Inventory and logistics for home, garden and DIY retail
Long‑tail assortments, bulky goods and strong seasons. Veritico plans stock across branch networks, and our consultants design the logistics behind it.
On‑shelf availability at SIKO, up from 97% (Veritico STOCK)
98.5%
Inventory value at SIKO year on year
−€1.65M
Hours saved per branch manager every day at PRO‑DOMA (Veritico STOCK)
2–3 h
Typical problems in home and DIY retail
Long tail
Tens of thousands of items, many selling a few pieces a month. Flat stock rules leave some items missing and others unsold.
Strong seasons
Garden, heating and building seasons shift with the weather and cannot be planned from last year's sales alone.
Branch ordering by hand
Branch managers order from experience and spend hours a day on it.
Bulky goods and parcels
Large items and home delivery make warehouse and parcel operations expensive.
What we solve as consultants
Logistics audits
For AGRO CS we audited logistics across locations and replaced paper‑based processes with a digitalization roadmap.
Parcel operations
For a furniture retailer we stabilized peak‑season parcel operations and prepared a plan for up to 2,500 parcels a day with up to 40% productivity potential.
Distribution concepts
Central warehouse or direct supply to branches, and what each option costs.
Veritico for home and DIY
Store replenishment
Orders per branch and item from the forecast, so branch managers review exceptions instead of ordering everything.
New products and seasonality
Seasonal profiles estimated on groups of items and new items that take over history from a predecessor.
Transfers and overstock
Overstock identified in money and transfers between branches proposed before it turns into dead stock.
Service levels and safety stock
Higher targets for A items, lower for the long tail, and the stock each target costs.
The audit provided us with an independent view of logistics across locations and helped accurately name the changes we will have to implement for the further development of the company. Some of them are applicable practically immediately, others require a longer preparation horizon and the realization that they will affect the entire company, not just logistics processes. In any case, today we have a clearer roadmap for increasing not only logistical efficiency.
Results with Veritico
Inventory optimization for SIKO
Raised on‑shelf availability to 98.5% while cutting inventory by €1.65 million and freeing warehouse capacity for new items.
+1.5 pp on‑shelf availability, from 97% to 98.5%
−€1.65 million inventory value year on year
Capacity created for new products
Automated inventory and ordering for PRO‑DOMA
Centralized, AI‑driven replenishment with Veritico STOCK reduced turnover time by 15% and improved product availability, while freeing 2–3 hours a day for each branch manager.
–15% inventory turnover time
2–3 hours saved daily per branch manager
Consulting projects
Logistics audit and digitalization roadmap for AGRO CS
A comprehensive logistics audit that replaced manual, paper‑based processes with a clear digitalization roadmap, enabling higher transparency and faster expedition.
Digitalizing logistics for scalable growth
Turning data into a strategic roadmap
Scaling parcel delivery for a furniture retailer
Peak season parcel operations stabilized through lean changes and a clear scale up plan to 2,500 parcels per day with up to 40 percent productivity upside.
Up to +40 percent productivity potential identified
Capacity blueprint up to 2,500 parcels per day
Three action plans by investment level delivered
Questions about home and DIY retail
Yes. IZOMAT manages replenishment for more than 90,000 SKUs across 37 branches in Veritico STOCK.
Items are segmented by sales frequency and ABC, and each segment gets its own target service level. Slow movers are forecast on groups rather than on their own sparse history.
About four months for Veritico STOCK.
Yes. A logistics audit or process mapping is often the first step, and it shows whether software, a process change or a new warehouse brings the most.
Talk to a retail inventory expert
Tell us how many branches and items you plan. We will show you what Veritico would change.