Retail is the process of selling consumer goods or services to customers through multiple channels of distribution to earn a profit. Thus, retail refers to the activity of selling goods or services directly to consumers or end-users.
The retail facilities are buildings and installations including equipment and machinery, used to provide retail services.
Retail sector has potential for energy savings because it may include several areas such as markets, warehouse, stores, shops, parking lots; which use a lot of energy by electrical and mechanical facilities, refrigeration, ventilation, air conditioning and lighting.
Data analytics finds an interesting application for energy procurement and for improvement of the operation of technical installations of retail market places.
The energy management system uses an online Data Analytics platform monitoring the performance of retail center. It allows identifying opportunities for improvement in energy efficiency and operating costs.
The digital administration incorporates the visualization of information of the assets through dashboards and allows the centralized supervision of indicators or operational ratios as well as a monitoring of energy consumption and of the operation and maintenance of the facilities.
FACILITIES DATA ANALYTICS:
- Supervision of retail facilities
- Online energy management
- Data visualization
-Digital information of the business operations
Digital tool is implemented by collecting utilities and facilities data, financial data, and properties data. Then, time series data analysis helps in decision-making and delivers whole supervision of the organization's performance.
All kinds of operations are managed centrally in a single tool: energy consumption, maintenance, supplies budget, sales revenue, floor area, stores ratio and more.General managers can check KPI performance indicators regarding financial metrics, assets management, energy procurement or sustainability.
The organization's management finds the answers to big questions as the following ones:
RETAIL OPERATIONAL ADMINISTRATION:
How much is the cost of the energy supplies of the supermarket?
What’s the energy breakdown of every department of the shopping center?
What are the least energy efficient facilities of the mall?
What is the store’s operational performance indicator?
How much shall be the forecasted supplies or utilities cost of the company?
These innovative solutions of smart buildings seek to achieve optimal performance, reduce operating costs and increase the efficiency of retail industry.
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OPERIT offers operational energy management for retail companies.