You are here

  • Industry: Food and Beverage.
  • Revenue: US$10 billion.
  • Key Challenges: Desperate supply chain processes and heterogeneous technical system landscape.
  • Strategic  Supply Chain Goals and benefits:
    • Integration - 'One' version of truth for a vertical Global Supply Chain Management.
    • Visibility - have better insight into market dynamics across the planning horizon.
    • Enterprise Inventory Optimization.
    • Reduce of waste by minimizing obsolescence.
    • Increased visibility  - Able to respond to changes in the supply chain and react in the cost effective manner.
    • Integration - Integrated metrics  reflecting overall health of corporate objectives, not just supply chain related.
    • Scenario analysis - Gives adequate lead time to supply chain in handling strategic shifts (new ventures, etc.).
    • Key process ownership - Executive alignment from strategy to execution.
    • Supplier Collaboration -  Collaboration with key suppliers and vendors.
  • SAP Modules Used:
    • SAP Enterprise Central Component (ECC) 5.0.
    • SAP SCM/APO DP (Advanced Planner and Optimizer - Demand Planning).
    • SAP SCM/APO SNP (Supply Network Planning).
    • SAP SCM/APO PP/DS (Production Planning / Detailed Scheduling).
  • Regional Scope and phases: North America and Canada. Implementation in two different phases.
  • Key Performance Indicators Improved:
    • Production/Schedule Adherence, Inventory Days of Sale, Days in Inventory, Inventory Days of Production, Obsolescence, Customer Service.