Next Generation Retail Planning

Retail is moving faster than traditional planning can follow.
Fragmented decisions across demand, merchandising, supply, stores, pricing, and promotions slow teams down and create margin-draining gaps between strategy and in-season reality.

This IDC InfoBrief reveals how leading retailers are replacing outdated, siloed processes with a continuous, intelligent, fully connected planning model that improves speed, accuracy, and commercial impact.

1. The Planning Gap
Why legacy tools and disconnected workflows can’t keep pace with omnichannel behavior or volatility.

2. The Shift to Next Generation Planning
A holistic, adaptable, intelligent framework that unifies data, teams, and decisions.

3. The Five-Stage Planning Model
Data → Planning → Optimization → Decisioning → Execution
A continuous loop aligning demand, product, supply, and stores.

4. Proven Impact from Leaders
IDC highlights how Next-generation planning drives clear, measurable performance including:

– Higher customer satisfaction
– Stronger inventory turnover & GMROI
– Faster, more agile planning cycles
– Reduced stockouts and markdown exposure

5. Building a Modern Planning Operating Model
Practical steps to connect workflows, automate decisions, and embed AI for resilience and performance.

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