Aldata's Apollo Space Optimization Suite
APOLLO designer workstation
Designer Workstation is a desktop product that uses automated procedures to dramatically improve the retail space planning process. Designer Workstation reduces the amount of time it takes to generate a planogram from days to minutes using the merchandising rules, category assortments, performance criteria and space constraints that exist in Apollo or other space planning software planograms. Users can build planograms to optimise both store-level shelf space utilisation and the consumer buying experience. The Designer Workstation is appropriate for retailers, manufacturers and brokers that look for ways to increase planogram relevance and decrease planogram development time at the cluster and store levels.
APOLLO professional
Apollo Professional is an easy to use but powerful space management software for creating effective planograms, analysing space performance, and making merchandising and allocation decisions that optimise sales, profit and return on inventory investment. At its most simplest level, Apollo can accurately represent a fixture and populate it with products ensuring they are displayed well. Digital images of the products make the planogram more realistic and help visualise what the fixture will look like in-store. This is particularly useful for new product sell-ins or packaging changes.
At its most sophisticated level, Apollo can analyse the space and performance of each product and produce detailed reports and charts showing clearly where improvements can be made. In addition, a highlighting function allows you to see the impact of changes made, directly on the planogram
APOLLO total store
Apollo Total Store is a database-driven desktop software product that allows users to analyse store layouts and plan the use of space in the store at the macro level. Using store level data you can identify the performance contribution of each category and department in relation to the space allocated. Apollo Total Store provides the ability to perform quick additional store and product analysis. With Apollo Total Store, users can better understand the product and category performance within the aisles and departments of specific stores. Users can analyse how specific sections are merchandised down to the shelf level, resulting in a better picture of what happens in each store and a dramatically improved retail space planning process.
APOLLO web publisher
Apollo Web Publisher is an easy to use web-based system that lets users quickly distribute planograms to their point of use. With it, users can capitalise on the promise of improved planogram communication and improve resulting in-store execution by gaining instant access to targeted planograms even from remote locations.
With Apollo Web Publisher, space planners can save new planograms to a database and publish tailored planograms, merchandising reports and charts directly to a web or intranet site. Authorised users in stores can access the planograms, reports and charts using only a standard web browser. Apollo Web Publisher can be accessed anywhere and anytime users have internet or intranet access.