Line Planning vs Assortment Planning

Merchandise financial planning (MFP), line planning and assortment planning are interconnected processes. However, too often they are managed in disconnected, siloed systems. This has major impacts on efficiency and profitability, from time wasted to overstocking to difficulties optimizing the product mix. 

Our new eBook explores the tell-tale signs that line planning and assortment planning are out of alignment – and how you can fix it with technology that combines visuals and data.

Collaborative planning using Centric Visual Boards offers a revolutionary visual solution, enabling teams involved in MFP, line planning and assortment planning to ✔bridge data divides ✔collaborate more effectively ✔ make data-led or visually-led (or both!) decisions and ✔ optimize global omnichannel assortment performance. 

Download the guide to learn how users of Visual Boards experience results such as: 

• Shaving weeks off cycle time – speeding time to market
• 99% faster assortment presentations (2.5 days to 15 minutes)
• 99% less time on sample review meetings (4 weeks to minutes)
• 100% of line review changes captured, accurately and in real-time
• Hundreds of thousands of dollars in time savings, freeing up valuable human resources to focus on value-added work and innovation.