Shrinkage Detection + RELEX + Grocery Retail

Ward identifies abnormal inventory loss patterns and distinguishes between theft, damage, spoilage, and administrative error. For Grocery retail specifically, Ward monitors 30,000+ SKUs across your stores and delivers automated insight cards with root cause analysis and recommended actions.

Ward tracks Fill rate, Shrinkage %, Fresh waste %, Promo lift, Basket size at the store-category level. Ward compares expected inventory against actual counts, segments loss by cause category, and flags store-level anomalies against your estate baseline.

Ward reads RELEX data via API. Monitors forecast accuracy and flags exceptions before they compound. Data points include: Demand forecasts, Space plans, Workforce forecasts, Promotion plans, Replenishment orders.

Yes. Ward reads RELEX data and combines it with contextual signals (weather, events, demographics) to generate Grocery-specific insight cards. No custom development required.

Ward decomposes shrinkage into theft, spoilage, vendor fraud, and admin error, then tracks inventory-to-sales ratios, receiving accuracy, and waste scan compliance by department. Rising shrinkage in a single department usually signals a process failure, not organized crime.

One store flags elevated shrinkage well above the estate average for two consecutive periods. Traditional LP assumes shoplifting. Ward traces the majority of variance to receiving dock discrepancies in frozen foods — vendor deliveries consistently short against POs. One process fix, mandatory blind receiving, brings the store back in line within six weeks.

First insight cards arrive within 48 hours of data connection. Ward needs approximately 2 weeks to establish robust baselines for your specific operation.

No. Ward sits on top of your existing stack. It is the proactive intelligence layer that watches your data continuously and delivers insight cards — so your team acts on findings instead of hunting for them.