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Indian Retail Stories: It is NOT David Vs Goliath stupid.. it is David & Goliath

  • Post author:Aashay Verma

In India Retail there a silent revolution brewing in the Kirana industry right now? A revolution which has the potential to pitchfork Indian retail to the top of the world…

Continue ReadingIndian Retail Stories: It is NOT David Vs Goliath stupid.. it is David & Goliath

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    InsightTargeting

    Better understand your customer segments and learn how to market your products to the right people by delivering the right message.

    InsightPlanning

    InsightPlanning combines predictive analytics, historical data through machine learning leveraging customer preferences on new products to reduce the risk in determining your assortments.

    InsightPricing

    Your pricing strategy starts with how you price your products from Day 1. We enable retailers and brands to determine optimal entry price points for your products.

    InsightSelection

    InsightSelection delivers clear guidance on which products will perform well in the marketplace, so retailers and manufacturers can make investment decisions with confidence.

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      Adobe

      The 3D Apparel Design Suite is fully integrated with all your favourite Adobe tools like Illustrator, Photoshop and more.

      Switch between 2D and 3D designing

      Images, Vectors and Patterns can be simultaneously
      worked upon

      Seamless File Format Integration and Support

      Adobe

      The 3D Apparel Design Suite is fully integrated with all your favourite Adobe tools like Illustrator, Photoshop and more.

      Switch between 2D and 3D designing

      Images, Vectors and Patterns can be simultaneously worked upon

      Seamless File Format Integration and Support

      Tech Pack

      Top-down design and specification sharing to ensure all information required to manufacture the designed apparel is received in full precision.

      PLM-ready Tech Pack generation

      Intricate Details of fabric, measurements, patterns etc.

      Notations and Annotation Support

      Showcase

      Taking your designs to the market requires more than just prototyping. See how your designs work in various style and store settings. Reporting and Analytics

      Visual Styling of Designed Apparel

      Easily Manipulate Styles like buttons open, rolled sleeves etc

      Cross-check Screen Colours to procured fabric colours

      Seamlessly Collaborate with Marketers and Developers

      Showcase

      Taking your designs to the market requires more than just prototyping. See how your designs work in various style and store settings. Reporting and Analytics

      Visual Styling of Designed Apparel

      Easily Manipulate Styles like buttons open, rolled sleeves etc

      Cross-check Screen Colours to procured fabric colours

      Seamlessly Collaborate with Marketers and Developers

      fit

      Photorealistic 3D Rendering

      Fabric Simulation in Varied Environments (light, reflection etc.)

      True Motion Fit Sessions to capture material movement

      Garment Pressure and Tension Analysis of Moving Prototype

      PROTOTYPE

      Perfect the design game with tools that allow you to visualize how your apparel fits on real human body types through 3D prototyping

      Variety of Human Prototypes based on size, skin colour etc.

      Virtual Visualization of fabric textures

      Accurate Draping of material over prototype

      PROTOTYPE

      Perfect the design game with tools that allow you to visualize how your apparel fits on real human body types through 3D prototyping

      Variety of Human Prototypes based on size, skin colour etc.

      Virtual Visualization of fabric textures

      Accurate Draping of material over prototype

      design

      Easily navigate between 2D and 3D styling to add precision to fashion design.

      Swift Design
      Capabilities

      Mix, Match and Scan fabric types

      Pure Virtual
      Visualization

      3D Visualization of seams, trims etc.

      Get Detail Levels like fabric, colour etc.

      Store and Share all design elements

      Style to Scale for all sizes

      Real Time Sync With Adobe

      design

      Easily navigate between 2D and 3D styling to add precision to fashion design.

      Swift Design Capabilities

      Mix, Match and Scan fabric types

      Pure Virtual Visualization

      3D Visualization of seams, trims etc.

      Get Detail Levels like fabric, colour etc.

      Store and Share all design elements

      Style to Scale for all sizes

      Real Time Sync With Adobe

      Comprehensive Analytics

      Connect with real-time sales data to view Planogram performance and sales margins. With the power to visualize sales and other key metrics directly on products on walls and fixtures; Visual Merchandisers have the power to take informed decisions to improve full price sell-through and contribute to the management targets.

      Performance check for both Central and Regional designers

      Product Sales analysis

      Comprehensive Data Views from various systems

      Informed Decision Making to enable swift adaptation to change

      Planogram Sharing

      Empower flagship stores and retail/chain store managers to easily exchange planograms over mobile devices in 3D in real-time. Ensure compliance across different stores in different locations easily from head office.

