Brad Mitchler
Vice President of North America · LEAFIO AI LinkedIn5 episodes
Questions Brad Mitchler answered
Decisions such as assortment changes flow into store execution and replenishment, while planogram facings inform minimum shelf-stock requirements. Connecting merchandising and supply-chain processes reduces manual coordination and keeps inventory plans aligned with shelf decisions.
How AI Fixes Inventory, Fresh Waste & Stockouts in Convenience Retail43:58
Yes. The planning logic considers short lead times, delivery time of day, intraday demand, weekly variation, forecasts, and continuously changing buffers so replenishment can respond quickly while protecting availability.
How AI Fixes Inventory, Fresh Waste & Stockouts in Convenience Retail48:02
Retailers increasingly expect AI to identify operational problems and resolve them in real time. Autonomous systems can change prices, redistribute inventory, launch replenishment and coordinate promotions with actual availability.
Requirements depend on the retailer's processes and goals, but LEAFIO usually asks for at least one year of history and can collect noncritical fields during implementation. Average inventory ROI can arrive within six months, with initial promotional results visible after one or two campaigns.
Webinar: Promo Forecasting 2.0: How AI Helps Retailers Plan, Execute, and Analyze Promotions33:49 · with Ana Erma
Yes. Forecasts are calculated at the store and SKU-location level using each store's behavior, price response, and demand patterns rather than applying one chain-wide forecast.
Webinar: Promo Forecasting 2.0: How AI Helps Retailers Plan, Execute, and Analyze Promotions36:55 · with Ana Erma
In Brad Mitchler's words
“It’s not about ordering more or less; it’s about ordering smarter.”
How AI Fixes Inventory, Fresh Waste & Stockouts in Convenience Retail27:38
“Here’s how you planned last year. Here’s how we would have planned. Here’s the difference. Here’s the delta.”
How AI Fixes Inventory, Fresh Waste & Stockouts in Convenience Retail40:54
“Promo becomes a bit of an addiction.”
Promo Forecasting 2.0: How AI Transforms Promo Planning in Grocery Retail | EuroShop 20263:04
“We simply cannot have a promotion that has an out-of-stock, or we lose the loyalty of our incoming customer who comes to our stores to shop for these things.”
Promo Forecasting 2.0: How AI Transforms Promo Planning in Grocery Retail | EuroShop 202610:09
“If we're not tracking this data today, we can't have accurate forecasts tomorrow.”
Promo Forecasting 2.0: How AI Transforms Promo Planning in Grocery Retail | EuroShop 202613:12