Digital readiness of retailers in demand and replenishment 2020
A worldwide survey conducted among retailers revealed that only eight percent of retail companies implemented real-time automated processes when planning and forecasting their supply demand. The replenishiment activities involved machine learning technologies in 12 percent of cases. Most retailers taking part to the survey carried out their demand and replenishment activities using digital automation to a much lower extent. Indeed, 38 percent of them run period analysis for demand planning in the supply chain.