Blue Yonder Case Studies Building a Platform for Transportation Optimization at Anheuser-Busch

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Building a Platform for Transportation Optimization at Anheuser-Busch

Blue Yonder

Technology Category	Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms
Applicable Industries	Food & Beverage
Applicable Functions	Logistics & Transportation
Use Cases	Fleet Management Supply Chain Visibility
Services	System Integration
Challenge	Anheuser-Busch, a company with over 160 years of history, owns and operates more than 120 facilities, including breweries, wholesaler distribution centers, agricultural facilities and packaging plants, employing more than 19,000 people. The company was facing a challenge in strategically orchestrating transportation needs across its production plants, warehouses and verticals such as metal container manufacturing facilities. The company was struggling to manage transportation demand and delivery across this complex network using an outdated technology solution. The need for a unified platform for always-on transportation optimization was evident. The company required a digital chain, from order creation to delivery, to gain greater control over transportation spending and to have real-time visibility and orchestration across the network. Read More
About Customer	Anheuser-Busch is a company with a rich history of over 160 years. It owns and operates more than 120 facilities, including breweries, wholesaler distribution centers, agricultural facilities and packaging plants, employing more than 19,000 people. The company's products include popular brands such as Budweiser, Bud Light, Michelob ULTRA, Stella Artois and a range of regional brands. The company was facing a challenge in managing transportation demand and delivery across its complex network of production plants, warehouses and verticals such as metal container manufacturing facilities. Read More
Solution	Anheuser-Busch rolled out Blue Yonder's transportation management platform across all its North American facilities. This transformation from a legacy system and manual processes to intelligent automation and exception management across its complex transportation network provided real-time visibility into the network. The company was able to optimize its fleets and other assets by getting every hour of operation and every inch of capacity out of them. Blue Yonder’s platform supports always-on, proactive transportation management, driven by data rather than gut, which enables Anheuser-Busch to get closer and closer to a self-guided supply chain. The company was able to build a world-class technology that links transportation with the fundamental process of creating an order. The order management system utilizes the TMS as part of its core decision framework, so every order is created based on transportation considerations. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms

Applicable Industries

Food & Beverage

Applicable Functions

Logistics & Transportation

Use Cases

Fleet Management

Supply Chain Visibility

Services

System Integration

Challenge

Anheuser-Busch, a company with over 160 years of history, owns and operates more than 120 facilities, including breweries, wholesaler distribution centers, agricultural facilities and packaging plants, employing more than 19,000 people. The company was facing a challenge in strategically orchestrating transportation needs across its production plants, warehouses and verticals such as metal container manufacturing facilities. The company was struggling to manage transportation demand and delivery across this complex network using an outdated technology solution. The need for a unified platform for always-on transportation optimization was evident. The company required a digital chain, from order creation to delivery, to gain greater control over transportation spending and to have real-time visibility and orchestration across the network.

About Customer

Anheuser-Busch is a company with a rich history of over 160 years. It owns and operates more than 120 facilities, including breweries, wholesaler distribution centers, agricultural facilities and packaging plants, employing more than 19,000 people. The company's products include popular brands such as Budweiser, Bud Light, Michelob ULTRA, Stella Artois and a range of regional brands. The company was facing a challenge in managing transportation demand and delivery across its complex network of production plants, warehouses and verticals such as metal container manufacturing facilities.

Solution

Anheuser-Busch rolled out Blue Yonder's transportation management platform across all its North American facilities. This transformation from a legacy system and manual processes to intelligent automation and exception management across its complex transportation network provided real-time visibility into the network. The company was able to optimize its fleets and other assets by getting every hour of operation and every inch of capacity out of them. Blue Yonder’s platform supports always-on, proactive transportation management, driven by data rather than gut, which enables Anheuser-Busch to get closer and closer to a self-guided supply chain. The company was able to build a world-class technology that links transportation with the fundamental process of creating an order. The order management system utilizes the TMS as part of its core decision framework, so every order is created based on transportation considerations.

Impact #1	With Blue Yonder’s transportation management platform, Anheuser-Busch can quantify savings and opportunities, balance service-level and cost tradeoffs, and prioritize execution across its complicated network of verticals.
Impact #2	The company can evaluate network-wide performance in real-time, troubleshoot disruptions and optimize asset utilization.
Impact #3	Anheuser-Busch benefits from Blue Yonder’s advanced capacity planning, routing, mode, container and service-level optimization.

Impact #1

With Blue Yonder’s transportation management platform, Anheuser-Busch can quantify savings and opportunities, balance service-level and cost tradeoffs, and prioritize execution across its complicated network of verticals.

Impact #2

The company can evaluate network-wide performance in real-time, troubleshoot disruptions and optimize asset utilization.

Impact #3

Anheuser-Busch benefits from Blue Yonder’s advanced capacity planning, routing, mode, container and service-level optimization.

Benefit #1	Greater control over transportation spending
Benefit #2	Real-time visibility and orchestration across the network
Benefit #3	Standardized data and processes for supply chain success

Benefit #1

Greater control over transportation spending

Benefit #2

Real-time visibility and orchestration across the network

Benefit #3

Standardized data and processes for supply chain success

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Building a Platform for Transportation Optimization at Anheuser-Busch

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