Søstrene Grene has scaled its international store network significantly without adding resources in the back office. By simplifying a complex world with FASHIONBOARD, the retail chain has swapped manual spreadsheets for proactive forecasting and full control of its global flow of goods.
Søstrene Grene is a unique player in the retail landscape, with full control of the entire value chain. With an assortment that is constantly renewed, it demands extremely agile management. Before implementing FASHIONBOARD, everyday work was marked by heavy, manual processes in complex Excel sheets.
This way of working created a reactive culture. A disproportionate amount of time went into updating data manually rather than analysing it, which meant people often only acted once stock had either peaked or run empty. The lack of overview made it hard to catch trends in time.
The solution was to gather all data — from forecasts and images to lead times and case sizes — in one centralised, intuitive system. For Søstrene Grene, it was crucial to have a tool that could create overview across categories and suppliers with just a few clicks.
The journey has been a close partnership, with the system continuously adapted to the company's explosive growth. When Søstrene Grene expanded to several warehouse locations, specific solutions were developed to handle the complex flows.
The sparring around data quality has ensured a smooth transition, where every department now navigates by the same valid numbers instead of individual spreadsheets.
The shift from gut feeling to hard data has produced a fundamental sense of control and calm. The increased transparency has removed internal debates about inventory and replaced them with strategic decisions.
Extreme efficiency. Thanks to automation, Søstrene Grene was able — over a three-year period — to handle its global planning with just one employee, despite massive growth.
Proactivity. The company now navigates by future needs rather than reacting to past mistakes.
Scalability. The system has made it possible to manage more products and more warehouse locations with the same staffing resources.
By running the flow of goods through the FASHIONBOARD engine, Søstrene Grene can quickly build overview and keep planning precise — no matter where in the world its stores open.
The ambition is to let FASHIONBOARD take over even more of the automatic reordering of items with a long history — freeing up the team's energy to focus on the new, fast-changing styles.
For Søstrene Grene, the future is about combining historical data with intelligent systematics, so they can keep growing with the same number of hands while maintaining tight control of their unique flow of goods.
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