With the ever-increasing pressure on costs and margins, value-chain optimization and cost monitoring are paramount. Lawson solutions give you more visibility to in-store sales, inventory levels across the supply chain and projected incoming supply, to help you make decisions that ensure that you have the right goods in the right stores, maximize profitability, and minimize margin erosion.

Constantly combat margin erosion (M3)

Eroding margins require tight cost controls. With Lawson solutions, your organization can improve your inventory, sales planning, and order management processes to reduce inventory and increase sales and margins. We’ll help you achieve that delicate balance between managing labor costs, product quality, and delivery and production lead time, not to mention managing contractors that can respond quickly to market changes, which can make the difference in maintaining profit margins and customer satisfaction.

Margin analysis and transparency and flexible pricing

Lawson offers you the tools and capabilities to be successful in meeting your tough service and commercial goals. Our solutions give you a transparent view of all labor and material costs, as well as of margins and profit at individual item and contract levels. We help your whole team see more clearly - from finance to procurement and from sales to the warehouse. As your vision improves, you can respond more quickly, with greater coordination and greater precision.

Protect my business from margin erosion (S3)

Considering the razor-thinness of profit margins, your retail enterprise needs business solutions that provide a rapid return on investment while extracting the lowest possible total cost of ownership. Moreover, you require a vendor and solutions that readily adapt to your growth, changing marketplace and new waves of technology. On all counts, Lawson strives to meet or exceed your expectations. We’ll help you improve cash flow, reduce errors and negotiate better vendor terms through automated three-way invoice matching. Plus, we’ll help you manage the entire scope of your financial operations to meet the challenge of a balanced scorecard.

Protect net profitability

Net profitability continues to elude high-volume retailers across a broad spectrum. For many companies, in fact, the issue has reached crisis proportions. Lawson solutions are helping retailers reverse this trend by supporting increased revenues, reduced costs and more effective workforce deployment. Lawson helps simplify every aspect of your operational logistics, starting with one-source data management and continuing through merchandising, supply chain and store operations. Lawson for your retail operations also supports revenue growth while allowing you to take control of costs, thus contributing to your net profitability.