Logile, the Dallas, Texas-based AI-powered workforce solutions provider, has launched the Enterprise Productivity Simulator, a tool that lets retailers model workforce, operational and financial decisions across an entire chain before they become budgets, schedules or execution plans.
The simulator allows retailers to test different service levels, staffing models, wage assumptions and operating changes down to the store, department, role and 15-minute interval. Using AI, operational models and store-specific data, planning teams can run simulations across thousands of stores simultaneously, compare alternatives and select an optimal strategy before committing labor investments.
“Retailers make critical workforce and operational decisions every day with limited visibility into how those decisions will impact store execution,” said Steve Netherton, COO of Vallarta Supermarkets, an early adopter of the tool. “The ability to simulate decisions before committing resources has the potential to transform retail planning.”
Addressing inconsistent execution
The company positioned the tool as a response to persistent workforce planning challenges. According to the RSR and Logile 2026 State of the Retail Workforce Report, 40 percent of retailers report inconsistent productivity and execution across stores, while another 40 percent say customer expectations already exceed what stores consistently deliver. In a separate Logile survey of 500 frontline associates, 77 percent said their stores regularly lose sales because of poor scheduling decisions, and only 36 percent said schedules consistently reflect actual customer demand.
Rather than relying on top-down assumptions and historical averages, the simulator enables organizations to build bottom-up enterprise labor budgets and align finance, store operations and human resources around shared planning assumptions.
Broader vision
Logile framed the launch as an early step toward a workforce and store operations “digital twin” that continuously connects enterprise strategy with store-level reality.
“For decades, retailers have managed forecasting, workforce planning, budgeting, and execution through separate processes and disconnected systems,” said Purna Mishra, founder and CEO of Logile. “We believe the future lies in bringing planning, simulation, and execution together within a unified environment where leaders can evaluate alternatives, understand trade-offs, and align decisions before execution begins.”
The simulator is built on Logile’s Connected Workforce Platform. The launch follows the company’s recent LogileOne announcement, a partner ecosystem spanning consulting, implementation and technology partners across North America and Europe.
Founded in 2005, Logile unifies forecasting, labor scheduling, task execution, inventory, fresh operations management and food safety into a single platform.