Fashion Retailer Cuts Overnight Processing While Delivering Accurate and Timely Intelligence
Key Takeaways
⇨ French Connection Group automated its manual data entry and reporting processes with Redwood Business Process Automation, eliminating errors and reducing the need for overnight manual intervention.
⇨ The integration of Redwood with SAP ERP and custom solutions enabled French Connection to streamline weekend reporting, enhance visibility, and ensure timely business intelligence across its global operations.
⇨ The automation provided French Connection with the flexibility to adapt to issues in real-time, transforming the relationship between business and IT into a more collaborative and efficient effort.
French Connection Group is a global retailer and wholesaler of fashion clothing, accessories, and homewares. Based in the UK, the company distributes its products globally through its own branded stores as well as through franchise and wholesale retailers in more than 50 countries. The company is committed to offering affordable quality and a premium experience, ensuring that the customer is at the heart of the business.
To remain competitive, the French Connection Group needed accurate, up-to-date business intelligence to provide dynamic information on inventory movement and margins.
French Connection had been relying on a manual, error prone processes to support retail service and business intelligence. Every day, each retail outlet transmitted large amounts of data on sales, inventory, and other critical business details to the main datastore in the headquarter offices. There, two people waited for this information and compiled it into a paper “run sheet”
for the day.
Redwood Software delivers IT, finance and business process automation to help modern enterprises excel in the digital age. Redwood orchestrates and automates business processes across complex hybrid IT environments so enterprise organizations can focus on business agility, cost-efficiency, and customer experiences. Our automation solutions help thousands of organizations across 150 countries execute with speed and precision. Redwood is Where Automation Happens.™
