The INDG has extensive and diversified operations in Retail Trade. In the latest ranking published by Valor Magazine, four of the five largest companies in net income in Brazil are INDG customers.

The challenges of the retail industry - supermarkets, clothing and accessories, consumer electronics, e-commerce, etc. - are unique and require specific techniques and tools for business success.

Costs, along with expenses and the contribution margin, make up the price of products and determine the degree of competitiveness of retail companies. Therefore, the management and costs control are variables keys to ensure competitive advantage in the market.

In our approaches, we seek to identify points of excellence and optimization, which enables us to act on waste, inadequacies and inconsistencies of the processes, ensuring a cost reduction without destruction of value.

Another major challenge of the sector is related to increased business efficiency for identifying opportunities and setting goals for sales volume, price and product mix.

Results

With customized and recognized market systems, INDG develops work that enables sustainable growth of different sized retail companies. The main solutions employed by the institute in Retail have helped to achieve the following results:

• Reduction of average inventory time;
• Reduction of average payment time;
• Reduction of tax calculation time;
• Implementation of shared service centers.