Raley’s selects HarvestMark for distribution center Quality Management Solution
“Raley’s has long had a strong reputation for providing our customers with the freshest, highest-quality produce,” said Greg Corrigan, senior director of produce and floral for Raley’s Family of Fine Stores. He added, “HarvestMark enables us to enhance that reputation by providing us with the ability to closely manage quality by supplier, commodity, and season to ensure that shoppers will have access throughout the year to a bountiful supply of quality produce at each of our stores.”
According to FMI, 72% of shoppers choose their grocer based on the quality of the produce department. Research by Oliver Wyman, a consultancy, suggests shoppers buy 30% more produce when they are delighted by the freshness and quality in the department. HarvestMark DC Insights enables retailers to consistently apply metrics, digitally record results at the points of receiving, and build stronger partnerships with suppliers. Suppliers can be benchmarked and alerted when unexpected defects occur and how to correct them, increasing overall quality. HarvestMark DC Insights can even help buyers anticipate seasonal disruptions in supply and improve forecasts.
“Advanced quality practices are beginning to be adopted in retail grocery,” said Elliott Grant, YottaMark founder and CTO. “HarvestMark DC Insights enables retailers to make smarter choices about their sourcing and receiving process, reducing shrink and markdowns, and optimizing freshness and quality, which ultimately results in improved shopper loyalty. This application sits on our traceability platform, and is a great example of how improved transparency creates value.”
HarvestMark DC Insights provides a simple-to-deploy, yet powerful solution to automate receiving practices, standardize across locations, improve record-keeping and supplier benchmarking, and provide better feedback to suppliers. By automating receiving, standardizing quality ratings, and eliminating manual data entry and manipulation, HarvestMark DC Insights creates intuitive dashboards that give buyers the ability to make fact-based decisions and store operations visibility to quality at receiving.
Source: www.harvestmark.com
