This document provides an overview of Sleep Number Corporation, including its history, product portfolio, supply chain network, and strategy for digital transformation. The key points are:
1) Sleep Number is a $1.5 billion company that sells adjustable mattresses, beds, and other sleep products through 600 retail stores and online.
2) It is transforming its supply chain from a made-to-order model to made-to-stock to reduce wait times and increase fulfillment speed through a network of warehouses and regional distribution centers.
3) The company is building a digital supply chain platform called INVision Trax to increase visibility across its operations and provide real-time tracking of inventory and deliveries. This aims
1. AGENDA
- Sleep Number: History of innovations and technology to drive growth
- Sleep Number supply chain transformation: What and why
- Role of technology in supply chain visibility
3. HQ in Minneapolis
Technology Center in San Jose
2 Manufacturing Sites
12 Warehousing / Assembly locations
$1.5 Bn Sales
6300 Employees
~600 Stores in 50 States
7. BUSINESS MODEL
⢠Control of our brand
⢠Cohesive online and in-store
experience
⢠Highly productive stores
EXCLUSIVE
DISTRIBUTION
⢠Smart responsive technology
⢠Individualized and effortless comfort
⢠Differentiated benefits of proven
quality sleep
PROPRIETARY SLEEP
INNOVATIONS
⢠Direct-to-consumer/vertically integrated
⢠Daily brand engagement through
SleepIQÂŽ technology
⢠Loyal brand advocates; referral and
repeat > 45% of sales
LIFELONG CUSTOMER
RELATIONSHIPS
8. SLEEP NUMBER HISTORY: 101
8
20202005 2015
ERP
Implementation
1987
Putting Better Sleep
within reach
2000
Began Offering
Home Delivery
First Assembly
DC Opened
2012
400 Retail Stores
2014
Seamlessly measuring your
sleep with SleepIQâ˘
2017
360 Smart Bedâ˘:
The Bed Reborn
2010
Hot or Cold?
Dual Temp launch
1992
First Retail Store ~600 Retail Stores
13. SUPPLY CHAIN VISIBILITY
BUILDINGTECHNOLOGY PLATFORM TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY OF ORDERS,
RESOURCES AND INVENTORY ACROSS ENTIRE NETWORK
AS S E MBLY DC
DE LI V E RYTRANS P O RTATI O N DELIVERY DC HD
15. MADE TO STOCK
RETAIL FLOWâ˘
FULFILLMENT & STOCKING EVOLUTION
Forecast Based, â stock
Flexible Customer Scheduling
Demand based pull
Flexible Customer Scheduling
Pre-Assembled Mattress
16. CREATING RETAIL FLOWâ˘
MADE TO ORDER IN 5 DAYS
Best in class for consumer durable
STORE HOME
EFFORTLESS CUSTOMER
EXPERIENCE
Factory/ Supplier Warehouse/ Assembly
18. OUR LEAN GUIDING PRINCIPLES
CREATE CUSTOMER VALUE
CREATE PROCESS FLOW
PARTNER WITH SUPPLIERS
LEVERAGE PERSPECTIVES OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS
CREATE SIMPLE STANDARD PROCESSES FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
19. SYSTEMS OF EXPERIENCE
SYSTEMS OF
ENGAGEMENT
COMMON DATA
CORE
ERP
DIGITIZATION
Layered system approach
creates flexibility at the
customer, stability at the core.
20. DIGITAL SUPPLY CHAIN: TRANSPARENCY
Focused on developing visibility, customer experience, and leveraging existing capabilities
U N I F I C AT I O N O F E X I S T I N G D A T A
Theia Platform
Existing SN Data
- Inventory management
- Write-offs
- Controllership
Automated
Alerts
- Direct to field and user
- Support overhead â
- Sustainable impacts
- Leverage capabilities in
other areas
Partner
Data
- All Home delivery
providers
- Transportation Carriers
- All return inventory
monitored
S I N G L E S O U R C EC R E A T I O N O F N E W D A T A
INVision Traxâ˘
App
- Mobile Scanning
- Data Points â
- SN-centric scans
- Single source (active)
- Quality & consistency
- Leverage by customer
support teams
Serialization
- Unique box tracking
- Compliance risk â
- Quality tracking â
Automated
Visibility (IoT)
- Experimentation
- Passive end-to-end
visibility
- Centralized monitoring
- Decentralized monitoring
- Full customer engagement
Mattresses â We offer a range of mattresses, all with adjustable firmness:
The Classic Series provides adjustability on each side of the bed featuring regular and plush style mattresses.
The Performance Series balances softness and pressure-relieving support.
The Memory Foam Series offers breathable, contouring memory foam with Sleep Number adjustability.
The Innovation Series provides individualized comfort and temperature-balancing innovation.
The SleepIQ Kids⢠bed features our core adjustability and SleepIQ technology for the childrenâs mattress market and is the only bed that adjusts with children as they grow.
