Smart Replenishment on Microsoft Power Platform

/ Retail / USA / 2022-2023 /

Faster Replenishment: 25-35%
Stockout Reduction: 40%
Inventory Accuracy: 99%

Client: Retail Chain
Industry: Retail
Region: USA
Period: 2022-2023
Engagement: Dedicated Team
Team size: 30 MM

Services used

Enterprise Platforms

Summary

The client needed a centralized system to track inventory across multiple retail locations, including stock levels, transfer status, and supplier lead times. Manual processes caused stockouts, overstock, and poor visibility into real-time inventory movement.

The Challenge

Inventory across dozens of locations tracked independently

Paper-based receiving and stock audits led to inaccurate counts

No automated reorder alerts or replenishment triggers

No centralized view of supplier lead times and transfer status

The Solution

01 Inventory management on Power Apps

A cloud-based inventory system built on Microsoft Power Apps gives the client one place to track stock, replacing the independent per-location tracking across dozens of sites.

02 Dynamics 365 Supply Chain integration

Power Apps connects to Dynamics 365 Supply Chain, so the front-end the staff use and the system of record stay in step without a second entry step.

03 Real-time stock dashboards

Dashboards show stock levels and replenishment status live, which is the visibility into inventory movement the manual process could not give.

04 Multi-location reorder alerts

Tracking runs across all locations with automated reorder alerts, so replenishment is triggered by thresholds rather than by someone noticing a shelf is empty.

05 Barcode scanning

Barcode scanning handles receiving and stock audits, replacing the paper-based counts that had been producing inaccurate numbers in the first place.