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Let our highly skilled consultants provide you with strategic category management advice aimed at improving your category performance and helping you position your business to gain a competitive advantage.
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UNCOVER POWERFUL INSIGHTS INTO YOUR RETAIL DATA

With our retail advisory consulting, we can help you to benchmark your progress against category management best practices and pinpoint areas for improvement. 

Our global client base enables us to continually refine our advisory best practices that you can leverage to your benefit.

Our leading category management software and tried and tested methodology underpins our expertise. Throughout the benchmarking and review process, we’ll provide you with strategic category management advice tailored for your specific environment.

EXPERT ADVICE WHEN YOU NEED IT

Get access to expert advice about category strategies, processes, team effectiveness and more to make sure that you maximise ROI and quickly overcome challenges unique to your context.

You can leverage our deep expertise by getting critical advice on unique problems you are facing and opportunities that need to be capitalised on.

 

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CRYSTALISE YOUR CATEGORY MANAGEMENT VISION

If you want to create or crystallise your short, medium and long-term category management vision, we can provide you with a comprehensive category management capabilities assessment and roadmap.

The evaluation includes working alongside you to answer key questions about various aspects of your category management functions.

 

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LEVERAGE OUR TRIED AND TESTED PROCESSES

We have developed an unrivalled proprietary process that allows us to deliver our Retail Advisory Services to perfection and in a manner that offers you the consistency, peace of mind, expertise and resourcing you need to enhance category performance and efficiency in record time.

Our processes are informed and continually refined by our ever-expanding global perspectives and deep understanding of what category management, planning,
procurement and marketing teams need from a category management service provider.

Our consultants deliver highly organised Retail Advisory Services through a comprehensive RACI matrix applied at every step of our four-level deep proprietary business process value chain.

Expect a professionally orchestrated effort that consistently results in improved category performance and efficiency.

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"DotActiv’s Enterprise and Professional solutions are very practical and once we get into all of its functionality, we will be able to do great things with this tool."
Arjun Sinanna Category Management Executive at Winner’s Supermarket, Mauritius
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GET ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS YOU SHOULD BE ASKING

Uncovering objective and insightful answers to the most important questions you have requires a mix of deep technical and industry expertise along with specialised software and a methodical approach.

When you choose DotActiv’s Retail Advisory Services, you can leverage the full mix to improve your performance in record time.

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ACCESS TO TALENTED PEOPLE
Thanks to our partnerships with local universities and dedicated headhunting resources, DotActiv employs only the most qualified and talented people.
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DEEP TECHNICAL AND INDUSTRY EXPERTISE

Our global customer base and education investments enable us to understand how to achieve category performance efficiently.

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TRIED AND TESTED METHODOLOGIES

Our tried and tested methodologies bring clarity and simplicity to category management, resulting in consistent outputs that deliver results.

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POWERFUL PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE

Our category management software allows us to deliver exceptional results as it considers the interdependent nature of category management.


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STRATEGIC, TACTICAL AND TRANSACTIONAL SERVICES

We deploy a mix of strategic, tactical and transactional services to deliver meaningful results in record time to act as true partners to our clients.


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RESULTS-CENTRED SERVICE WITH CLEAR ROI

We use agreed-upon objectives to guide our category optimisation services, which we measure continually to refine strategies and tactics.



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CONVENIENT TIME-SAVING FORMAT

We use our structured methodology to guide all meetings to provide guidance. We can deliver all services remotely via your preferred video conferencing tool.


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APPROACHABLE CONSULTANTS

Our talented and professional consultants are approachable, sincere and helpful. We always strive to deliver honest and constructive advice.



BOOK YOUR CUSTOM EXPLORATORY CONSULTATION

Looking for a category management solution that suits YOUR needs? One that will help you improve your business and deliver the results you want?

After booking your free online exploratory consultation, you can expect us to research and evaluate your unique context. We’ll create a personalised agenda to match your business’ interests, goals and context.

We’ll reach out to you before your consultation to share your personalised agenda. You’re welcome to request any changes or additional points.

We’ll consult with our internal experts to curate and customise conversation points, content, and the presentation so that it’s in line with your personalised agenda. Depending on the outcome of our consultation, we’ll schedule a separate custom advisory consultation to share our proposed recommendations with you.

WHY SHOULD YOU CHOSE A DOTACTIV SOLUTION?

Implementing a category management solution in your business makes sense because of what you can gain from it.
  • Control rising inventory levels
  • Improve category profitability
  • Maximise your selling space
  • Create visually appealing displays
  • Control rising inventory levels
  • Improve category profitability
  • Maximise your selling space
  • Create visually appealing displays
  • Improve your buying consistency
  • Reduce out of stocks
  • Make smarter business decisions
  • Reduce excessive inventory holding
"On my first meeting with DotActiv, I was apprehensive and not sure if they were up to the task. I have, however, been genuinely surprised. The work so far is great and the knowledge is not in dispute. Keep up the great professionalism."
Noel Seager Competency HOD GMD Supermarkets
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ENJOY A CONVENIENT ONLINE SERVICE EXPERIENCE

We provide professional category management software and services to blue-chip retail clients worldwide without the hassle and expense of on-site consultations.

We can host all consultations remotely via your preferred video conferencing tool. We also offer our services across all time zones. All of our work is subject to senior oversight from DotActiv management to ensure the highest quality outputs.

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