Retail operations pack

Consolidates point-of-sale exports from every location and reports gross margin and productivity by store

How it works

  1. Upload a completed operations pack

    The consolidated sales table and the store scorecard distributed to regional managers

  2. Add all source files

    All regional POS exports, labor hours, returns and waste, and the store and product masters

  3. Skipper learns the consolidation rules

    How regional exports map to the standard layout, how SKUs match cost and price data, how returns reduce gross profit, and how waste affects operating contribution

  4. Upload the new POS exports each month

    Skipper consolidates the standard files, incorporates exports from newly opened stores, and updates the scorecard

Input files

  • pos_export_austin_boston_202X-07.xlsx POS transactions for one group of stores
  • pos_export_denver_chicago_202X-07.xlsx The equivalent export for the remaining stores, one file per region
  • labor_hours_202X-07.xlsx Regular and overtime hours and labor costs by store and department
  • returns_and_waste_202X-07.xlsx Refunds, damages, and waste by store and SKU
  • store_master.xlsx Store name, region, format, and manager
  • product_master.xlsx Category, unit cost, and standard price by SKU

Output workbook

retail_operations_pack_202X-07.xlsx

  • Summary Chain-level net sales, gross margin, labor, and shrink
  • Normalized Sales All point-of-sale exports consolidated into one table with store and product attributes
  • Store Scorecard Net sales, gross profit, gross margin, sales per labor hour, waste cost, and operating contribution
  • Checks Reconciliation of store totals to each point-of-sale export

Let Skipper do the heavy lifting