Retail and
Wholesale

Retail and
Wholesale

Retail and
Wholesale

The retail and wholesale industry is seeing an unprecedented period of change. Emerging technologies continue to drive the need for digital transformation and customer expectations have been driven upward by their buying experiences online. Fierce competition in the sector has increased the need for operators to rapidly remove inefficiencies and bottlenecks, streamline processes, and become more transparent and connected with their supply networks.

Characterized by networks of large and highly distributed infrastructure, companies in this sector can now utilize IoT, smart sensors, and cloud-based digital tools to provide efficient asset and space management with real-time awareness of key indicators for daily operations, such as costs of energy and utilities.

The sector also includes extensive supply chain logistics operations from product sorting and warehousing to final product delivery. By utilizing the latest technologies such as smart devices and interfaces, mobile data communication, and combining them with our Ensemble products for real-time tracking, route planning and work scheduling etc, we can help your move to a digital supply network (DSN) that leverages real-time data, offers enhanced collaboration and greater transparency.

We can also offer a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) with core functionalities that include asset management, asset tracking with location intelligence, digital twin creation, as well as 3D modelling. Together with modules for preventative and predictive maintenance, workforce/work order management with automated scheduling and planning, the result is faster, smarter and more efficient processes, with improved connectivity and communication. Instantly access valuable analytics, and make the right decisions to energize your business.

Industry challenges

E-commerce

As customers expect to make more ever purchases online, wholesalers and retailers need to quickly change their approach in how they distribute their products and reach customers.

Customer expectations

Customer expectations are becoming higher than ever. Companies need to be more customer-centric, and work to provide a personalized experience across an omnichannel environment.

Supply chain

Inefficiencies at each node in traditional linear supply chains including poor end-to-end transparency. Lack of real-time information exchange between suppliers, partners, customers.

Workforce

Need for digitalization to efficiently manage staff and external contractors and others throughout the network. Essential to Improve work processes through automation and to support them in becoming more efficient.

Competition

Fierce competition, with typically thin margins forcing both efficiencies and innovation to be leveraged in an effort to remain competitive. Many smaller agile players have entered the market.

Big data

Make effective use of large amounts of data from many new sources. Not only to to better prescribe and predict the changing customer environment, but provide insights into internal operations and processes.

Technology

Retailers/wholesalers must make effective use of AI, IoT, data analytics and other new technologies to impact operational activities, such as workforce management, and asset inventory.

Infrastructure

High costs of management, operation and maintenance of retail and warehouse space.

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Why GDi is your missing piece in the puzzle

  • More than 30 years of experience in digitalizing business processes

  • Local team of business analysts with extensive knowledge and experience of the retail and wholesale business

  • Successfully delivered some of the most advanced solutions for organizations

  • Follow best practices from more than 15 markets in which we operate

  • We develop business applications adapted to local requirements and industry needs

  • Product support and education in local language 24/7

  • Guaranteed quality and availability of all services

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cyan-puzzle piece

Why GDi is your missing piece in the puzzle

  • More than 30 years of experience in digitalizing business processes

  • Local team of business analysts with extensive knowledge of the retail and wholesale business

  • Successfully delivered some of the most advanced solutions for organizations

  • Follow best practices from more than 15 markets in which we operate

  • We develop business applications adapted to local requirements and industry needs

  • Product support and education in local language 24/7

  • Guaranteed quality and availability of all services

  • More than 30 years of experience in digitalizing business processes

  • Local team of business analysts with extensive knowledge of the retail and wholesale business

  • Successfully delivered some of the most advanced solutions for organizations

  • Follow best practices from more than 15 markets in which we operate

  • We develop business applications adapted to local requirements and industry needs

  • Product support and education in local language 24/7

  • Guaranteed quality and availability of all services

How you benefit

Our solutions will help you address your organization’s imperatives such as:

