Assortment Planning + Tableau + Pharmacy Retail: Built for VP Merchandising

Ward analyzes sell-through by store cluster to recommend which SKUs to add, drop, or reallocate. For Pharmacy retail specifically, Ward monitors 20,000+ SKUs across your pharmacies and delivers automated insight cards with root cause analysis and recommended actions.

Ward tracks Rx fill rate, OTC attach rate, Expiry waste %, Script count, Front-store margin at the store-category level. Ward clusters stores by demographic, traffic, and sales patterns, then measures SKU performance against cluster benchmarks.

Ward connects to the same databases Tableau uses. Or reads Tableau Server metadata via REST API for context. Data points include: Tableau Hyper extracts, Underlying database (direct), Published data source metadata.

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

Your category managers are drowning in spreadsheets. Ward solves this with automated insight cards: Insight cards flag promo cannibalization the day it happens. Assortment gaps and whitespace opportunities surface automatically. Price elasticity shifts detected before margin erosion compounds.

Ward delivers daily insight cards covering Rx fill rate, OTC attach rate, Expiry waste % — tailored for Merchandising decision-making. Each card includes what changed, why it matters, and what to do next.

Ward tracks Rx-to-OTC companion purchase rates, category productivity per square foot, health condition clustering by store, and new-item triage — whether a wellness SKU can earn its space against a proven companion item.

Stores with the highest metformin prescription volume are significantly under-assorted in diabetes management OTC — glucose monitors, test strips, diabetic-friendly snacks, foot care. They share the same planogram as stores with half the Rx volume. Ward recommends expanding diabetes OTC in high-volume stores by reallocating space from underperforming seasonal items.

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.