Supply chain planning for grocery retail
Logio plans stock, promotions and prices for grocery chains with Veritico and designs the warehouses and distribution behind them. Albert runs automated inventory and ordering for more than 300 stores on Veritico.
Product availability at COOP Jednota Mikulov, up from 96% (Veritico STOCK)
98%
Profit on promoted items at METRO SK (Veritico PROMO)
+3%
Waste at Košík.cz after automated ordering (Veritico STOCK)
−75%
What makes grocery planning hard
Fresh goods with a short life
Order too much and it ends up as waste, order too little and the shelf is empty by the afternoon. The decision is made daily for every store and item.
Promotions that distort demand
Leaflet volumes, cannibalization and the dip after a promotion make sales history hard to read and forecasts easy to get wrong.
Thousands of store–item combinations
When store managers order by hand, they spend hours a day on it and still miss the items that matter.
Distribution under cost pressure
Routes, DC capacity and delivery frequency decide margin as much as prices do.
What we solve as consultants
The same team that implements Veritico also designs grocery warehouses and distribution networks.
Distribution routes and network
For Jednota Coop Jindřichův Hradec we redesigned routes to more than 145 stores: logistics costs fell by 15% and the fleet went from six vehicles to five.
Warehouse automation for e‑grocery
We delivered Europe's first refrigerated AutoStore for Rohlik in 10 months and doubled warehouse productivity at Knuspr.de.
Feasibility studies before investment
For a French grocery retailer we designed a phased automation strategy for e‑commerce operations with a 400% increase in picking productivity.
E‑commerce logistics
Order picking, dispatch and capacity for online grocery, from layout to peak‑season operation.
Veritico for grocery retail
Modules can run separately or together and share most of their input data.
Store replenishment
Forecast per item, store and day, with stockouts removed from history. Store staff review only the items the system flags.
Expiry‑aware ordering
Shelf life enters the order calculation, so fresh goods are ordered to be sold, not written off.
Promotions
Leaflet planning, candidate ranking and promotion forecasts per store and day, with uplift measured against baseline including cannibalization.
Pricing and markdowns
Veritico PRICE runs on the engine of our partner Yieldigo, used by retailers such as METRO, Billa and Ahold.
“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.”
The automated ordering system was a significant milestone in the automation of the sales process for Terno. We evaluated the construction of orders based on sales prediction as the most suitable approach, which was confirmed in pilot operation. In addition to saving time, we increased availability for the customer and, above all, avoided downtime in case of incorrect orders. Likewise, thanks to automation, we managed to largely reduce write‑offs caused by incorrect sales estimates by store managers. The system met our expectations and we are currently planning to use the full potential of sales forecasting for other processes as well.
After a few weeks of using Logio's inventory management software, the average daily write‑off value for expired goods fell to a quarter. What's more, we increased the availability of our goods for customers.
Results with Veritico
Automated inventory and ordering for Albert
Since 2017, Logio and Albert co‑created a unified platform that automates inventory and ordering across 300+ stores and gives the company one source of truth, resulting in full shelves, fairer prices, and fresher products.
Platform live across 300+ stores
Automated stock and promotion planning for Jednota Mikulov
Jednota Mikulov replaced manual order management with Veritico STOCK and Veritico PRICE, raising product availability from 96% to 98% and cutting order creation time by 90%. Customers experience fuller shelves and better planned promotions while store staff spend far less time on administration.
Product availability improved from 96% to 98%
Inventory turnover time decreased by 8%
Time needed to create orders shortened by 90%
Consulting projects
AutoStore integration for Rohlik Group
Implementing Europe’s first refrigerated AutoStore in just 10 months, enhancing efficiency and scalability for a leading e‑grocer.
10 months implementation time
1st refrigerated AutoStore in Europe
Significantly increased efficiency vs. manual warehouses
Distribution route optimization for Jednota Coop Jindřichův Hradec
Logio helped Jednota Coop Jindřichův Hradec redesign its distribution routes for more than 145 stores, cutting logistics costs by 15 percent and reducing the fleet from six to five vehicles without compromising service.
15% reduction in logistics costs
Fleet reduced from 6 to 5 delivery vehicles
Optimized delivery to more than 145 regional stores
Questions about grocery retail
Yes. Veritico STOCK, PROMO, PRICE and RANGE can run on their own or together. PROMO and RANGE do not need STOCK, but they share most of the input data, so adding a module later is faster.
About four months for Veritico STOCK or PROMO. Veritico RANGE takes around two quarters because clustering and planograms need more preparation.
At least two years of daily sales transactions, plus stock, orders and master data from your ERP. Order proposals go back to the ERP for approval.
Yes. Veritico STOCK plans with shelf life, and Veritico RANGE covers fresh, dry and non‑food categories in networks from tens to thousands of stores.
No. We also design distribution networks, warehouses and e‑grocery automation, and we can run a feasibility study before you invest.
Talk to a grocery retail expert
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