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WH Smith benefits from Orridge stocktaking
High street retailer, WH Smith, manages a vast product range
covering stationery, newspapers, magazines, books, confectionery,
gifts and music. It uses Orridge for stocktaking across its network
of over 540 stores. Using such an experienced company avoids
disruption to store trading, ensures reliability and creates
accurate reports; and the use of cutting-edge technology enables
flexible counts highlighting shrinkage percentages on particular
products.
Orridge helps Wilkinson control costs and increase sales
Wilkinson provides 25,000 quality products and serves over 4
million customers every week through 300 stores. Orridge counts
bring the company's stock files completely up-to-date and
deliveries are adjusted to reflect the actual stock required. Both
Orridge and the client are working together to deliver a bespoke
stocktaking system, which is helping to control costs and increase
sales.
Real time counts for Boots
When Boots implemented plans to improve its in-house stocktaking
system, the high street retailer called on Orridge. Using Boots'
own technology and processes Orridge provide the staff to conduct
full stocktakes. Boots benefit by receiving efficient and
independent counts and are able to oversee and monitor the counts
in real time, thereby enabling their staff to concentrate on
sales.
Food for thought for Co-op
Thirteen months of negotiations, tough competition and a
three-month trial in 100 stores won Orridge a long-term contract
with the Co-op. Over 45 employees were transferred from the
original Co-op stocktaking team. The Orridge service replicates
Co-op's processes and delivers numerous benefits including greater
efficiency and Orridge ownership of equipment and support
costs.
WE, at Orridge, count
European Fashion Retailer, WE International, has over 200 stores in
The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France and Switzerland. The
company nominated Orridge as its regular supplier for full store
stocktaking. The benefits for the client are accurate, reliable,
standardised counts that can be trusted. This was a great Orridge
success story, and helps strengthen its business in Europe.
Orridge is a shining example
Orridge helped a large well-known accessory retailer implement new
data management systems designed to help it identify all “out
of season” stock and highlight those products that are in
stock but not on the shop floor. The resulting pinpoint accuracy
produced considerable cost savings. The use of Radio Frequency
Technology, and the on-going development of new software, enable
Orridge to provide clients with an array of reports, many of which
can be customised to their individual needs.
High street stock redistributed
A large blue chip retailer required full audits of its entire
estate comprising hundreds of high street stores. The schedule of
works was completed within three months, starting four weeks after
the order was confirmed. Not only did Orridge complete the counts
in this period, but unwanted stock was also cleared from the
stores' shop floors and stockrooms and sorted into one of four
categories automatically. This enabled the client to redistribute
the stock correctly and accurately throughout the business.
Orridge dispenses stocktaking solution
A major pharmacy chain asked Orridge to complete 70 full store
counts from its estate. This was the first time the organisation
had outsourced its stocktaking requirements which necessitated an
electronic file to be uploaded to its central systems. The
dispensing and over-the-counter stock were presented in differing
formats but allowed the data to be uploaded directly. Since the
project, Orridge has been awarded additional work beyond the
initial roll-out and supporting internal stocktaking teams.
