About RAS Supply Chain Integrity
For over 30 years, RAS Supply Chain Integrity (RAS SCI) has been a leader in supply chain optimisation, supporting retailers in managing stock more efficiently and improving customer availability. Operating across the UK, Ireland, and Europe, RAS SCI employs over 700 skilled professionals who provide reliable audits and actionable insights to enhance supply chain integrity. By leveraging its in-house platform, Prosper™, the company delivers real-time data and compliance support, ensuring efficiency in complex retail environments.
RAS SCI specialises in four key services designed to optimise supply chain performance and drive operational excellence. Good Faith Receiving (GFR) ensures supplier compliance and eliminates inefficiencies, Pick Accuracy reduces errors and enhances order fulfillment, Load Adherence & Marshalling safeguards against shipment discrepancies, and Direct to Store audits improve on-shelf availability for high-demand products. Each of these services plays a crucial role in streamlining operations, enhancing supplier-retailer collaboration, and ultimately improving customer satisfaction.
Good Faith Receiving (GFR)
RAS SCI is the creator and only provider offering a fully end-to-end Good Faith Receiving (GFR) solution tailored to the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), do-it-yourself (DIY), and wholesale sectors. The company’s GFR service enables businesses to evaluate supplier performance meticulously, reducing supply chain inefficiencies and increasing product sales.
As the sole GFR supplier recognised by the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA), RAS SCI ensures full compliance with industry standards. Its team is GSCOP-trained and members of the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors (CIIA), further reinforcing its commitment to best practices. RAS SCI is also a key participant in the Drop & Drive Workgroup, and has successfully onboarded over 700 grocery suppliers. By identifying inefficiencies and ensuring compliance, the company helps retailers and suppliers reduce chargebacks and recoveries through rigorous zero-tolerance checking processes.
Pick Accuracy
Pick Accuracy plays a crucial role in maintaining inventory precision and minimising financial losses. RAS SCI’s supply chain audit teams conduct independent verifications of picked orders, providing retailers with data-driven insights to improve order accuracy and reduce shrinkage.
Through root-cause analysis, the company identifies reasons for picking errors and provides strategic solutions to minimise their recurrence. Its Prosper™ platform features real-time tracking tools, such as Conversation Tracker, which alerts managers to errors as they occur. Additionally, RAS SCI performs strategic audits at distribution centre marshalling points, allowing retailers to address accuracy concerns before shipments leave for stores.
Load Adherence & Marshalling
Ensuring that the correct products reach their intended destinations is essential for an efficient supply chain. RAS SCI’s Load Adherence and Marshalling audits identify discrepancies that could impact stock availability and operational efficiency.
By conducting equipment and media count compliance checks and random shipment audits, RAS SCI mitigates risks such as incorrect pallet loading, mis-marshalling, and delivery unit errors. The company’s audits have consistently driven stock accuracy improvements of over 50% within the first three months of implementation, reducing disruptions and enhancing store-level availability.
Direct to Store
With the rise of omnichannel shopping and short-life product demands, Direct to Store deliveries are critical for ensuring product availability. However, due to time constraints at store level, delivery accuracy is often not verified. RAS SCI’s extensive network of mobile auditors addresses this gap by performing real-time delivery accuracy audits on picked cages.
These audits allow retailers to enhance picker accuracy, shrinkage control, hygiene management, and loss prevention while ensuring compliance with established logistics standards. The ability to identify errors in real time enables stores to rectify discrepancies swiftly, ultimately improving operational efficiency and the overall customer experience.
Setting the Standard in Supply Chain Integrity
RAS Supply Chain Integrity continues to set the benchmark for retail compliance and operational excellence. Through its innovative approach and commitment to accuracy, the company empowers businesses to achieve greater efficiency, reduce losses, and enhance collaboration across the supply chain. By combining technology with industry expertise, RAS SCI remains a trusted partner for retailers looking to navigate the evolving challenges of modern supply chain management.