How can merchandise master data be kept consistent across hundreds of stores and categories?

Retano ERP provides comprehensive master data input tools with built-in validation to prevent duplicated or incorrect SKUs, barcodes and item attributes. By ensuring accurate master data in a single control point, the system improves the quality of analytics, forecasts, orders and transactional data across distribution centers, stores and online channels.

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Q: How can merchandising workflows be executed and monitored end-to-end across the retail chain?

In Retano ERP, merchandising workflows are managed through business process mechanisms that define each step, responsible role and control rule. The system tracks the current stage of every process instance in real time and shows which user is executing each task, ensuring consistent execution, systemization and transparency of merchandising activities across the chain.

Q: How can assortments be managed centrally while supporting different store formats and local specifics?

Retano ERP supports vertical and horizontal assortment management within a single model. Assortments can be generated by segments and store parameters, such as shelf size and location, and refined through store clusters by category or format. Unlimited variants and attributes and approval of new items by cluster strategy help keep central governance while reflecting local and format-specific needs.

Q: How can the risks of pricing and promotion errors be reduced as retail operations scale?

Retano ERP reduces pricing and promotion errors by using centralized pricing guidelines and approval workflows. The system supports tailored pricing rules by brand, store format and category, automated configuration based on KVI baskets, target margins, competitor prices and regulatory rules, as well as price rounding guidelines and automated selling price calculation and suggestions on cost change, including regular, promo and clearance prices.

Q: How can risks in supplier contracts and commercial conditions be reduced as retail operations scale?

In Retano ERP, supplier relationships and commercial conditions are managed centrally. The system controls import supplies, handles contract payment calculations and supports multiple payment terms, such as prepayment and post-payment, with automated handling of debts and prepayments. Trade management and supplier and vendor deals management help apply agreed conditions consistently in day-to-day operations and reduce discrepancies as the business grows.

Q: How can alignment between merchandising decisions and inventory execution be maintained as retail operations scale?

Retano ERP links merchandising decisions with inventory and ordering processes through an automatic ordering parameter master and scheduled order calculation for stores and distribution centers. Orders can be consolidated by supplier, dispatched via EDI or email and managed through confirmations and ASN, while omnichannel order management ensures relevant prices and coordinated fulfillment options. This connection helps keep inventory execution aligned with approved assortments, pricing and promotions as the chain expands.

Manage, control and perform merchandising activities.

Retano ERP is an industry-specific solution for retail management automation, catering to Grocery, FMCG, Droggery, DIY, and Household retailers of all sizes. The system is also ideal for franchising and distribution centers.

With Retano ERP, retailers can receive daily inventory data for all their stores with real-time updates.

It optimizes merchandising tasks, freeing up time for strategic goals.

The basics of high-quality management

Validated Master-data

The Retano ERP solution offers comprehensive master data input tools that cater to the specific needs of retailers. The system is designed to prevent the input of duplicated or incorrect SKUs, barcodes, and other item attributes or objects. By ensuring accurate master data, the system enhances the precision of analytics, forecasts, order quality, and transactional data across distribution centers, stores, and online channels. This accuracy contributes to improved operational efficiency and customer satisfaction.

Centralized control for regular activities

The business process mechanisms within Retano ERP enable users to structure and control operations by creating predefined chains of steps and rules. These mechanisms provide real-time monitoring of the current execution stage for each process. At any given moment, executives can access information about active business processes, including the progress of each process instance and the assigned user responsible for each task. This ensures consistency in user actions, enhances systemization, and improves transparency within business processes.

Capabilities

Retano ERP assortment management for retail chains

Building the right assortment for every store format

Assortment decisions rarely apply uniformly across a retail chain — a compact urban store and a large-format outlet need different ranges even within the same category. Retano ERP builds assortments from store-level parameters such as shelf capacity, location and format, then groups stores into clusters that reflect commercial strategy rather than a single centralized range. New items are approved through cluster-based rules tied to product attributes, keeping the assortment governed centrally while still adapting to local demand. This makes it possible to manage thousands of SKU–store combinations without maintaining parallel assortment structures.

