Achieving Operational

Excellence:
Transform the Supply Chain and
Leverage Enabling Technology
Agenda
 AAFES Business Case

 Retek Modules

 Implementation Timeline

 Impact to Vendor Partners

 Conclusion
Retek Merchandising System

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 AAFES Strategy Map
Vision: A Valued Benefit to the Military Community
FINANCIAL

• MWR
Provide a Dividend Contributions

Maximize Economic • Customer

Value Added (EVA) Value

Lifelong Value & Service – F1

• Service
CUSTOMER

Optimize Project
Support
Customer
Military
Service –
Operations – C2
C1

Business Growth Operational Organizational

Excellence Governance
INTERNAL

Aggressively Offer New or Exchange Transform

Promote
Differentiated Service the
Corporate
Products and Services – I1 Consolidation Supply
Compliance – I4
– I2 Chain – I3
& GROWTH

Creating Success
LEARNING

Value and Optimize Leverage Enabling

Associates – L1 Technology – L2

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Why Retek for AAFES?
 To improve our competitive position in the
retail industry by:

Introducing a joint forecasting tool to provide long

range planning with suppliers and connectivity to
replenishment systems

Decreasing the use of multiple replenishment and

receiving systems

Streamlining purchase and price methods

Increasing visibility of data causing inefficiencies

throughout the supply chain
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Top Retailers Use Retek
 NEXCOM  Longs Drugs
 Men’s Warehouse  Nordstrom
 GAP  Pier 1 Imports
 Ross Dress for Less  Williams-Sonoma
 Toys R Us  Barnes & Noble
 Walgreens  Family Dollar
 Kohl’s  Tesco (UK)
 Best Buy

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Retek Modules
 Retek Merchandise  Allocation
System (RMS)  Inventory Optimization
 Retek Price (IO)
Management (RPM)  Collaborate (CPFR)
 Retek Demand  Active Retail
Forecasting (RDF) Intelligence (ARI)
 Promote  Invoice Matching (IM)
 Retek Data Warehouse  Advanced Inventory
(RDW) Planning (AIP)
 Sales Audit (ReSA)

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Retek Functionality At a Glance
Perpetual Inventory Control
• Perpetual Inventory • Transfers & RTV’s
• Stock Counts • Stock Ledger

Advanced Inventory Management

• Automated Replenishment • Store Orders
• Investment Buy

Purchasing
• PO Management • Deals Management

Pricing Cost Management

• Regular & Promotion Pricing • Base Cost
• Clearance Execution • Adjustments to Cost

Foundation Data
• Item Master
• Organization Hierarchy
• Vendor Master
• Merchandise Hierarchy
• Attributes & Groups Tools

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 Implementation Timeline
Go-Live

1A 1B 2
J J
A M J J A S O N D 2005 F M A M J J A S O N D 2006 F M A M J J A S O

100% UPC Retek Merchandising System (RMS) Wave 1B Wave 2

Begin CRP End CRP Inventory Retek Price Management (RPM) February ‘06 August ‘06

Wave 1A Functionality Delivered

• Organizational Hierarchy • Supplier • Initial Price

• Merchandise Hierarchy • Price Management • Initial Cost
• Cost Change Management • Item

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How Retek Will Affect You?

 Retek will reduce inventory and increase

service levels
 Retek will help reduce invoicing
 Retek will enable AAFES to replenish orders
based on facility requirements
 Retek will increase purchase order accuracy
 Retek will better equip AAFES to develop
sales and order forecasts

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Frequently Asked Questions
 How can I help with the Retek
implementation?
 How will the new common ordering platform
affect me?
 How will AAFES be able to conduct accurate
forecasting?
 How will Retek affect AAFES’ stock?
 How will Retek handle the vendor stock
balance process?
 Where can I find more information on Retek
at AAFES?

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Conclusion

Still want more….you can email us at

RetekFeedback@aafes.com!
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