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RELY · Case Study · Seasonal assortment kittingNO. 9

SEASONAL ASSORTMENT KITTING · E-COMMERCE RETAILER

Every bag is a surprise. The mix can't be.

For an e-commerce retailer, RELY sorted and graded mixed collectible stock and built four-piece grab bags to a set value mix, with no duplicate bag combination inside any bulk shipping container.

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  • 325,000+Grab bags built and releasedOct 2021 to Dec 2022
  • 1.3M+Pieces kitted325,707 bags x 4 pieces
  • 0Customer complaints on bag mixAcross 325,000+ bags
  • 120,900Bags in seven consecutive weekly releases

More than filling bags. A controlled assortment program.

An e-commerce retailer needed a partner to turn bulk, customer-supplied collectibles into themed grab bags with the right value mix in every bag, and keep them shipping through peak season.

WHAT HAD TO BE RIGHT IN EVERY BAG

  1. 01

    Set value mix

    Low, mid and high pieces in every bag.

  2. 02

    No duplicate combinations

    No duplicate bag combination inside a bulk shipping container.

  3. 03

    Off-spec stock handled

    Wrong-size and off-theme stock pulled, inventoried and returned.

PROGRAM TIMELINE, 2021 TO 2022

  1. OCT 12, 2021

    Launch: 40,327 bags, all four assortments

  2. JAN TO MAR 2022

    Replenishment: 86,700 bags

  3. OCT 4 TO NOV 14

    Seven consecutive weekly releases

  4. DEC 28, 2022

    Final program release

15 months: 29 inbound receipts, 49 work orders and 23 ship dates, matched to the season.

HOW RELY RAN THE PROGRAM

  1. Sort and grade every itemMixed bulk arrived with an estimated 15 to 20% wrong size or theme (RELY estimate). RELY sorted, catalogued and inventoried it, graded usable pieces, and returned the rest on labeled, inventoried pallets.
  2. Control every combinationEvery bag got a set count of low-, mid- and high-value pieces. No two bags in the same bulk shipping container (gaylord) carried the same combination. Zero customer complaints on bag mix, 325,000+ bags.
  3. Run four assortments side by sideUp to four themed assortments in one release. Each ran on its own work order and shipped as its own line.
  4. Release on the season's schedule12,200 bags in the slowest quarter. 132,685 in the peak quarter, including 120,900 across seven consecutive weekly releases. Volume followed demand, up and down.

Pieces kitted: 4 per bag x 325,707 bags = 1,302,828.

WHAT CAME NEXT

The relationship expanded. The same business later brought RELY a returns-grading project.

SOURCE: RELY INTERNAL PROGRAM RECORDS. HISTORICAL PROGRAM, OCT 2021 TO DEC 2022. CUSTOMER NOT NAMED. RESULTS REFLECT THIS PROGRAM ONLY AND ARE NOT A STANDARD LEAD-TIME OR CAPACITY COMMITMENT.

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