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Range generation based on segments and store parameters: shelf size, location, etc.
Store clusters by category / format to align with commercial strategy
Unlimited variants and attributes setup for easy and effective range management
Approval of new items via store cluster strategy by product attributes

Retano ERP retail pricing management across store formats

Governing prices across formats, margins and competition

Pricing at scale has to balance category margin targets, competitor positioning, regulatory constraints and the retailer’s own markup strategy — all at once, across every store. Retano ERP configures pricing guidelines around these inputs, including KVI basket control and rounding rules, then calculates selling prices automatically according to the chosen strategy. It supports regular, promotional and clearance pricing in parallel, and suggests price updates when supplier costs change. Centralized control and coordination of these guidelines reduce the risk of pricing errors as the number of stores and price zones grows.

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Tailored pricing guidelines considering brands, store formats, product categories, and competitive landscape
Automated pricing guidelines configuration based on KVI basket control, target category margin, competitors’ prices, regulatory rules, and markup strategies
Price rounding guidelines
Control and coordination of pricing guidelines
Automated selling price calculation based on selected pricing strategy
Automated price suggestions on cost change
Regular, promo and clearance pricing

Retano ERP marketing and promotion planning

Planning promotions and tracking competitive activity

Effective retail marketing depends as much on measuring outcomes as on planning events. Retano ERP covers the full cycle of marketing event planning and budgeting, then measures promotion effectiveness so spend can be judged against results. It also maintains a per-store, per-category competitor list with pricing monitoring, giving commercial teams visibility into the local competitive landscape. Built-in mechanisms for gathering range-expansion suggestions turn store-level observations into structured input for assortment decisions.More details

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Marketing event planning
Marketing event budget formation
Promotion effectiveness analysis
Competitor list for each store by category
Competitor pricing monitoring
Mechanisms for gathering product range expansion suggestions

Retano ERP in-store and central production management

Managing in-store and central production

Retailers with bakery, deli or ready-to-eat production run a manufacturing process inside a retail operation, with its own costing and planning needs. Retano ERP handles production technology maps, ingredient quantity calculation and the costing of finished goods, alongside replenishment of production warehouses. It supports planning and launching new products, and controls execution against plan through plan/fact analysis. This connects own-production activity to the same assortment, pricing and inventory logic used across the rest of the chain.More details

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Cost of finished products and production warehouse replenishment
Development of production technology maps
Planning and production of new products
Ingredient quantity calculation
Control of the production of finished products
Plan/fact analysis

Retano ERP supplier contract and commercial terms management

Controlling supplier terms and commercial conditions

As supplier numbers grow, inconsistent contract terms become a direct source of margin leakage and disputes. Retano ERP centralizes supplier relationships and embeds commercial conditions — payment terms, prepayment and post-payment schemes, deals and bonuses — directly into operational processes. Contract payment calculation, automated debt and prepayment settlement, and vendor deal management keep those conditions applied consistently during ordering and pricing. It also covers control of import supplies and trade management, so contract terms hold up across the full procurement flow.

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Control of import supplies
Centralized supplier relationships
Contract payment calculation
Various payment terms for products: prepayment, post-payment, etc.
Automated debt and prepayment payments
Trade management
Supplier and Vendor Deals Management

Retano ERP automated ordering for stores and distribution centers

Automating ordering across stores and distribution centers

Ordering is where assortment, pricing and supplier decisions turn into physical stock movement, and manual handling at scale is slow and error-prone. Retano ERP automates order calculation on schedules defined for individual stores and DCs, with a parameter master governing how each order is built, plus manual ordering where needed. Orders can be consolidated by supplier using cross-docking and pick-by-line, dispatched via EDI or email, and confirmed with ASN management. Automated order-closing settings keep the process moving without constant intervention as volumes rise.More details

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Automatic ordering parameters master
Order calculation scheduling for stores and DCs
Manual Ordering
Order consolidation by supplier. «Cross-docking» & «Pick-by-line»
Order dispatching (EDI, email, etc)
Order confirmation and ASN management
Order closing automation settings

