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Chain wide rollout - indicative numbers
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3*** AaltoAI Hackathon 2026.
5Subject: Chain wide rollout - indicative numbers
6From: Robert Kahn <robert.kahn@acme-org.example>
7Date: Monday, June 29, 2026 10:22 AM
8To: Lena Fischer <lena.fischer@acme-org.example>
9Cc: Marco Rossi <marco.rossi@relexsolutions.example>
10Messages in thread: 5
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14Then I will ask him.
16Robert Kahn
17Chief Financial Officer
18Acme Org GmbH
19+49 151 6620 1174
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23Von: Lena Fischer <lena.fischer@acme-org.example>
24Gesendet: Montag, 29. Juni 2026 10:15
25An: Robert Kahn <robert.kahn@acme-org.example>
26Cc: Marco Rossi <marco.rossi@relexsolutions.example>; Henrik Sørensen <henrik.sorensen@relexsolutions.example>
27Betreff: Re: Chain wide rollout - indicative numbers
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31It sits under logistics IT. The owner is Nils Ackermann. Priya has asked him twice, in
322024 and again in 2025.
34Mit freundlichen Grüßen
35Lena Fischer
36Head of Supply Chain
37+49 151 2244 8830
38Acme Org GmbH | Hansaring 82, 50670 Köln
39acme-org.example
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43Von: Robert Kahn <robert.kahn@acme-org.example>
44Gesendet: Montag, 29. Juni 2026 09:40
45An: Marco Rossi <marco.rossi@relexsolutions.example>
46Cc: Lena Fischer <lena.fischer@acme-org.example>; Henrik Sørensen <henrik.sorensen@relexsolutions.example>
47Betreff: Re: Chain wide rollout - indicative numbers
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51That is the most useful email I have had from a supplier this year.
53Lena, who owns the warehouse system?
55Robert Kahn
56Chief Financial Officer
57Acme Org GmbH
58+49 151 6620 1174
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62From: Marco Rossi <marco.rossi@relexsolutions.example>
63Sent: Friday, June 26, 2026 17:15
64To: Robert Kahn <robert.kahn@acme-org.example>
65Cc: Lena Fischer <lena.fischer@acme-org.example>; Henrik Sørensen <henrik.sorensen@relexsolutions.example>; Ana Duarte <ana.duarte@relexsolutions.example>
66Subject: Re: Chain wide rollout - indicative numbers
68Robert,
70Indicative numbers attached. Summary here so you have it in the mail.
72Chain wide for the three fresh categories, 340 stores: additional annual licence of
73approximately 420 thousand, plus implementation of approximately 260 thousand one off.
75On your second point, and this is the honest version.
77The twelve month expectation was missed for one reason above all others. The value case
78depended on fresh, and fresh depended on a data field that we identified as a dependency
79in April 2024 and never obtained. Everything else largely went to plan. We built a
80workaround in September 2025 which works acceptably on fast moving articles and poorly on
81slow moving ones, and your category manager has been compensating for the difference by
82hand ever since.
84For the next number to be different, that field has to be available. It is not a RELEX
85deliverable and I cannot commit to it on your behalf, which is why I am putting it in
86writing rather than in a slide.
88If it is not resolved, chain wide will reduce waste by less than the pilot suggests,
89because the slow moving articles are a larger share of the tail across 340 stores than
90across 25.
92Marco Rossi
93Account Executive Image
94+351 912 447 026 | CET/CEST
95marco.rossi@relexsolutions.example
96Rua do Ouro 42, 1100-063 Lisboa
97Connect with me
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100Plan better. Sell more. Waste less
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106Von: Robert Kahn <robert.kahn@acme-org.example>
107Gesendet: Mittwoch, 17. Juni 2026 08:20
108An: Marco Rossi <marco.rossi@relexsolutions.example>
109Cc: Lena Fischer <lena.fischer@acme-org.example>
110Betreff: Chain wide rollout - indicative numbers
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114Marco,
116You said you would come back with a number for chain wide rather than guess in the room.
117I would like it before the end of the month, because our budget cycle starts in August and
118if this is not in it, it does not happen until 2028.
120Also, and I want to be direct: I asked yesterday whether we got return on investment
121inside twelve months and you said no. I appreciated that. But the proposal you send me
122needs to explain why the next number will be different, because the board will ask me and
123"it will be better this time" is not an answer.
125Robert Kahn
126Chief Financial Officer
127Acme Org GmbH
128+49 151 6620 1174
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