Bluecrux | Froneri's Recipe for Inventory Optimization with Anaplan

The customer

Froneri is a global ice-cream manufacturer headquartered in North Yorkshire, UK. It operates in more than 20 countries producing a wide range of ice-cream brands and private-label products. Froneri has become one of the world’s largest ice-cream companies, recognized for its diverse portfolio, strong distribution network, and focus on innovation in frozen desserts.

Challenges

Seasonal demand which creates pressure on their supply chain due to limited production & storage capacity
Combination of push & pull planning concepts
Raising transportation and storage cost
Space and logistics constraints
Daily execution of high complex inventory deployment
High (near 100%) service level expectations
Information lag due to disconnected processes and data
Manual plans in Excel, high preparation time, prone to errors, unable to scale in size

Solution

Anaplan Implementation

Objectives: Maximize service and inventory coverage, minimize logistics costs
50+ constraints and inputs: Location space, production outputs, dispatch plans
Planning on batch-level granularity to consider shelf-life risks & full truckloads
Optimize daily deployment plans & inventory projections
Exception management capabilities and transfer order updates
Extensive reporting capabilities for daily, weekly KPI tracking for a 3-year horizon

Results

Optimized Deployment Plan considering multiple objectives & high number of complex constraints
Daily deployment plans & simulation capabilities to run scenarios on the fly & get an optimized plan based on demand & supply changes within minutes
Logistics savings: improved truck utilization and reduction of inventory movements with high level of service & impacting 70 trucks per day
Automated order creation & adjustments with a near real-time bi-directional integration from Anaplan to system of Record

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Froneri’s Recipe for Inventory Optimization with Anaplan

The customer

Challenges

Solution

Results

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