In the battle to get bodies through the door and ensure customer loyalty, retailers are increasingly turning to holistic software technology capable of driving operational efficiency and growth. PDI ensures that competitive advantage by providing enterprise software and solutions to the leading convenience retailers and wholesale petroleum marketers. Over 500 companies operating across more than 50,000 locations worldwide, rely on PDI’s software for retail automation, business intelligence, financial reporting, workforce management, and end-to-end fuel supply chain management, including logistics.

The Retail suite—part of PDI’s comprehensive ERP software solution— provides site-level control and streamlines the flow of information between the store, corporate office, and vendors. “Our software takes the complexity of managing a multi-site retail operation and simplifies it by giving retailers a single, fully integrated solution that automates accounting and cash management processes, centralizes pricebook and inventory control, and provides actionable insights that drive decision making accuracy,” says Jimmy Frangis, CEO, PDI.

As more convenience retailers look to diversify their profit centers and grow their businesses, the focus on foodservice continues to increase. Today, they face several challenges, including waste management, production planning, refrigeration, inventory spoilage and shrinkage that often threaten their business plans. One of PDI’s primary strengths is its ability to provide up-to-the-minute inventory data to operators struggling with inventory management—a feature critical for retailers with foodservice businesses. “Our software helps in reducing inventory loss and shrinkage,” says Frangis. “The Retail suite reduces the carrying cost of the inventory by minimizing spoilage while successfully dealing with out-of-stock scenarios through real time inventory information updates across their locations.”

In an implementation highlight, one of its clients with stores across 500 locations implemented the Retail suite to curtail the challenge of spoilage and inventory shrinkage and improve the in-store merchandise ordering process in their fresh food environments. PDI’s Retail suite automated the inventory management process, allowing the retailer to manage inventory at the item level on an ongoing basis.