The Range-to-Shelf Value Sprint 

Service Overview

The Range-to-Shelf Value Sprint is a short, focused engagement that treats product and planning as one connected decision rather than two separate ones. We identify where your product and planning data actually connect, where they don't, and what closing that gap is worth. The result is a starting point you can act on, evidenced and ready before any technology decision gets made. 

Key Challenges we address

• Disconnected product and planning systems: PLM and planning usually run as two separate systems, stitched together by manual reconciliation rather than built to work as one. 
• Data arriving too late: sizing, supplier lead times, supplier capacity, minimum order quantities and key-item status often reach planning incomplete, or after the decision's already been made. 
• A reliance on spreadsheets: without a shared data layer, teams fall back on spreadsheets and manual sign-off to bridge the gap. 
• No agreed point of readiness: most businesses can't say exactly when a product is "ready" to move from design into a commercial planning decision. 
• Unclear prioritisation: it's often hard to know, without a structured assessment, whether product or planning is the stronger place to invest first. 

How we deliver our services

• Discovery intake: a short session, about 90 minutes, to capture what your team already knows about the current state. No system access needed. 
• A joint working session: one day on site, with your product and planning teams looking at the same data together, often for the first time. 
• Value quantification: finance joins partway through to help turn the findings into a revenue and margin opportunity, given as conservative and likely ranges. 
• Maturity heat-mapping: we score your product and planning data against AbsoluteLabs' retail maturity framework, so you can see where the connections are strong and where they're not. 
• An executive recommendation and roadmap: within a week, a senior AbsoluteLabs consultant, with solutions architecture input where needed, delivers a Value Report to your executive team, recommending what to prioritise first and how to phase the rest. 
• Independent of any single platform: we work alongside whichever delivery partners suit your business, but the recommendation itself isn't shaped by one vendor's roadmap. 

Expected Benefits

• A business case that holds up: Value at Stake in £, given as conservative and likely ranges, built to survive scrutiny from your own finance team. 
• A clear first move: a recommendation on whether product or planning is the stronger place to start, not a generic assessment of both. 
• Fewer forecasting errors, less inventory loss: McKinsey research shows AI-driven forecasting can cut demand-forecasting errors by 20 to 50%, and reduce lost sales from stockouts by up to 65%, once it runs on trustworthy, connected product data. 
• Faster decisions: a shared view of where your data connects removes the need for late-stage manual reconciliation. 
• A recommendation you can trust: built around your business, not shaped by a single vendor's platform or methodology. 

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