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Next generation exception-based planning: Integrating demand, inventory & supply planning

The customer

Beacon, a premier North American distributor of residential and commercial roofing materials, along with complementary building products, is transforming its supply chain to enhance efficiency and resilience.

In collaboration with Bluecrux, Beacon successfully implemented Anaplan, creating a seamless, integrated approach to demand, inventory, and supply planning.

  • Challenges

    • No process & organization standardization to support central decision-making​
    • High workload due to the number of SKUs and current inefficient planning solution in place​
    • Difficulty in supporting the local branches with central orchestration without proper tooling ​
    • Continue delivering high customer service levels whilst reducing inventory​
    • Connecting demand planning, supply planning, inventory management in one integrated plat​
    • Create More accurate and longer-term visibility of demand to improve sourcing discussions, inventory allocation & financial projections

  • Solutions

    • Anaplan was implemented as a platform connecting demand planning, inventory & supply planning
    • Set up exception-based planning process for all planners ​
    • Rolled out a flexible safety stock and supply planning logic to enable more accurate supply & replenishment proposals
    • Optimized full truck logic to reduce transportation costs
    • Leveraging historical weather data to assess impact on baseline demand due to potential storms
    • Connecting supply chain volumes with financial data to provide valorisation of the latest plans & evolutions

  • Results

    • Workload reduction and more user-friendly, exception-based planning solutions​, enabling shorter planning cycles​

    • Improved visibility on inventory projections​

    • Improved forecast accuracy across the company ​

    • Financial Metrics – Estimated impact

      • 4 to 5x Cost Turn​
      • 1% Gross Margin Improvement​
      • Purchase Order Management from 60% to 65% central ownership

Curious to hear the story first-hand?

Join us on April 9 for our webinar together with Anaplan: “Navigating Supply Chain Transformation with Beacon Roofing”.

In this session we will showcase how Beacon partnered with Bluecrux to implement Anaplan, leading to shorter planning cycles, improved visibility, and measurable financial impact.

Want to see Anaplan in action?

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