As convenience stores have expanded their offerings and staffing needs, supporting these more complex requirements will require accurate demand forecasting integrated with powerful scheduling logic and task management capabilities to optimize operations and create positive employee and customer experiences.

Our retail front end examination continues with a look at how forecast accuracy supports improved throughput, queuing and employee scheduling. Getting it right yields big rewards: reduced shopping time, shrewd labor use choices, and ultimately, a positive impact on sales and profitability.

The Moneyball series continues! Just as sabermetrics provides predictions of future performance for a given baseball player or team, retailers can use sophisticated AI and machine-learning forecasting to accurately predict retail performance. Get in the game!

Faster computing platforms, AI and ML algorithms have led to forecast accuracy breakthroughs. Better math and faster processing out-gun older, static approaches at every turn. For competitive advantage through your WFM solution, first start by upgrading your forecast.

During labor management, analysts are often caught with too much to do in too little time with too few resources. Today, we outline how upgraded tools can reduce this burden while producing more effective results. It is called systems thinking.

Information technology upgrades can be costly and deprioritized for retailers. In doing so, many forego financial fruit in areas like forecasting. Discover several reasons to reconsider postponing your next IT expenditure!