      Mobile Device Enabled Planogram Sharing

      Business Metrics Visualization for Stores

      Headquarters and Outlet Planning and Co-ordination

      Experience Simulation

      Efficiently capture and communicate the designer’s vision of how the store should look like. A delightful shopping experience, brand equity consistency and operational compliance can be achieved through 3D lifelike experiences.

      High quality 3D Virtual Walkthroughs rendering

      Validate with Internal teams for comments with screenshots

      Share with customers focus groups to identify preferred zones

      Effective communication of designer’s vision of store look alike

      Smart Visual Merchandising

      Perform a dry run of how your store plans work with internal stakeholders. View products at various locations in the store to see what is the best fit for each category to leave a remarkable impression for store visitors.

      Generate detailed Planograms of the ideal result

      Evaluate Business metrics in context of the store

      Business Compliance Checks for Featured Products

      Review Planograms with Central and Regional teams

      Measure Sales Metrics based on assortment positioning

      3D Content Collaboration

      Manage Product Displays in 3D. Designing a store layout can be a frustrating experience if it does not support the physical collection once the products arrive. Merchants could take better decisions and even adjust the evolving assortments, if they could preview the store and the products earlier, using a virtual environment.

      Life-like 3D Product modeling

      Digital Assortment Visualization

      Plan Store digitally before committing to production

      Avoid expensive and time consuming assortment failures

      finance and merchandise planning

      Plan Company level targets and distribute them proportionately Top-Down, Bottom-Up and Middle- Out. Financial goals translate into inventory and assortment strategies that perfectly align capacities and constraints across the whole supply chain.

      What-if and What-for Functions For real-time impact assessment

      Workflow and Audit Trail For versioning and Approval

      Support multi-channel strategy: Online, Shop-in-Shop

      Support multi-level merch & location hierarchy

      Link financial objectives to operations

      Minimize stock-outs and over-stocks

      finance and merchandise planning

      Plan Company level targets and distribute them proportionately Top-Down, Bottom-Up and Middle- Out. Financial goals translate into inventory and assortment strategies that perfectly align capacities and constraints across the whole supply chain.

      What-if and What-for Functions For real-time impact assessment

      Workflow and Audit Trail For versioning and Approval

      Support multi-channel strategy: Online, Shop-in-Shop

      Support multi-level merch & location hierarchy

      Link financial objectives to operations

      Minimize stock-outs and over-stocks

      DEMAND AND SUPPLY PLANNING

      Supply Chain dashboard for monitoring, supporting and controlling the entire process

      Scenario analysis to balance customer demand with production and delivery capabilities

      Supplier management

      Delivery Optimization

      What-if and what-for analysis to forecast material and production line needs

      DEMAND AND SUPPLY PLANNING

      Supply Chain dashboard for monitoring, supporting and controlling the entire process

      Scenario analysis to balance customer demand Increased Visibility in with production and delivery capabilities

      Supplier management

      Delivery Optimization

      What-if and what-for analysis to forecast material and production line needs

      business intelligence and analytics

      Integrate Data From different sources easily

      Unleash Intelligence From Data rapidly translate insights into action

      Self-Service Analysis environment

      Dashboards and Scorecards

      Data Discovery, Data Analysis What-if scenarios, Business data modeling

      open to buy and markdown planning

      Monitor sales, markdown, margin, cover and closing stock on one screen. Use valuable information for in-season re forecast and markdown proposals based on actual versus idea sell-through curves.

      Increase users’ efficiency through self-service analysis

      Visibility of expected & required closing stock and what-if simulations

      System supported achievement of required closing stock

      Monitor budgets during planning and In-Season

      Precise Visibility Closing stock and What-if simulations

      Achievement of Required closing stock

      Smart Handling of Never out of stock

      Markdowns and Promotions optimization

      open to buy and markdown planning

      Monitor sales, markdown, margin, cover and closing stock on one screen. Use valuable information for in-season re forecast and Markdown proposals based on actual versus idea sell-through curves.

      Increase users’ efficiency through self-service analysis

      Visibility of expected & required closing stock and what-if simulations

      System supported achievement of required closing stock

      Monitor budgets during planning and In-Season

      Precise Visibility Closing stock and What-if simulations

      Achievement of Required closing stock

      Smart Handling of Never out of stock

      Markdowns and Promotions optimization

      Assortment planning and store allocation

      Create assortments that drive sales and margins. Making sure you have the right assortment for your customers has always been the core of retailing. Your collections need to stand out in a crowded marketplace to create future customer loyalty and sales.

