Retail and Consumer Products
In the Retail and CPG landscape, where speed is critical, demand has fragmented, lifecycles have compressed, and omnichannel commerce demands precise fulfillment. Traditional planning systems cannot handle this volatility. Our focus is transforming the supply chain from a cost center into an agile, demand-driven engine. This enables businesses to sense real-time consumer shifts, manage promotional spikes with precision, and ensure high service levels while minimizing inventory across fragmented networks.
Industrial Challenges
The Retail and Consumer Products sector operates under a unique set of challenges that fundamentally complicate supply chain planning.
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Extreme Demand Volatility and Short Product Life Cycles
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Complex Inventory Placement in the Omnichannel Network
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Ineffective Promotional Planning and Execution
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Constraint-Aware Production Scheduling and Batch Complexity
Our Approach
We implement a demand-driven supply chain planning with a backbone using SAP IBP and S/4HANA PP/DS, pivoting your supply chain from reactive fulfillment to proactive, profitable execution.
Demand Signal Integration (SAP IBP):We deploy Advanced Demand Sensing and Promotional Models to capture granular consumer signals, enabling rapid response to Demand Volatility and optimizing large promotional spikes.
Omnichannel Inventory Optimization:Our IBP solution optimizes inventory targets across the multi-echelon network, dynamically determining the most profitable stock placement to meet service levels while resolving the Omnichannel Inventory Placement challenge.
Promotional Planning Synchronization:We synchronize the Promotional Planning cycle within IBP, ensuring manufacturing and distribution capacity is precisely aligned to support sales spikes, thus maximizing revenue capture and minimizing post-promotion waste.
Constraint-Aware Flow (SAP PP/DS): Leveraging our Setup Matrix Generation Accelerators and specialized campaign logic, we ensure that detailed production schedules respect all capacity limits, solving the Constraint-Aware Scheduling challenge and increasing throughput.
Key Differentiators
Our expertise goes beyond standard SAP implementation. We leverage a suite of pre-configured, industry-specific accelerators built directly into SAP IBP and S/4HANA PP/DS to solve the core challenges of pharmaceutical manufacturing rapidly and effectively.
Forecast Accuracy Framework
We deploy an advanced framework within SAP IBP Demand that integrates multiple patterns (promotions, seasonality, product curves) to significantly improve forecast accuracy and reduce Demand Volatility.
Omnichannel Inventory Optimization
Our proprietary framework for SAP IBP Inventory dynamically balances stock across all nodes (stores, DCs, hubs). This solution ensures optimal inventory placement to meet service levels while minimizing overall carrying costs.
Subcontracting & Co-Pack Planning
We offer a pre-configured solution for seamless planning integration with external partners, managing complex co-packing and Subcontracting requirements to ensure production flexibility.
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