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	PepsiCo Latin America Achieves Over 80% Forecast Accuracy, Driving Greater Precision Blue Yonder

PepsiCo Latin America Achieves Over 80% Forecast Accuracy, Driving Greater Precision

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Technology Category	Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP) Functional Applications - Inventory Management Systems
Applicable Industries	Food & Beverage
Applicable Functions	Logistics & Transportation Warehouse & Inventory Management
Use Cases	Inventory Management Supply Chain Visibility
Services	Software Design & Engineering Services System Integration
Challenge	PepsiCo Latin America, a long-time Blue Yonder customer, was seeking a customer-focused and perfectly synchronized value chain, supported by standardized usage of its supply planning and execution solutions across 16 countries. As demand variability, materials costs and transportation expenses increased, this value chain would enable greater speed, accuracy and responsiveness. The company was looking for a solution that could integrate and roll out its solutions in demand planning, supply planning, inventory optimization, shipment scheduling and promotions across 34 countries. Read More
About Customer	With $7.2 billion in annual sales, PepsiCo Latin America employs more than 70,000 people in 34 countries. Its beverage, food and snack products include major global brands such as Pepsi, Quaker, Lays and Gatorade as well as brands tailored to regional and local markets. The company was looking for a solution that could help it manage its supply chain more efficiently, reduce costs, and improve forecast accuracy. Read More
Solution	PepsiCo Latin America partnered with Blue Yonder to integrate and roll out its solutions in demand planning, supply planning, inventory optimization, shipment scheduling and promotions across 34 countries. Horizon, the largest supply chain transformation effort in the company’s history, seeks to transform supply chain planning, as well as automate and integrate all the processes that comprise it. Blue Yonder’s demand planning capabilities consolidate and synchronize demand signals, as well as external variables, across PepsiCo Latin America’s diverse markets. The company can make more accurate, profitable decisions, from inventory staging to maximizing usage of manufacturing resources. Fulfillment capabilities from Blue Yonder help PepsiCo Latin America balance all the factors that determine inventory placement, including demand signals, customer service targets, safety-stock policies and shelf-life constraints — all while keeping inventory costs low. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)

Functional Applications - Inventory Management Systems

Applicable Industries

Food & Beverage

Applicable Functions

Logistics & Transportation

Warehouse & Inventory Management

Use Cases

Inventory Management

Supply Chain Visibility

Services

Software Design & Engineering Services

System Integration

Challenge

PepsiCo Latin America, a long-time Blue Yonder customer, was seeking a customer-focused and perfectly synchronized value chain, supported by standardized usage of its supply planning and execution solutions across 16 countries. As demand variability, materials costs and transportation expenses increased, this value chain would enable greater speed, accuracy and responsiveness. The company was looking for a solution that could integrate and roll out its solutions in demand planning, supply planning, inventory optimization, shipment scheduling and promotions across 34 countries.

About Customer

With $7.2 billion in annual sales, PepsiCo Latin America employs more than 70,000 people in 34 countries. Its beverage, food and snack products include major global brands such as Pepsi, Quaker, Lays and Gatorade as well as brands tailored to regional and local markets. The company was looking for a solution that could help it manage its supply chain more efficiently, reduce costs, and improve forecast accuracy.

Solution

PepsiCo Latin America partnered with Blue Yonder to integrate and roll out its solutions in demand planning, supply planning, inventory optimization, shipment scheduling and promotions across 34 countries. Horizon, the largest supply chain transformation effort in the company’s history, seeks to transform supply chain planning, as well as automate and integrate all the processes that comprise it. Blue Yonder’s demand planning capabilities consolidate and synchronize demand signals, as well as external variables, across PepsiCo Latin America’s diverse markets. The company can make more accurate, profitable decisions, from inventory staging to maximizing usage of manufacturing resources. Fulfillment capabilities from Blue Yonder help PepsiCo Latin America balance all the factors that determine inventory placement, including demand signals, customer service targets, safety-stock policies and shelf-life constraints — all while keeping inventory costs low.

Impact #1	Achieved a rapid 30% return on investment
Impact #2	Improved forecast accuracy to 80%
Impact #3	Increased service levels with reduced inventory

Impact #1

Achieved a rapid 30% return on investment

Impact #2

Improved forecast accuracy to 80%

Impact #3

Increased service levels with reduced inventory

Benefit #1	30% return on investment
Benefit #2	80% forecast accuracy
Benefit #3	Increased service levels with reduced inventory

Benefit #1

30% return on investment

Benefit #2

80% forecast accuracy

Benefit #3

Increased service levels with reduced inventory

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PepsiCo Latin America Achieves Over 80% Forecast Accuracy, Driving Greater Precision

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