The Smartway Methodology: Change Management for Retailers Fighting Food Waste
Why Retailers Need a Structured Methodology for Food Waste Change
At Smartway, a proven methodology
How the Smartway Methodology Supports Retailers Step by Step
It is a unique and proven methodology to implement food waste solutions in supermarkets, built over 12 years working with leading retailers.
As change is not an easy path, retailers must trust an expert in change transformation: Smartway leads retailers where they should be and with our teams as partners, tomorrow, sustainable is profitable for retailers.
A key point for retailers: they have to start their change transformation with confidence and fast guarantees.
With the expertise of our teams in project management:
- The roadmap is clearly determined and every step is followed
- Roll-outs of our technology are fast and guarantee cross-team alignment
- Retailers are relieved to build and follow an adequate roadmap with every step determined: that’s a Smartway mission
- We set-up a full observability on data performances, implement relevant KPI and support change by focusing on a full adoption of the human capital
- Decision makers open the path for many other projects to be unlocked, by transforming their model and getting new revenues and EBITDA improvements
- We bring meaning and unite teams around the retailers ambitious projects for a better world, by promoting team retention and respect for the environment
To be straight to the point:
Smartway leads retailers where they should be. We make sure they understand the expected benefits and are ready to take action. We ensure they follow the correct steps and avoid the pitfalls, through each roll-out. We help them develop their processes and standardize the best practices across all their stores and by empowering all their teams.
We set up full observability on food waste and performance data, implement relevant KPIs and support change by focusing on full adoption by teams.
Deployments become easier thanks to our dedicated teams who build the roadmaps, ensure every step is efficient and report to the direction.
“With Smartway, it’s above all the story of a meeting. When I realized how these solutions could help us better manage short-dated products, I said yes to a massive roll-out… in six months!”
Philippe Brochard, former CEO of Auchan France
Customer Success Managers: Key to Successful Food Waste Projects
The expertise of a partner like Smartway is further illustrated by these teams, key players in the success of this type of project of change.
They notably accompanied 100% of Auchan Retail stores in all their European geographies, in their roll-out, ensuring:
- that each stage was carried out according to the defined roadmap
- the technology was well understood by the teams
- that the new business process had become part of the corporate culture
- that time and revenue savings were achieved.
You want to know more about the unique assets of Smartway and more details about its methodology and project management? Read our White Paper “How Retail Executives can close the food waste gap?”
