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With dynamically changing market conditions, regulations, and customer expectations, enterprises need to put more effort into planning, creating, and effectively delivering new products. With a proper launch management companies are able to reduce time-to-market and maintain high levels of transparency and collaboration between internal departments and supply partners. In this article we will focus on retail and e-commerce use cases, to show how Robotic Process Automation software can be used to automate and centralize processes, supporting effective planning, monitoring, and managing product launches.

Managing inventory in retail is challenging, as it requires gathering and working with data from multiple sources, not only internal but also from suppliers and other business partners. With growing demand and disturbance across supply chains, retailers are struggling to keep track of the amount, location, and pricing of products available for their customers. In this article, we will show examples of how can Robotic Process Automation (RPA) be used to streamline inventory management in the retail industry.

With better management of the supply chain, retailers can deliver products to their customers faster and at a lower cost. Globally present enterprises need to consider country-specific politics, trade and tariff law, and international relationships and assure a high level of quality control. The use of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) software is considered to be a good solution for retailers to streamline their processes in supply chain management. In this article, we will analyze specific use cases of RPA that could help retailers.

Global retail sales were projected to amount to around 26.7 trillion U.S. dollars by 2022, up from approximately 23.6 trillion U.S. dollars in 2018. With such growth and disturbances across supply chains that started in 2020, many companies are looking for ways to streamline their business processes, cut costs and improve efficiency. Robotic Process Automation (RPA) software can be a solution to many problems that retailers are facing. In this article, we will show the benefits of process automation in the retail industry.

E-commerce sales are growing rapidly worldwide and with increasing demand, it becomes more challenging for e-commerce companies to keep track of the amount, location, and pricing of products available for their customers. When we add to the picture different business models involving the use of company own warehouses, third-party logistics fulfillment center (3PL), or dropshipping products that are housed in a separate business, proper Inventory Management is essential. In this article, we will show examples of how can Robotic Process Automation (RPA) be used to streamline inventory management in e-commerce.