Greencore: Reducing Inventory Costs with End-to-End Planning

Food Manufacturer Greencore reduces inventory costs after implementing sofco Demand, Supply Planning and Scheduling.

Greencore, a leading manufacturer of convenience foods in the UK, has managed to streamline the production of ready meals, sandwiches, salads, and sushi for many of the nation's major supermarkets. The company employs over 14,000 people and manufactures 2,000 products in over 35 sites throughout the UK.

Why sofco?

Greencore chose sofco because the software was deemed easy-to-use, functionally rich and provided an end to end view of the supply chain.

"We selected sofco as they have an End-to-End planning and execution system that can be configured easily to fulfill these disparate demands."

The Challenge

The broad range of products Greencore supplies requires very different manufacturing processes. Previously, all plans were done manually with spreadsheets with minimal forecasting capabilities and limited collaboration.

The Solution

Greencore implemented sofco's Demand, Supply Planning and Scheduling solution. The solution generates the best plan to meet demand and maximise capacity, so that Greencore can effectively minimise stock requirements and any downtime on production lines.

Results

- Improved forecast accuracy - High customer service levels - Greater agility to Demand - Increased on-time delivery performance - Reduced production costs and cycle times - Reduced inventory obsolescence