![]() Merchants Distributors, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Alex Lee, Inc. MDI supplies over 600 retail food stores with food and non-food items in twelve eastern states. About Merchants Distributors, LLCįounded in 1931, Merchants Distributors (MDI) is a privately-owned wholesale grocery store distributor headquartered in Hickory, NC. Learn more about SymphonyAI Demand ForecastingAI and Warehouse Replenishment. “We’re excited to help Alex Lee and MDI improve supply chain efficiency and ensure MDI remains an established industry leader.”Īlex Lee is currently implementing SymphonyAI’s solutions at MDI and plans to go live at the end of 2019. “In order to support the success of its customers and suppliers, distributors like MDI must ensure their own business practices are modernized and streamlined,” said Graeme Cooksley, President and COO, SymphonyAI. It also accommodates grocery-style functionality for buying, enabling replenishment of all categories including commodities, specialty and hyper-fresh items. The demand forecasting solution leverages machine learning and contextual data to improve forecast accuracy and remove manual guesswork, while simultaneously reducing out of stocks, excess inventory and spoiled foods. With the warehouse replenishment solution from SymphonyAI, MDI is able to identify demand signals that can be shared between the store and warehouse for increased inventory visibility and insights. This ensures we consistently serve them the right products at the right time.” “With accurate demand forecasting and streamlined inventory management, our supply chain aligns more closely with our wholesale customers’ needs. “Our primary goal is to ensure that MDI customers continue to grow profitably and create loyalty with their customers – so we needed technology that helps us more quickly understand market trends, react faster and invest in the right products,” said Anita Harris, CIO, Alex Lee. In order to improve the profitability of its supply chain through faster and more accurate merchandising decisions, MDI committed to leverage new solutions that automated its forecasting process. ![]() Until now, MDI’s supply chain processes were conducted manually based on buyers’ historical knowledge, leading to inefficient assortment forecasting. Headquartered in Hickory, North Carolina, MDI supplies more than 600 retail food stores with food and non-food items in 12 eastern states. 5, 2019 – SymphonyAI, the leading global provider of AI-enabled revenue growth management solutions and customer-centric insights for retailers and CPG manufacturers across the entire value chain, today announced that Alex Lee is implementing SymphonyAI Demand ForecastingAI and Warehouse Replenishment to support its wholesale distribution business, Merchants Distributors (MDI). ![]()
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