From Static Line Plans to Dynamic, Localized Assortments
Traditional assortment planning often relies on last year's performance and top-down financial targets, resulting in a one-size-fits-all product mix that misses local opportunities. The Cybex Assortment Plan application transforms this process by leveraging the Cybex Retail AI Data Platform to create dynamic, optimized assortments for every channel and location.
This is about building a product strategy that is both globally coherent and locally relevant. It's about using data to perfect the balance of breadth and depth, identifying emerging trends before your competitors, and ensuring your inventory investment aligns perfectly with customer demand.
Core AI Use Cases in Assortment Planning
Our application uses machine learning to analyze performance, forecast trends, and recommend an optimal product mix that maximizes revenue and margin.
1. Merchandise Classification & Optimization
Structure your assortment for maximum efficiency and customer appeal by analyzing the ideal breadth and depth of your product offering.
- Breadth & Depth Analysis: AI models analyze sales productivity to recommend the optimal number of styles (breadth) and units per style (depth) for each product category and store cluster.
- Whitespace & Cannibalization Analysis: Identify gaps in your assortment (whitespace) and understand how new product introductions might impact existing items (cannibalization).
- Performance-Based Classification: Automatically classify products as core, fashion, or seasonal, allowing for differentiated planning and inventory strategies.
2. Trend Forecasting & Data Mining
Look beyond your own sales data to identify and capitalize on emerging market trends.
- Data Mining Merchandise Trends: The platform can integrate external data sources to identify rising trends in attributes like color, material, and silhouette, informing future design and buying decisions.
- Attribute-Level Forecasting: Forecast demand not just for products, but for key attributes, incorporating a weekly seasonality index to predict which features will be most popular and when.
- Product Lifecycle Forecasting: Predict the adoption curve and sales trajectory for new products to inform buy-depth and markdown timing.
3. Merchandise Strategy & KPI Optimization
Align your assortment plan with high-level business objectives and continuously measure success.
- Goal-Oriented Planning: Build assortment plans designed to achieve specific strategic goals, such as increasing margin, acquiring new customers, or growing a specific category.
- KPI-Driven Recommendations: The system provides clear Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) like sell-through, gross margin, and turn, and recommends assortment adjustments to improve them.
- Merchandise Strategy Optimization: Use "what-if" scenario modeling to test the potential impact of different assortment strategies on your overall financial plan.
Key Benefits for Project Decision-Makers
Implementing the Cybex AI Assortment Plan application is a direct investment in the productivity of your inventory and the relevance of your brand.
Increased Sales & Margin
By aligning your product mix with true customer demand and emerging trends, you increase full-price sell-through and improve gross margin by reducing the need for markdowns.
Optimized Inventory Investment
Ensure your capital is invested in the most productive inventory. AI-driven breadth and depth analysis prevents over-buying in slow-moving categories and under-investing in winners.
Enhanced Brand Relevance
Stay ahead of the curve by using data mining to spot trends early. A relevant, well-curated assortment strengthens your brand identity and builds customer loyalty.
In-House Customization & Deployment Project
We partner with your team to deploy an Assortment Planning solution tailored to your unique business goals and data landscape. A typical project follows a clear, phased approach:
Phase 1: Integration (2-3 Weeks)
Connect to your data sources (PLM, POS, eCom, ERP). Our adapters map your native schemas to the Cybex conformed data model for a unified product view.
Phase 2: Customization (2-3 Weeks)
Define your product hierarchy, store clusters, and strategic KPIs. We train the initial forecasting and classification models on your historical data.
Phase 3: Deployment & Training (1-2 Weeks)
Go-live with the application. We provide dashboards for assortment analysis, scenario planning, and comprehensive training for your merchandising and planning teams.
Ready to build your most profitable assortment ever?
The Cybex Assortment Plan application is the key to unlocking strategic growth.