AEON uses Blue Yonder category management and channel clustering to optimize on-shelf availability
The problem
AEON needed to improve their ability to keep the right products on store shelves to meet local demand as part of a customer-first strategy.
Workflow diagram · grounded in source
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Store clustering by product performance
Ai action
Blue Yonder's channel clustering capability groups stores based on product performance to identify and localize customer preferences.
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“Blue Yonder's channel clustering capability is used to group stores based on product performance to identify and localize customer preferences”
2
Store groups to knowledge base
Integration
Generated store groups are interfaced to the category knowledge base to support assortment optimization processes.
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“Generated store groups are interfaced to the category knowledge base to support assortment optimization processes”
3
Optimal assortment recommendation
Ai action
The system recommends optimal assortments that are space-aware for schematic plan creation in space planning.
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“recommend optimal assortments that are space-aware for schematic plan creation in space planning”
4
Schematic plan creation and storage
Output
Schematic plans are developed for approved assortments in space planning and saved in the category knowledge base repository.
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“Schematic plans are developed for approved assortments in space planning and are saved in the category knowledge base repository”
5
Auto-ordering interface to PROFIT
Integration
Shelf capacities of approved schematic plans are interfaced to AEON's PROFIT system to support auto-ordering processes.
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“Shelf capacities of approved schematic plans are interfaced to AEON's PROFIT system to support auto-ordering processes”
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Schematic plan distribution to stores
Output
Schematic plans are emailed to stores for schematic plan implementation, increasing plan compliance.
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“Schematic plans are also emailed to stores for schematic plan implementation, increasing plan compliance”
Reported outcome
AEON achieved improved customer satisfaction through increased on-shelf availability, increased profitability through reductions in out-of-stocks and obsolete merchandise, and rapid return on investment via cloud-based deployment.
obsolete merchandisereductions in obsolete merchandise
profitabilityIncreased profitability
return on investmentRapid return on investment
plan complianceincreasing plan compliance
Reported stack
Blue YonderPROFIT system
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AEON achieved improved customer satisfaction through increased on-shelf availability, increased profitability through reductions in out-of-stocks and obsolete merchandise, and rapid return on investment via cloud-base…
What tools did this team use?
Blue Yonder, PROFIT system.
What results were reported?
Customer satisfaction: Improved customer satisfaction; On-shelf availability: increased on-shelf availability; Out-of-stocks: reductions in out-of-stocks; Obsolete merchandise: reductions in obsolete merchandise (source-reported, not independently verified).
How is this supply chain AI workflow structured?
Store clustering by product performance → Store groups to knowledge base → Optimal assortment recommendation → Schematic plan creation and storage → Auto-ordering interface to PROFIT → Schematic plan distribution to stores.
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