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The convenience store distributor Core-Mark is Expanding the partnership Blue Yonder announced Thursday that it would transform its category management strategy with digital supply chain company Blue Yonder.
While Core-Mark already uses Blue Yonder’s SaaS solutions in some of its regions, the company is now also using the technology company’s category management solutions to digitize its entire space and floor plan planning. and standardize its services across Core-Mark’s business, the announcement said.
“Our goal is to provide our small and mid-sized c-store customers with intelligent insights into assortment and space planning to help them succeed,” said Jim Hachtel, Director of Category Management at Core-Mark. “To do this, we must offer solutions that automate tedious tasks and provide solid recommendations to optimize their sales.”
The partnership gives Core-Mark improved automation through a planogram generator and tailored planning strategies based on “optimized store groupings through channel clustering,” the announcement said.
Core-Mark, a division of food and beverage distributor Performance Food Group, provides products, marketing programs and technology to 50,000 stores in the United States and Canada through 37 distribution centers.