The it⢠bed by Sleep Number adjusts on each side, communicates how well each person slept and connects with health apps and sleep environment devices. Together, these technologies identify variables that impact sleep quality and gives people insights to optimize their sleep.
Sleep Number 360⢠smart bed, which is powered by SleepIQŽ technology, intuitively senses and automatically adjusts comfort to keep both partners sleeping soundly all night, automatically detects snoring and adjusts, warms the foot of the bed with Rapid Sleep Onset⢠technology and offers a smart alarm feature to awaken the user at the optimal moment.
SleepIQÂŽ technology proves that people adjusting their Sleep Number setting are 58% more likely to have improved sleep quality
Bases â Our Flexfit⢠adjustable bases give consumers the ability to raise and lower the head and foot of their beds to relieve pressure, help reduce snoring and provide comfort and relaxation for reading or watching TV.
Pillows â Our selection of pillows improves comfort and support with the proper firmness, fill and fit to improve each personâs sleep experience.
Bedding â From temperature balancing to allergy relief, our bedding also helps people know better sleep.
Rossa â 30 Sec
Time: 4 min - Rossa
We are sleep number.
We are a mission driven company.
We are innovative across product, process, technology.
We are pioneers in wellness driven from quality sleep.
We are a startup minded company.
We are customer centric and Innovation at our core.
Rossa â 30 Sec
3 min - Rossa
Company overview
5 min â brine
Found a place in the market for individualized sleep experiences â the original bed in the box
Started customer direct â late night infomercials. Are you up due to back pain? We have the product for you!
Retail presence begins
Retail professionals began installing on days off. Enter era of HD
Product offerings grow and complexity ebbs and flows. Core remains the same. Individualized sleep. (sofa bed, message chairs, dual temp, bedding)
Retail grows to be core competency
First smart bed X12 with Sleep IQ and voice control enters mix â âprobably the best bed in the worldâ
ERP required for structure and growth â
360 smart bed is introduced THE BED REBORN. TOP TO BOTTOM. Increased offering and integration added complexity.
Network evolution and ADC
Store growth continues in all 50 states â will near 600 stores
4 min â rossa
Recent History:
360 product â THE BED REBORN â complete replatform
Designed for simplification and SKU rationalization
Assembled design
Integration of FlexFit and foundation into the bed
SleepIQ advancements and integration with other smart/connected life partnerships
3 min â brine
Recent history:
Previous 3 years extremely positive and strong
ESSENTIAL FOR US TO ADVANCE OUR END TO END OPERATIONS
Difficulty in every task â could not ship a box. $84M in lost rev in Q4 attributed to S/C
Culture to drive and get back up
Small wins, builds confidence/favor with org
Business strategy needed us to have ERP as a core competency
3 min â rossa
Hub and spoke network
Designed with less stores and more concentrated demand
Store growth and expansion into further markets flipped from 70% hub and 30% spoke to inverse
HD penetration also changed from 40% HD to 95% with 360
No assembly
Inventory and fulfillment
MTO, but pushed based on sales, not on delivery to customer â Schedule post MFG â poor CX
MTS, tons of inventory â POS schedule â positive CX
MTO (Late Point), pulled by delivery â POS schedule â Positive CX
2 min â brine
Advanced with ERP to get to enhanced visibility and integration with CRM for shipping status
Gap from order shipped through the rest of the delivery process and backwards processing
2 min â brine
Core competency of award wining store experience
Core competency of smart bed that tells you your heart rate and monitors breath rate
Our logistics network was not delivering the excellence we strive for as a brand, We did not provide transparancey and visibility, we were spending too much time in the home, and have swelled inventory.
We needed to change the game.
Inventory and fulfillment
MTO, but pushed based on sales, not on delivery to customer â Schedule post MFG â poor CX
MTS, tons of inventory â POS schedule â positive CX
MTO (Late Point), pulled by delivery â POS schedule â Positive CX
3 min â rossa
Setup a structure and supply chain to be best in class
Sense actual demand and activate supply chain based on actual demand
Keep our resources available for what and when product is needed while reducing waste
4 min â rossa
Segway setup: not just operating within the building but having transparency and visibility throughout
ADJUST ANIMATIONS
2 min â rossa
Established a supply chain mantra and true north focus
Leads to end to end stability and simplified goal statements for all advancements to be prioritized
2 min â brine
Leverage the core and keep it steady and governed while allowing data to be utilized for engagement and experience to be nimble and adaptable to changing customer needs
Give examples as we go up from core
CORE: transactional data
Common data: sychrnonized data, connection operational data like shipment, tracking, technician,
MAKE IT REAL
4 min â brine
Taking the wheel of IT to the supply chain application
Customer, product model and Network evolution necessitated digital innovation
Road map that builds on unified data, data creation and end state of automation
INVision Trax app = our needs are more unique due to the bi-directional and owned white glove experience. This drove us to Bespoke app needs.
Ongoing journey with a âpay as you goâ way to start with internal capabilities that mature into leapfrog advancements to customer experience