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Generix Group assists Leroy Merlin with its dynamic growth on the Russian market by optimising its global supply chain

Paris, 12th September 2013 – To assist Leroy Merlin’s dynamic sales growth in Russia, Generix Group will be taking care of the company’s growing logistics requirements of Control Tower, which covers all the components of a collaborative supply chain.

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A major player on the global DIY market, Leroy Merlin helps Russian customers to implement projects. Specialized in selling DIY products and solutions, Leroy Merlin is Setting out to conquer the Russian market with the DIY market growing at a rate of 20% per year, Leroy Merlin, with its exceptionally Russian population’s enthusiasm in its quest for comfort and well Russian market in 2004 and now owns continue to grow dynamically.

“Leroy Merlin is pursuing its conquest by investing in Russia’s small and medium towns” CEO of Leroy Merlin Est. “We have a future.” Generix Group serving the logistics requirements of Leroy MerlinTo accompany this ambitious project, Leroy Merlin has decided to set up a platform of global solutions to optimize its logistics network in Russia.”We were impressed with the genuine SaaS model and logistics services and reassured by the substantial supply chain management base, including the WMS; that’s why we decided to work with Generix Group” Russia.

“We particularly liked their ability to assist us over the long term thanks to the local system they have in place, which includes their Russian partner, Accentis. This gave us the guarantee of flexibility, adaptability, and responsiveness.” Based on a full SaaS strategy, Leroy Merlin opted for all Generix Collaborative Supply Chain solutions in a “Flow Control Tower” concept to cover and manage all of their needs: logistics network management (GCS GLS), warehouse management (GCS WMS), yard management (GCS YMS) and performance indicators (GCS KPIs Cockpit). Collaboration and visibility are imperative today for an efficient supply chain. The Flow Control Tower tools and solutions give Leroy Merlin Russia capturing, interconnection

  • Agility to rapidly adjust to any supply chain developments
  • Resistance to anticipate and cope with unforeseen events;
  • Unrivaled reliability to guarantee service quality and availability.

Generix Group assists Leroy Merlin with its dynamic growth on the Russian market optimizing its global supply chain to assist Leroy Merlin’s dynamic sales growth in Russia, Generix Group will be pany’s growing logistics requirements of six new warehouses via its SaaS offer, Flow Control Tower, which covers all the components of a collaborative supply chain.A major player on the global DIY market, Leroy Merlin helps Russian customers to implement projects. Specialized in selling DIY products and solutions, Leroy Merlin is a brand of the ADEO group.Setting out to conquer the Russian market with the DIY market growing at a rate of 20% per year, Leroy Merlin, with its exceptionally Russian population’s enthusiasm in its quest for comfort and well-being at home.

The French chain entered the Russian market in 2004 and now owns 26 stores in 15 cities in the country with 7.5% market share. It intends to “Leroy Merlin is pursuing its conquest by investing in Russia’s small and medium towns” We have embarked on a five-year program which aims to double our presence group serving the logistics requirements of Leroy MerlinTo accompany this ambitious project, Leroy Merlin has decided to set up a platform of global solutions to optimize its logistics network in Russia.

“We were impressed with the genuine SaaS model and solid experience of Generix Group in the sectors of retail and logistics services and reassured by the substantial supply chain management base, including the WMS; that’s why we decided to work with Generix Group” commented Eric Poulet, Supply Chain Director. “We particularly liked their ability to assist us over the long term thanks to the local system they have in place, which includes their Russian partner, Accentis. This gave us the guarantee of flexibility, adaptability and Based on a full SaaS strategy, Leroy Merlin opted for all Generix Collaborative Supply Chain solutions in a “Flow Control Tower” concept to cover and manage all of their needs: logistics network management (GCS GLS),S WMS), yard management (GCS YMS) and performance indicators (GCS KPIs Collaboration and visibility are imperative today for an efficient supply chain.

The Flow Control Tower tools and solutions give Leroy Merlin Russia capturing, interconnection, and execution abilities to ensure: agility to rapidly adjust to any supply chain developments; resistance to anticipate, and cope with unforeseen events; unrivaled reliability to guarantee service quality and availability. Generix Group assists Leroy Merlin with its dynamic growth on the Russian market assist Leroy Merlin’s dynamic sales growth in Russia, Generix Group will be new warehouses via its SaaS offer, Flow A major player on the global DIY market, Leroy Merlin helps Russian customers to implement their household brand of the ADEO group. “Generix Group wholly adopted our leitmotiv ‘Everything for your home at low prices’”, commented Vincent Gentil, CEO of Leroy Merlin Est, “by proposing a tariff-based SaaS model based only on units of work, allowing us to adjust our costs depending on volume and to gain precious time in implementing our logistics bases.”

“We are proud to assist Leroy Merlin in Russia; this country is a strategic market for Generix Group”, added Jean-Charles Deconninck, Chairman of Generix GroupA few words on the Generix Collaborative Supply Chain range: GCS GLS manages the physical flows of stored and cross-docked goods and anticipates the picking services that need to be provided to each customer. GCS GLS also controls the costs of a logistics network.

Thanks to its modularity and powerful settings, GCS WMS is designed for the business and organization of each company. GCS WMS is mainly for multi-channel retailers, pure player e-retailers, manufacturers, and logistics service providers thanks to its evolution and its ability to efficiently process warehouse flows, regardless of the products. GCS TMS is designed to help drive down transport costs, improve fill rates, and optimize carrier allocation.

This comprehensive solution guarantees a quick response and reliable timekeeping, minimum stock levels, and full control of flow management. GCS YMS boosts sites’ performance with collaborative, accurate, and efficient yard management. Yard management plays a key role in organizing your transport slots by taking on board every single constraint; forecast and manage delays so you can reorganize warehouse assignments in real-time; work with carriers to provide total satisfaction, through to the end customer.

GCS KPIs Cockpit is a decision aid tool that provides a host of indicators to facilitate warehouse control and analysis operations and to boost the efficiency of employees. The organization, development opportunities, investment choices, training choices and choices to change model are some of the indicators which make up proper strategic avenues for improvement for Supply Chain actors.

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