For supermarkets and grocery retail
In-store production fully under control. More profit, less waste.
Full counters at peak times, fewer missed sales, more profit per store. With AI-supported demand forecasting and production control for the bake-off station, hot counter and convenience.
Results from the deployment at EDEKA Föhn
In-store production is plannable. But not in your head.
Full counters at peak times and still little waste: this depends on more factors than can be weighed up in your head. Even a good team reaches its limits there.
A maths problem, not a matter of effort
Weather, day of the week, public holidays, promotions, the course of the day: more than 150 factors decide the right demand by product and location every day. That quantity cannot be weighed up reliably in your head, least of all alongside ongoing day-to-day operations. If the counter is empty too early during a peak, demand is lost that does not come back. If more is produced to be safe, waste goes up. Both sides of this trade-off cost profit, and without a precise forecast it is hard to resolve. This is exactly the calculation AIPERIA takes on, creating not only happier customers but also commercial clarity.
AIPERIA forecasts demand and turns it into concrete production instructions for your team
Intraday demand forecasts
AIPERIA calculates demand by product, store and time window continuously and updates the forecast as soon as sales figures change. This way you capture demand during peaks instead of losing it to early sell-outs.
Clear guidance instead of guesswork
The forecast turns into concrete recommendations: which product to produce again, when and in what quantity. Production cycles are planned so that processes combine sensibly and capacity, such as oven use, is used efficiently. That means shorter lead times, less idle time and lower process costs, with consistently high freshness. Without overproduction elsewhere.
Store assistant for clear execution
The intelligent store assistant gives the team on site clear recommendations on what to do next, prioritising by time of day and demand. This keeps counter and shelf attractively stocked even in the late afternoon. The team is relieved and works reliably and routinely, even with high staff turnover.
Bake-off on autopilot at EDEKA Föhn
With AIPERIA’s store assistant, EDEKA Föhn brings availability and profitability in the bake-off station into balance: centrally steered, noticeably relieved in store.
With the store assistant we are much better at bringing availability and profitability in the bake-off into balance. The shelves are reliably stocked at peak times, we can capture demand better and still avoid unnecessary waste. That does not only improve the process in store, it also shows in revenue and profit in the end.
In everyday work we constantly switch between bake-off, shelves, customer enquiries and the till. It's easy to lose track. That's exactly where the app helps us enormously: you see right away what's still to do, no longer forget any items and have to react spontaneously or bake in a rush far less often.
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What works at EDEKA Föhn works for you too.
In an initial consultation we show you the potential in the in-store production of your stores.
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One system that brings central steering and store operations together
Steer strategically
Category management & head office
- Set targets for availability, waste rate and assortment rules centrally and optimise them continuously.
- KPIs on waste and availability make differences between stores visible and manageable.
- Plannable results for public holidays, promotions and weather conditions across the entire store network.
- Scaling across many locations without losing control.
Deliver in store
Store management & store team
- Clear recommendations via the app on what to produce when, and how to combine products sensibly, for example for better oven use.
- Less rushed re-production and fewer spontaneous decisions in day-to-day operations.
- Stable processes and consistent quality, even with changing staff.
- More time for customers and selling instead of coordination and planning.
Quickly connected, quickly effective
Autopilot does not mean loss of control
AIPERIA automates normal operation. Exceptions such as public holidays, promotions or data problems are surfaced through alerts and can be steered specifically. Recommendations can be adjusted per location and product at any time, thanks to an intuitive interface and without technical knowledge. You stay in control at all times, just like the autopilot in an aircraft.
Bake-off as a traffic driver: boosting efficiency with AI
Drawing on real market data from grocery retail, the analysis shows how the trade-off between availability and waste can be resolved with data, and which commercial effects are measurable in the live operation of a bake-off station.
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Frequently asked questions
Both. A single store benefits from plannable quantities and clear guidance for in-store production. Across a network, central steering is added: category management sets targets for availability and waste and rolls them out across the entire network.
The whole of in-store production. From the bake-off station through the hot counter to convenience, forecasting and production control work across product groups, for plannable availability and less waste across the entire fresh range.
No. AIPERIA automates normal operation and provides clear recommendations. Exceptions such as public holidays, promotions or weather conditions are surfaced through alerts. Store management and team can adjust recommendations per location and product at any time.
Yes, that is one of its strengths. The recommendations give the team a clear, data-based guide for production, independent of any individual’s experience. This keeps processes and results stable, even with changing staff.
AIPERIA is connected via standardised interfaces and is compatible with all common ERP and merchandise management systems in grocery retail. Bespoke system landscapes can also be connected via the AIPERIA ETL. The typical project to go-live takes around ten weeks.
Initial effects on availability, waste and planning effort usually show within the pilot period of a few weeks, provided data access and processes are set up cleanly.
At EDEKA Föhn, bake-off revenue rose by 17 percent and profit by 30 percent, with waste unchanged. The actual figures depend on assortment, location and starting point. In an initial consultation we work through the potential for your stores.
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In a free initial consultation we show you the store assistant and the concrete potential for your stores, with no obligation to pilot, directly on a real use case.
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