Success Stories

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S&OP and Demand Planning at the world's best-known beverage brand

Service
  • Design, implementation and monitoring of the sales forecasting and S&OP process;
  • Implementation of Plannera Demand Planning
Results
  • Reduction of 10 percentage points in forecast error in the first month of implementation;
  • Reduction of sales losses​;
  • Unification of company planning around a single process.
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Coaching a new S&OP team at the Brazilian branch of the French dermocosmetics company

Service
  • Coaching the new planning team in process design;
  • Implementation of Plannera Demand Planning.
Results
  • Reduction of 9 percentage points in forecast error in 6 months​;
  • 80% reduction in sales losses;
  • Unification of company planning around a single process.
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Design, implementation and interim management of a complete S&OP process

Service
  • Demand Planning;
  • Inventory Management and Policy;
  • MPS;
  • Purchasing Plan;
  • S&OP.
Results
  • Reduction of 19 percentage points in forecast error​;
  • 100% of class A SKUs within the stock policy;
  • Increase in available production capacity;
  • Disruption target (loss of sales) achieved;
  • Clear visibility for the company of planning trade-offs;
  • Collaborative and agile decision-making between areas.
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Complete journey from S&OP to CPFR with a worldwide network of distributors​

Service
  • Design, implementation and monitoring of the collaborative demand planning process with a network of more than 50 global distributors;
  • Design, implementation and monitoring of the S&OP process.
Results
  • Reduction of 19 percentage points in forecast error​;
  • 100% of class A SKUs within the stock policy;
  • Increase in available production capacity;
  • Disruption target (loss of sales) achieved;
  • Clear visibility for the company of planning trade-offs;
  • Collaborative and agile decision-making between areas.

Technology and Data Science applied to support CPFR

Service
  • Design, implementation and monitoring of the CPFR process between Leão and Coca Cola bottlers;​
  • Development of a personalized planning tool;
  • Definição de política de estoque por SKU/CD;
  • Data Science as a Service to generate insights for the process.
Results
  • Design, implementation and monitoring of the CPFR process between Leão and Coca Cola bottlers;​
  • Development of a personalized planning tool;
  • Definição de política de estoque por SKU/CD;
  • Data Science as a Service to generate insights for the process.

“Hands-on” implementation of a new store supply methodology

Service
  • Design, implementation, and interim management for six months of the Eudora store supply process;​
  • Implementation of new inventory policy by SKU/store.
Results
  • 25% reduction in stock​;
  • Reduction in sales losses due to lack of stock;​
  • New supply team trained and engaged in the new process.

Technology to support collaborative planning with internal MRO customers

Service
  • Design, development and implementation of the integrated maintenance parts planning solution.​
Results
  • 80% increase in asset availability;
  • 13% reduction in stocks​;
  • 3 months of project payback​;
  • 100% availability of parts for permanent track maintenance​;
  • 92% adherence to the plan.

Inventory policy design and S&OP implementation in a B2B company

Service
  • Implementation of an independent parts consumption planning process and tool;
  • Stock policy design​;
  • Integrated S&OP process design between factories.
Results
  • 15% reduction in demand planning error​;
  • 10% de redução dos estoques de componentes​;
  • 5% short-term reduction of slow moving stock.

Cultural change workshop for planning at the third largest bakery in the world

Service
  • Four-hour workshop with the entire management team involved in planning (S&OP, PCP, Commercial, Financial) and the Supply Chain Directorate.
Results
  • 16 managers trained in the fundamentals of S&OP​;
  • Very positive feedback from all participants.
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Workshop to search for opportunities in planning with all stakeholders

Service
  • Implementation of an independent parts consumption planning process and tool;
  • Stock policy design​;
  • Integrated S&OP process design between factories.
Results
  • 4 prioritized topics for discussion at round tables;
  • 18 solutions raised in brainstorming with the entire team​;
  • 7 action plans generated with clear objectives;
  • Very positive feedback from all participants.

Planning review and quality assurance of global planning technology at one of the largest tobacco companies in the world

Service
  • Review of the Short-Term planning process​;
  • Monitoring and Quality;
  • Assurance of the roll out of the global planning tool for Brazil.
Results
  • Adjustments to implement best Demand Planning practices;
  • Definition of an ideal plan aggregation level​;
  • Clarification of the real needs of each internal customer in the process;
  • Visibility of forecast accuracy that impacts each area of ​​the company;
  • Creation of tools to increase process productivity;
  • Changes to the blueprint of the global tool to adapt it to the needs of BU Brazil​.
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Technology to support the international Demand Planning of one of the largest distributors of agricultural inputs in Brazil​

Service
  • Diagnosis of the Demand Planning process;
  • Implementation of the planning tool in Brazil and Colombia.
Results
  • Collaborative planning implemented with +20 people from Commercial;
  • Construction of Demand Forecast for 170 thousand Product/Property combinations;
  • Greater scope of the planning horizon (from 2 to 12 months);
  • Gain of 13 p.p. in Forecast Accuracy in the statistical engine backtest;​
  • 41% reduction in total expired batches;
  • 15% increase in Stock Turnover​;
    Greater clarity in preparing financial forecasts.

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