The Shelf Ops Agent takes center stage: Removing hours of manual planogram edits

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The Shelf Ops Agent takes center stage: Removing hours of manual planogram edits 

  • The Shelf Ops Agent takes center stage: Removing hours of manual planogram edits
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Manual planogram edits slow teams down

Things change incredibly fast in retail. Global distributions, and micro-market shifts mean products are discontinued, or one-in/one-outs are triggered outside scheduled resets. With rapid changes, even the most “perfect” planogram can become obsolete with the slightest change. 

In practice, this means that space planners and category managers spend hours performing tedious, repetitive tasks like swapping SKUs, adjusting facings, and fixing overflow errors instead of focusing on strategic layout, pricing, or innovation. 
What’s worse, the more manual updates they must perform, the greater the risk of incorrect stocking levels or misplaced products. 

Delayed planogram updates can also introduce phantom inventory, where systems show stock that isn’t physically shelved, or lost sales, where shelves are marked for different, discontinued items rather than the stock actually present. 

So, what’s the solution for modern-day space planners and category managers? 
 

Enter the Shelf Ops Agent

 

The Shelf Ops Agent automates planogram updates across hundreds of planograms at once. It executes rapid product swaps, resolves overflow errors automatically, and introduces seamless planogram versioning. What once took days of manual edits now takes minutes, freeing teams to spend more time on strategy and shopper experience.

How it works

The Shelf Ops Agent streamlines and orchestrates planogram changes end to end:

  • Swap: Replace discontinued or unavailable items with new SKUs instantly.
  • Balance: Detect and resolve overflow or underflow errors to keep planograms implementable.
  • Version: Create planogram versions and update relevant fields with ease.
  • Report: Generate distribution reports, analyze coverage, and spot gaps.

 

By automating routine planogram maintenance, the agent ensures accuracy and consistency at scale while giving teams more bandwidth for growth-driving work.

What it delivers

  • Faster updates: Complex changes across hundreds of planograms completed in minutes.
  • Error reduction: Automated overflow fixes improve accuracy and compliance.
  • Smarter workflows: Versioning and reporting simplify what used to be multi-step processes.
  • More time for strategy: Space planners and category managers focus on innovation, not firefighting.

 

Why Blue Yonder

The Shelf Ops Agent is built on decades of Blue Yonder expertise in retail planning and space management. It’s lightweight, scalable, and designed to handle the SKU and planogram complexity of the world’s largest retail operations.
 

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