A STORY OF PARTNERSHIP AND COURAGE

“The cooperation with Logio was not just one of many IT projects. By working together to find solutions for Albert, we also took the opportunity to rethink our processes and work habits. I believe that together we have made Albert stronger and even more efficient.”

“At FIRST GLANCE, JUST AN ORDINARY PENCIL. A PEN.”

No one would have guessed that this pen brought many satisfied customers and a revolutionary change in Czech retail. The road to it was not easy, but in the end everyone came out stronger than ever. However, none of this would have been possible if not for one big vision and an even bigger dose of courage at the beginning…

FINDING
A PARTNER

Motivating customers to eat healthily, with a strong focus on quality, freshness, variety and availability, Albert stores have also long focused on innovation and improving the shopping experience for customers.

That’s why they approached Logio in 2017 to work together on a software platform to automatically manage and optimize promotional and non-promotional merchandise inventory and ordering. This now helps this retail leader manage more than 300 stores across the country.

It might all seem like a story from a book. A small, energetic company with lots of ideas and a strong vision is chosen by one of the absolute world leaders in its field. And it turns out that it works. That even in the world of business one can be a wise, fair and decent partner. That is why the project is rightly described as a “story of partnership and courage”.

“The ONE TRUTH system is what is still quite lacking not only in retail, but actually in all companies. Albert Czech Republic now has this system and the whole company is guided by one truth.”

SO WHAT IS IT THE END CUSTOMER CAN ENJOY? WHEN YOU GO SHOPPING IN A LOGIO-MANAGED STORE, YOU’LL NOTICE THE AVAILABILITY OF GOODS (I.E. FULL SHELVES), FAIRER PRICES AND FRESHER GOODS.

COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM

Most companies in the world do not have a system that is so sophisticatedly interconnected. It is therefore a unique link between the commercial world and the logistics world. Change in any periphery is reflected in all parts, everyone knows about it and can react optimally. So what can the end customer enjoy? When you go shopping in a Logio-managed store, you’ll notice the availability of goods (i.e. full shelves), fairer prices and fresher goods. And let’s face it, that’s what we go to stores for, right?

“LOGIO IS REGULARLY CITED BY ANALYST GARTNER COMPANY AMONG THE WORLD’S LEADING SUPPLIERS OF SUCH SYSTEMS.”

WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SOFTWARE THAT MADE THIS LITTLE MIRACLE POSSIBLE?

“We offered Albert a piece of our vision. Our solution that we've been developing for 15 years, but only together did we create this unique platform that connects all areas. It's like having more than 40 applications in one place.”

CHALLENGING TEST

It wouldn’t be the right story if there weren’t some twists and turns. The most significant one was probably that the main delivery took place during the coronavirus era, and as you can guess, pandemics and prediction don’t go well together. But we managed to work through that together. However, it’s hard to imagine a more challenging test – after all, counting forecasts for millions of combinations is a challenge in itself – but the system withstands all these fluctuations decently thanks to clever algorithms.

“As opponents, we're not going to get anywhere. Only true cooperation will get us to the finish line.”

ALBERT AND THE WHOLE TEAM
HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK AND IT WILL NOW PAY OFF.

HAPPY END ?

It might seem like a happy ending, but don’t be fooled – it is happy, but there is no ending. On the contrary! Albert has one platform where he can afford to add more and more optimization modules that will take him even further. And the biggest bonus? Everything runs on one data and there has been a lot of testing over the years, so everything is tested, compatible and so the next steps will be less demanding. Albert and the whole team have done a tremendous amount of work, and it’s now coming to fruition.

And so you can see that the pen that every member of the team has received is really well deserved. Of course, it’s not about the pencil itself, but about the story we wrote together that has changed Czech and maybe even world retail forever.

“We liked the fair approach, we would even say that we did not cooperate at the supplier-customer level, but we would rather call the whole cooperation a partnership.”