Retano ERP omnichannel order management system

Fulfilling online orders with consistent pricing and delivery

Omnichannel retail only works when online and in-store operate on the same data rather than as separate systems. Retano ERP’s order management system fulfills orders coming from the retailer’s sales channels and tracks each one through every stage, from receipt to delivery at the customer’s door. Prices stay relevant and consistent across all channels, drawing on the same pricing logic used in stores. Delivery options — click & collect, ship-to-store, home delivery and pick-up points — are handled within one process, so channel choice doesn’t fragment fulfillment.More details

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The omnichannel order management system (OMS) for fulfilling orders quickly and efficiently
Tracking the order at all stages of processing – from receipt to the door of the customer
Relevant and consistent prices in all channels
Various order delivery options, including: click & collect, to the store, to customer’s home, to pick-up points

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FAQ

How to keep merchandise master data consistent across hundreds of stores and categories?

Retano ERP uses a single, centralized master data entry point with built-in validation rules. This prevents duplicate SKUs, inconsistent attributes and incorrect references at the source, rather than fixing errors downstream. As a result, pricing, ordering and reporting remain reliable even in networks with hundreds of stores and large assortments.

How can merchandising workflows be executed and monitored end-to-end across the retail network?

In Retano ERP, merchandising workflows are executed through built-in business process mechanisms that define each step, responsible role and control point. The system tracks the status of every workflow instance in real time, showing where each task is, who is responsible and whether execution is completed. This allows head office teams to monitor merchandising activities end-to-end and ensure consistent execution across all stores.

How can assortments be managed centrally while supporting different store formats and local specifics?

Retano ERP supports both vertical and horizontal assortment management within a single data model. Assortment matrices can be defined centrally and adapted by store format, category or cluster, while maintaining overall governance and consistency. This allows retailers to support format-specific and local assortment differences without creating parallel assortment structures or losing centralized control.

How can the risks of pricing and promotion errors be reduced as retail operations scale?

In Retano ERP, pricing and promotions are governed through centralized rules and controlled approval workflows. The system supports parallel regular and promotional pricing, automated price calculation based on defined strategies and coordinated rollout across stores. This reduces execution risks and helps ensure consistent pricing and promotion outcomes as retail operations scale.

How can risks in supplier contracts and commercial conditions be reduced as retail operations scale?

In Retano ERP, supplier contracts and commercial conditions are managed centrally and embedded into operational processes. The system supports different payment terms, automated calculation of bonuses and settlements, and controlled application of contract conditions during ordering and pricing. This reduces the risk of inconsistencies and disputes as supplier volumes and network complexity grow.

How can alignment between merchandising decisions and inventory execution be maintained as retail operations scale?

In Retano ERP, merchandising decisions related to assortments, pricing and promotions are directly connected to inventory and ordering processes. Changes approved by merchandising teams are automatically reflected in stock management and replenishment logic. This helps maintain alignment between commercial decisions and inventory execution as the retail network grows.

Publications

Ordering fresh products for availability without waste in grocery retail

Posted: 10/08/2026

How can stockouts on fresh products be avoided without increasing waste? Fresh availability and waste are controlled together by sizing each order against both forecasted demand and the time the product has left to sell, so the shelf stays stocked without buying more than will clear before its date. Fresh and other short-life categories break… Read More »Ordering fresh products for availability without waste in grocery retail

Shelf Performance & Out-of-Stock Prevention

Posted: 09/08/2026

How does AI-powered planogram software improve shelf performance as assortment and demand change? The gain comes from how often a layout can be corrected, not from any single planogram: AI-powered planogram software recalculates space allocation as sales, assortment and equipment change, which is what keeps shelf performance from decaying between category resets. Retano Shelfplan derives… Read More »Shelf Performance & Out-of-Stock Prevention

Launching new products without sales history: forecasting demand in grocery retail

Posted: 07/08/2026

What is the best way to forecast demand for a new product launch in grocery retail? A launch forecast is most reliable when first-day demand is estimated from behavioural analogue products rather than from category averages or planner intuition. A new item enters the assortment without a sales history of its own, so a defensible… Read More »Launching new products without sales history: forecasting demand in grocery retail