Established almost 20 years ago by two Australian wholesalers looking to harness the power of POS data to drive sales, krunchbox has evolved into a trusted leader in retail data management. Their team has deep retail and inventory planning experience, and a commitment to quality service that is second to none.

Krunchbox goals

Simply put, Krunchbox goals are your goals. You want to improve efficiency across your supply chain? So do they. You want to figure out why sales are high in the mid-west, but not in the south? They too. You want to prove to your retailer that your products deserve more shelf space? Krunchbox will show you how.

Krunchbox approach

The retail landscape has changed dramatically since krunchbox was launched and will continue to evolve at breakneck speed. To help you thrive in this chaotic world, Krunchbox will wrangle data to help you unlock insights hidden in your retailers’ POS data to drive quicker and smarter decisions.

Getting started with krunchbox is easy

From set up to dashboard customization, troubleshooting to ongoing consultancy, Krunchbox makes it easy for you to implement krunchbox for your organization and get started making inventory decisions that maximize sales.

Onboarding process

Onboarding you as a client is easier than you think. Once the legals and commercials are put to bed, Krunchbox puts together a simple implementation plan, which starts with data discovery.

Time to completion depends on how many retailers you are onboarding, and how many years of history you have. Given the company already handles data from over 200 retailers globally every week, the chances are they are already familiar with your data formats, so onboarding can often be measured in weeks, not months.

Sign an NDA: Krunchbox knows how important and valuable your data is, so they like to get a mutual confidentiality agreement in place straight away.

Send us your data: In order to build your customized krunchbox data warehouse, Krunchbox     recommends six to eight weeks of EPOS (electronic point of sales) data from two of your retailers. Depending on your retailer, this process can take just minutes.

Add in details: In order to make your data as rich as possible for the evaluation, Krunchbox may ask you for additional information about your products.

Launch & training: Krunchbox makes an appointment to come to your office to train. This generally takes no more than 60-90 minutes, since the system is so simple to navigate and intuitive to use.

Increase sales: From your launch session, you’ll have two weeks to play with krunchbox and see for yourself just how significant your sales opportunities are, and how quickly you will be able to generate significant ROI.

Benefits to using krunchbox Data Management

Fast Access to all your data: Pulling data from all your retailers across multiple regions and timezones can be a logistics nightmare. Not for Krunchbox. They do it seamlessly and in hours, not weeks.

Making your data shine: Once the data comes in, they give it a bit of a facelift. It needs to be de-bugged, duplicated data needs to be corrected, inconsistencies need to be weeded out, and incomplete information needs to be addressed. 

QA Standards you can trust: Krunchbox are experts in responding to the exceptions. Data requires constant monitoring, anticipating, benchmarking and reacting to circumstances, sometimes pre-empting is what Krunchbox knows is going to happen, and correcting the file processing before the error occurs. QA processes are rigorous because they have to be.

Seamless integration: If you need to pull cleansed and normalized Point of Sale data into your ERP System, or into a third party Business Intelligence tool, Krunchbox has you covered for that too. 

Why go with krunchbox Analytics

Speed to insights & time saving: Quadrant analysis, built-in dashboards and real-time alerts let you swiftly make decisions that can change the course of your business. With krunchbox, your time to action goes from two weeks to two minutes.

Improve collaboration with retail partners: Understand how your products are performing in every location and gain insight from krunchbox dashboards, reports and more. krunchbox helps you head into buyer meetings with confidence, knowing you have the insights you need to drive impactful decisions and tell a compelling story that benefits both you and your retailers.

Increase sales: krunchbox illuminates opportunities that can be slow to uncover with traditional spreadsheet analysis. Quickly see how you need to adjust your inventory in order to optimize sales and increase your bottom line.

Maximize supply chain efficiency: Place the right amount of stock in the right stores at the right time. As an exception-based platform, krunchbox helps allocate resources wisely and maximize the efficiency of your supply chain.

John Pitman, Co-founder and CEO

Graduating from Cambridge with a degree in Biological Anthropology, life took the first of many twists, and John spent the next six years with The Dow Chemical Company. After completing an MBA at IMD in Switzerland, the next twist landed him at Coca-Cola Amatil in Sydney, Australia, where he spent four years as Head of Commercial Planning. In 2000, he joined the Sydney based News Corporation- Softbank vehicle, “e-Ventures”, as Chief Operating Officer. John then took on the role of Managing Director at a privately owned accessories wholesale business, where he remained for 12 years. It was during this time that he and his business partner first conceived the concept of utilizing Point of Sale data to drive incremental growth in a wholesale business, and the krunchbox model was born. John is passionate about data visualization and collaboration. When he is not krunching data, John has an alter ego as a professional musician, and has been a Board Member of a number of prominent Australian Arts companies.

“At krunchbox we aggregate and clean POS data for retail suppliers, then transform it into a web platform that provides insights to help make better decisions that drive sales and optimize inventory.”