Germany-based Home and Garden retailer replaces multiple systems with a single AI-driven planning platform spanning 10 countries
OBI Group, a leading European Home and Garden retailer, has begun adopting Blue Yonder Demand Planning and end-to-end replenishment capabilities across its stores and distribution centers, with plans to ultimately deploy them to more than 660 stores across all of its markets. The deployment replaces multiple systems with a single, scalable platform. It also gives OBI AI-enabled forecasting and automated replenishment from distribution centers to store shelves, improving product availability for millions of customers across Europe.
OBI selected Blue Yonder to consolidate fragmented planning systems into one integrated platform. That helps improve forecast accuracy across assortment types and planning timeframes while standardizing forecasting and replenishment processes across its network. Blue Yonder’s machine-learning capabilities and the prospect of future collaboration on a broader supply-chain transformation were key factors in OBI’s decision.
Blue Yonder Professional Services led the implementation, embedding subject-matter experts and data scientists with OBI’s team to deliver a single, scalable planning solution. Together, they built forecasting models tailored to different assortments and planning needs, standardized processes, and transferred knowledge to help OBI operationalize the new capabilities. (....)