RELEX Solutions Announces Partnership with Dollar General for Forecasting and Replenishment
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RELEX Solutions announced a partnership with Dollar General (NYSE: DG) to deploy its AI-native retail and supply chain planning platform across Dollar General’s North American operations. The solution will cover forecasting, replenishment, and allocation for more than 21,000 stores, 34 distribution centers, and roughly 18,000 SKUs.
The RELEX platform will manage store replenishment, ordering schedules, lead times, supplier coordination, and fulfillment methods in a single system, enabling distribution centers and stores to work from the same demand data. According to both companies, this unified environment is expected to enhance visibility and coordination across Dollar General’s large and complex distribution network.
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- Partnership with Dollar General to implement AI-based forecasting, replenishment, and allocation across North America
- Deployment scope covers more than 21,000 stores, 34 distribution centers, and about 18,000 SKUs
- Single integrated planning platform for replenishment, ordering schedules, lead times, supplier coordination, and fulfillment methods
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Mass merchandising discount retailer to deploy AI-based planning capabilities across distribution centers and stores
Dollar General operates more than 21,000 stores and 34 distribution centers, managing approximately 18,000 SKUs, and continues to expand its store footprint each year. To coordinate planning across this growing network, the company selected RELEX for a single system that handles forecasting, replenishment, and allocation.
The AI-driven platform will manage store replenishment, ordering schedules, lead times, supplier coordination, and fulfillment methods in one place. Sales patterns and other demand factors will be built directly into the planning process, allowing distribution centers and stores to work from the same data.
"We chose RELEX because it gives us a practical way to use AI in our planning and helps our teams focus on the issues that truly need attention," said Jeff Vaughan, SVP Global Inventory Management at Dollar General. "The platform brings forecasting, replenishment, and allocation planning into a single environment, giving our teams greater visibility across the network."
"RELEX is built to run planning for retailers operating at this scale," said Frank Lord, Chief Revenue Officer at RELEX Solutions. "Dollar General's scale and pace, with more than 21,000 stores and a complex distribution network, require planning that is reliable and straightforward. Our forecasting and replenishment capabilities handle large SKU volumes and give teams a clear view across the supply chain."
About RELEX Solutions
RELEX Solutions provides an AI platform for intelligent decision-making and automation across complex operational environments. Trusted by 600+ customers globally, RELEX helps retailers, manufacturers, and wholesalers plan, decide, and act across demand, inventory, merchandising, pricing, and supply chain operations.
Built on two decades of domain expertise and a unified data foundation, the RELEX platform helps companies to deploy, connect, and scale capabilities on a single platform, to innovate at their own pace. Leading brands like ADUSA, Camco, Carhartt, COSMOS Pharmaceutical Corporation, Circle K, Dollar Tree and Family Dollar, M&S Food, PetSmart, Rituals, The Body Shop, The Home Depot, Sun Tire & Auto Service, and Vita Coco use RELEX to run and continuously evolve their operations. Learn more at: relexsolutions.com/customers
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