✓Transform to a digital supply network (DSN) and leverage real-time data to get greater transparency in the supply chain and make better decisions
✓Complete fleet management for 3PL operators including automated optimized delivery route planning
✓Dramatically improve operational activities such as workforce management with increased efficiency through process automation and mobile technology
✓Employ an efficient asset inventory with digital twin of physical items
✓Real-time proactive monitoring of the business infrastructure with alarms using the latest technologies such as IoT and smart sensors
✓Use digital tools to enhance collaboration with greater levels of operational efficiency and customer centricity
✓Become more agile, nimble, and efficient by using central digital dashboards with better business insights of KPIs, local and EU standards compliance

Get in touch

Tell us your needs and let us show you our solutions

Solution scenarios

We have solutions to meet many business needs including:

  • Automate procurement and delivery processes and use efficient tools for communication with suppliers

  • View company property assets using virtual reality technology by creation of 3D digital twins

  • Real-time fleet management – track vehicles and shipments using automated processes and smart routing

  • Increase workforce efficiency through automated work orders creation

  • Fault and maintenance costs management system within retail and warehouse spaces

  • Use digital dashboards to instantly see real-time energy and other utilities consumption within buildings

Solution scenarios

We have solutions to meet many operational needs including:

  • Automate procurement and delivery processes and use efficient tools for communication with suppliers

  • View company property assets using virtual reality technology by creation of 3D digital twins

  • Real-time fleet management – track vehicles and shipments using automated processes and smart routing

  • Increase workforce efficiency through automated work orders creation

  • Fault and maintenance costs management system within retail and warehouse spaces

  • Use digital dashboards to instantly see real-time energy and other utilities consumption within buildings

MARKET SPECIFIC SOLUTIONS

Solutions for retail and wholesale

Our products for retail and wholesale include those for comprehensive facility management, asset life cycle, and workforce management all in one place. Our flexible, scalable, and integrated solutions utilize the latest technologies to provide superior visibility into events, resources, and ensure enhanced productivity and efficiency.

Easily integrate with other relevant systems and frameworks in your ecosystem such as finance, warehouse, ERP or reliability centered maintenance (RCM) program. Improve your competitiveness, delivery times, service performance, availability, reliability, and customer satisfaction.

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Ensemble A3

Digitalize and inventory your entire infrastructure and related processes for management, maintenance, and monitoring.

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Ensemble W4

Digitalize your entire workforce and manage it in real time with mobile communication.

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Ensemble Fleet

Manage your fleet of vehicles or machines with an emphasis on smart routing.

Esri

A set of the world’s leading tools for collecting, processing and publishing GIS data based on the knowledge of the largest GIS community in the world.

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Ensemble Atlas

Create and process spatial data about your infrastructure using state-of-the-art technologies (optical sensors, thermal sensors, LiDAR) in 2D or 3D to the highest required level of accuracy.

Business suites

Custom end-to-end solutions that bring the latest technologies to multiple business processes within your specific industry vertical.

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Ensemble FieldOps

GDi Ensemble FieldOps is a complete solution for complex routing and scheduling of logistical tasks. It helps minimize operational costs, maximize productivity, and improve your customer experience ...
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Ensemble for Facility Management

GDi Ensemble for Facility Management helps optimize the functioning of any organization by providing the latest software for day-to-day management of buildings, facilities, assets, and infrastructure ...

Ensemble A3

Digitalize and inventory your entire infrastructure and related processes for management, maintenance, and monitoring.

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Ensemble W4

Digitalize your entire workforce and manage it in real time with mobile communication.

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Ensemble Fleet

Manage your fleet of vehicles or machines with an emphasis on smart routing.

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Ensemble Atlas

 Create and process spatial data about your infrastructure using state-of-the-art technologies (optical sensors, thermal sensors, LiDAR) in 2D or 3D to the highest required level of accuracy.

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Esri

A set of the world’s leading tools for collecting, processing and publishing GIS data based on the knowledge of the largest GIS community in the world.

Business suites

Custom end-to-end solutions that bring the latest technologies to multiple business processes within your specific industry vertical.

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Ensemble FieldOps

GDi Ensemble FieldOps is a complete solution for complex routing and scheduling of logistical tasks. It helps minimize operational costs, maximize productivity, and improve your customer experience ...
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Ensemble for Facility Management

GDi Ensemble for Facility Management helps optimize the functioning of any organization by providing the latest software for day-to-day management of buildings, facilities, assets, and infrastructure ...
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