Carpe Diem: Change Brings Opportunity for Scalable Retail Planning

Let's cut to the chase. We heard about the SAS decision to shift their focus away from Retail. We know you need to make a move and find a partner to maximize your operational data. We believe we can help you and your company.
Retail is where art meets science, and intuition leans on data. The focus on Artificial Intelligence and generative AI makes it the perfect time to explore taking this insight to the next level.
With the Oracle Platform, you can maintain control of the entire set of retail processes centered on serving the customer with total transparency. With this new capability, we put the customer at the center of your operations.
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Watch this 7-minute video to explore and compare the functionality provided by SAS and Oracle Retail. Ryan Somers, Head of Product Strategy for Oracle Retail Planning and Analytics, showcases our key features and capabilities in optimizing your end-to-end assortment management process.
Time is of the essence. We are here to help when you are ready to evaluate your next steps.

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You have a decision to make. Why choose Oracle?

You need the facts and a foundation for growth. As you explore potential partners, don't settle for a quick fix. We set up this site to allow you to make an informed and fast decision.

#1: Expertise. We know Retail. We are committed to the industry.

Our solutions are built with a collection of detailed implementation information for our customers and partners called the Retail Reference Model. The model includes a glossary, business processes, and technical models based on retail best practices.
Deploy faster with confidence. And pick a platform that can grow with your business. Oracle is clearly invested in retail.

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#2 Scale. We are built for Retail and backed by Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

Oracle works with over 5,950 retailers around the world. We enable over 1 thousand brands to plan assortments containing over 310 million SKU’s, purchased and distributed from over half a million vendors and suppliers, to over 1 billion item/location combinations which are then sold through 100 billion transactions annually to over 380 million customers, across 160,000 stores, in 96 countries.
We have a vibrant global community of retailers who meet quarterly to share best practices and insights specific to Planning and Optimization.

#3. Capabilities. Explore Next-Gen Planning & Optimization Cloud Services

You strive for profitability, automation, accuracy and control in your assortment management process. Choose a platform that can grow with your business. Unlock new business growth opportunities.

Drive Profitability

Maximize supply chain efficiencies and accelerate optimal inventory management by ensuring the right quantities, at right location, and right time with in-depth analytics and reporting capabilities.

Automate Process

Enhance allocation accuracy, and drive replenishment precision while reducing leftover inventory by leveraging AI/ML and advanced analytics capabilities.

Demand Accuracy

Retailers can make faster and smarter decisions by utilizing a single source of customer data combined with advanced planning analytics and role-based workflows.

Exercise Control

Build supply chain resilience and improve customer conversion by managing disruptions and exceptions to reconnect demand and supply plans.

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Our Customers are the Future of Retail

Helzberg Diamonds

Nathan Gray, VP of Planning

"What we’re trying to do is integrate science and data into our decision making, having that inform and override any old-school gut decisions we may have previously relied on."

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Hibbett Retail

Alicia Kahn, VP Planning and Allocation

"Oracle provides a great assortment planning tool. It gives us the opportunity to slice and dice data in ways we couldn’t do through Excel. We’ve also cut our assortment planning process from week...

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Grant De Waal, CIO

“Establishing the core foundation first was critical to our success. By embracing Oracle Cloud technology, we can scale to meet customer demand with a fresh assortment that is accessible wherever ...

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Leading Analysts Say

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Oracle is named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Retail Planning Platforms, Q4 2023

Oracle scores the highest among any evaluated vendor in the agile merchandising criterion, is one of just two vendors to achieve the highest possible rating in the vision criterion, and is one of t...

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Oracle was named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape Worldwide Retail Pricing 2023 Vendor Assessment

Built for scale: Oracle's price optimization solution is well designed to meet the scale needs of any retailer, regardless of size, industry segment, geography, business model, or channel mix.

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The Forrester Wave™: Retail Planning Platforms, Q4 2023 report to learn why Oracle was named a Leader

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FAQs

Which assortment planning models does Oracle support?

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What does assortment planning include? How does Oracle define it?

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What decisions can retail analytics help retailers make?

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