      Create an assortment strategy

      Build pre-season buy and sales plans

      Manage assortment in real-time

      Automate manual tasks and execution

      Improve Return on Space and Return on Inventory

      Quickly gain Insights on Style Attributes

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        COLLABORATE SOURCING

        Increased Visibility in Supply Chain Management

        Analytics Driven Insights For Effective Cost Management

        Easy Collaboration With Multiple Suppliers

        Study Impact of Decisions During Development

        Consolidated Procurement Across Product Line

        Ensure Enterprise Quality Standard Compliance

        COLLABORATE SOURCING

        Increased Visibility in Supply Chain Management

        Analytics Driven Insights For Effective Cost Management

        Easy Collaboration With Multiple Suppliers

        Study Impact of Decisions During Development

        Consolidated Procurement Across Product Line

        Ensure Enterprise Quality Standard Compliance

        collection management

        product management

        procurement management

        Support Multiple Product Categories

        Proactive Supply Chain Environment

        Consistently Apply Changes Across Collections

        Analytics Led Material Sourcing

        Materials Management Based on Requirements

        Market Specific Product Catalogs

        Enterprise Level Workflow Calendars

        collection management

        product management

        Support Multiple Product Categories

        Consistently Apply Changes Across Collections

        Materials Management Based on Requirements

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        Proactive Supply Chain Environment

        Analytics Led Material Sourcing

        Market Specific Product Catalogs

        Enterprise Level Workflow Calendars

        DESIGN CONNECTORS

        One Platform For Designers and Technical Team

        Centralized Repository of Design Elements Like Trim, Material Wash, etc.

        Materials Management Based on Requirements

        Adobe Illustrator Integration for Increased Productivity

        Connectors For Easy Integration

        DESIGN CONNECTORS

        One Platform For Designers and Technical Team.

        Centralized Repository of Design Elements Like Trim, Material Wash, etc.

        Materials Management Based on Requirements

        Adobe Illustrator Integration for Increased Productivity.

        Connectors For Easy Integration.

        seasonal line planning

        Merchandise Planning

        Analytics backed Season Management

        Unified Seasonal Line Planning

        Current Product Information Views

        Enterprise Level Workflow Calendar

        Collaborate With Product and Management

        Setup Sales Estimates

        Swiftly Respond to Changing Trends

        Real Time Marketing Analysis

        seasonal line planning

        Merchandise Planning

        Analytics backed Season Management

        Unified Seasonal Line Planning

        Current Product Information Views

        Enterprise Level Workflow Calendar

        Collaborate With Product and Management

        Setup Sales Estimates

        Swiftly Respond to Changing Trends

        Real Time Marketing Analysis

         R Krishna Kumar 

        Founder and Managing DIrector

        Mr. Ravishankara H.S is a B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Surathkal Karnataka. He carries a rich experience of over 30 years in IT functions at various capacities in large professionally managed companies. 

        Some of the Brands of which Mr. Ravishankara was heading IT Departments are: MICO, ABB, Grasim, Madura Garments & Arvind Brands. The last corporate assignment was with Arvind Brands as VP –IS heading the IT function. At Present he the Founder Director of HSR IT Solutions Pvt Ltd offering services from ERP evaluation to IT Operations management for companies in Textiles, IT Service, Apparel & Retail.

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        K Ganapathy S

        Board Advisor

        Ganapathy, an entrepreneur turned advisor, has over 18 years of experience in technology investing at ICICI Venture and Jump Startup. He has successfully nurtured more than 40 companies. 

        Ganapathy advises Simbus on corporate development and strategy. He has a B. Tech degree from NIT Trichy and an MBA degree from XLRI.

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         R Krishna Kumar 

        Founder and Managing DIrector

        Krishna Kumar (KK) – An IIM Ahmedabad Graduate, KK has 25 years experience with Fashion Industry Leaders like Madura Garments and Arvind Mills. An acknowledged expert in Supply Chain, KK has led transformational projects in large and medium companies in areas of supply chain planning, retail planning and PLM implementation.

         He founded Simbus with a mission to help companies to simplify their business using technology. He mentors several start-ups and also serves on the advisory board of National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT).

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