adds seven industry leaders to advisory committee
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The Association for Data-Driven Marketing and Advertising (ADMA) has added seven industry leaders to its advisory committee in new positions created to bolster the group.
IPG MediaBrands CEO Mark Coad, Tourism Australia CMO Susan Coghill, Suncorp’s general manager of marketing Mim Haysom, The Iconic CMO Alexander Meyer, Optus CMO Mel Hopkins, MacMorgan principal David Morgan and Qantas CMO Jo Boundy are the latest appointments to the committee.
ADMA will be focusing on education and regulation in 2021, following the ‘litmus test’ of 2020 on the use of data and creativity in marketing.