Case Study: Zalando achieves radical reduction in planning time and improved purchasing accuracy with Jedox

Zalando and bdg develop a next level merchandise planning solution

Zalando, Europe’s leading online fashion platform operating across 15 markets, faced a scaling challenge: its classic Excel‑based purchasing planning was slow, error‑prone and inconsistent as the business grew. The company needed a unified pre‑ and in‑season planning process that could merge KPIs from many source systems, combine top‑down financial targets with bottom‑up product‑level planning, and optimize ranges, supply chain and inventory to avoid lost sales or overstock.

bdg implemented Jedox as a tailored CPM/BI solution, building a centralized data model with the Jedox Integrator, role‑based workflows, Excel‑friendly templates and end‑user training to enable self‑service BI. The result: radically reduced planning time and effort, improved planning accuracy and governance, homogenized KPIs across brands and categories, prefilled historical data for better decisions, and a detailed, transparent purchasing plan with constant access to key indicators.

Zalando

Melanie Adler

Teamlead Assortment Planning and Controlling