Case Study: Suomalainen Kirjakauppa achieves faster assortment planning and improved inventory turnover with RELEX Solutions

Suomalainen Kirjakauppa Streamlining Assortment Planning with the RELEX Unified Platform

Suomalainen Kirjakauppa, Finland’s leading bookshop chain, needed a better way to manage assortment planning across about 50 stores and more than 20,000 SKUs. Working with RELEX Solutions, the company moved away from spreadsheets and manual workflows that made seasonal planning, new product launches, and store allocations slow and difficult to coordinate.

RELEX Solutions implemented assortment planning within its unified platform, integrated with forecasting and replenishment, giving Suomalainen Kirjakauppa a single system for product, supplier, and transaction data. The result was a 67% faster allocation process during peak seasons, about one hour saved per day for category assistants, and roughly a 10% improvement in inventory turnover, helping improve visibility, efficiency, and inventory flow.

Suomalainen Kirjakauppa

Pekka Kuurne

Logistics Manager