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  1. Retail and wholesale
  2. Accommodation and food services
  3. Agriculture, fishing, and forestry

What is RELEX

RELEX is a retail and consumer goods planning platform used to forecast demand and optimize replenishment, inventory, and supply planning across stores, distribution, and suppliers. It supports planning teams in retail, grocery, and CPG organizations with workflows for demand planning, allocation, assortment and space planning, and promotion planning. The product is typically deployed as a suite with shared data and planning logic across modules, with integrations to ERP, POS, and warehouse systems.

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Broad retail planning suite

RELEX covers multiple connected planning domains, including demand forecasting, replenishment, allocation, assortment, space planning, and promotion planning. This breadth can reduce the need to stitch together separate tools for merchandising and supply chain planning. A shared platform also helps keep assumptions (e.g., demand signals, constraints, calendars) consistent across teams.

Retail-specific forecasting and replenishment

The product is designed around retail operating realities such as store-level demand, seasonality, promotions, and item/location granularity. It supports automated replenishment and inventory parameter management to translate forecasts into order proposals. This focus aligns well with grocery and multi-store retail use cases where item-store scale and frequent changes are common.

Integrated space and assortment planning

RELEX includes planogram/space planning and assortment planning capabilities that connect shelf constraints with demand and replenishment decisions. This linkage helps planners evaluate how space changes affect sales, inventory, and availability. It is useful for retailers that want merchandising and supply chain planning to operate on a consistent set of item and store attributes.

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Implementation and data complexity

Deployments typically require significant data preparation and integration work across POS, item/location masters, supplier data, and ERP/WMS interfaces. Planning at high granularity can increase data volumes and model tuning effort. Organizations often need dedicated internal resources and partner support to reach stable operations.

Suite breadth increases governance needs

Because multiple planning functions can be implemented on one platform, cross-functional process design and governance become critical. Without clear ownership of master data, calendars, and exception management, teams can experience conflicting priorities and workflow bottlenecks. Change management can be substantial when replacing legacy tools across merchandising and supply chain.

Not a full execution system

While RELEX supports planning and optimization, it commonly relies on external systems for transactional execution such as ERP order management and warehouse execution. Some categories listed (e.g., warehouse management, workforce management, factory planning) may require additional products or integrations depending on scope. Buyers should validate which functions are native versus delivered through partners or adjacent systems.

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RELEX Solutions
Helsinki, Finland
2005
Private
https://www.relexsolutions.com
https://x.com/relexsolutions
https://www.linkedin.com/company/relex-solutions/

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