Partnership combines RetSci’s deep retail forecasting and RELEX expertise with
Clarkston Consulting’s supply chain, business process, and organizational change
management capabilities.
ATLANTA, GA — 29-10-2026 — RetSci, a leading retail forecasting and supply chain planning consultancy and long-standing RELEX Solutions implementation partner, and Clarkston Consulting, a leading management and technology consulting firm, today announced a strategic partnership designed to help retailers, wholesalers, manufacturers and other complex organizations accelerate supply chain planning transformation, improve planning performance, and realize greater value from their technology investments.
The partnership brings together two highly complementary organizations. RetSci provides deep forecasting and data science expertise combined with more than a decade of RELEX solution and implementation experience, while Clarkston brings extensive supply chain and planning process expertise, organizational change management capabilities, and decades of experience helping organizations navigate complex business and technology transformations.
Together, RetSci and Clarkston will provide clients with an integrated approach spanning planning strategy, business process design and optimization, technology enablement and implementation, organizational change management, training, and adoption. For organizations implementing RELEX, the partnership brings together RetSci’s deep RELEX solution and configuration expertise with Clarkston’s supply chain process and organizational transformation capabilities.
“Our clients recognize that implementing a world-class planning platform is about much more than technology,” said Bill Zacher, Chief Operating Officer of RetSci. “It requires bringing together the right planning processes, forecasting science, technology expertise, and organizational change capabilities. Our strategic partnership with Clarkston allows us to bring those capabilities together as one seamless team, helping our clients reduce implementation risk, accelerate adoption, and realize value from their planning investments faster.”
“Our partnership with RetSci combines complementary expertise that allows us to help our clients implementing RELEX solutions address both the business and technology dimensions of planning transformation,” said Michelle Tartalio, Partner, Corporate Strategy &Alliances at Clarkston Consulting. “Together, we can help manufacturers and retailers establish stronger planning processes, successfully navigate organizational change, and ultimately realize greater value from their technology investments.”
RetSci and Clarkston will operate as a collaborative, unified team, with clearly defined and complementary responsibilities designed to eliminate duplication while leveraging the strongest capabilities of each organization. The partnership will support organizations across forecasting and demand planning, replenishment, inventory optimization, integrated planning, business process transformation, organizational change management, and related supply chain planning capabilities.
About RetSci:
RetSci is a retail forecasting and supply chain planning consultancy specializing in helping organizations improve planning performance through advanced forecasting science, technology, and implementation expertise. A RELEX Solutions partner for more than a decade, RetSci combines deep retail forecasting expertise with extensive experience designing and implementing RELEX forecasting and replenishment solutions for retailers and distributors across North America.
For more information, visit www.retsci.com.
About Clarkston Consulting:
Clarkston Consulting provides management, operations, and implementation consulting services for life sciences, consumer products, and retail companies. Since 1991, Clarkston has helped organizations address complex business challenges across supply chain, strategy and innovation, organizational change, enterprise technology, digital, data and analytics, and other critical
business functions.
For more information, visit clarkstonconsulting.com.
Media Contacts:
RetSci:
Mark McNeela
Vice President, Consulting Sales
mark.mcneela@retsci.com
Clarkston Consulting:
Seth Brenner
Director, Marketing and PR
sbrenner@clarkstonconsulting.com
