Absolut Vodka Goes Live with Supply Chain Planning Software
ToolsGroup announces that its Nordic partner Optilon has successfully taken The Absolut Company, part of the Pernod Ricard group of companies, live with ToolsGroup’s SO99+ ‘Powerfully Simple’ supply chain planning software. Running at Absolut’s production site in hus, Sweden, SO99+ supports demand management, fulfillment and replenishment for the company’s entire range of vodkas.
Last April, the Swedish Food Federation published statistics revealing that alcoholic spirits account for nearly 10 percent of the country’s total food exports of 70 billion SEK. Absolut Vodka tops that category making it Sweden's largest food export product (read the full story here).
The live implementation in hus follows a year-long proof-of-concept project led by Optilon that modeled Absolut’s entire portfolio of 350 vodka SKUs, taking constraints like production capacity into account. With a team of planners managing all of Absolut’s forecasting and planning, the company will rely on SO99+ to improve operational efficiency by automating plans that strike an optimal balance between inventory and customer service levels while leaving room for some manual fine-tuning.
Absolut is the latest to join ToolsGroup’s growing portfolio of global food and beverage customers including Findus, Danone, Diageo, Granarolo, Lantmnnen Unibake and Nestl.
“For us, quality - not least in production – is paramount and we do not want to leave anything to chance. After a thorough evaluation, we chose the combination of Optilon and ToolsGroup to provide the best skills and technology to improve our supply chain and production processes and help us reach our goals,” commented Peter Neiderud, Logistics, The Absolut Company.
Last April, the Swedish Food Federation published statistics revealing that alcoholic spirits account for nearly 10 percent of the country’s total food exports of 70 billion SEK. Absolut Vodka tops that category making it Sweden's largest food export product (read the full story here).
The live implementation in hus follows a year-long proof-of-concept project led by Optilon that modeled Absolut’s entire portfolio of 350 vodka SKUs, taking constraints like production capacity into account. With a team of planners managing all of Absolut’s forecasting and planning, the company will rely on SO99+ to improve operational efficiency by automating plans that strike an optimal balance between inventory and customer service levels while leaving room for some manual fine-tuning.
Absolut is the latest to join ToolsGroup’s growing portfolio of global food and beverage customers including Findus, Danone, Diageo, Granarolo, Lantmnnen Unibake and Nestl.
“For us, quality - not least in production – is paramount and we do not want to leave anything to chance. After a thorough evaluation, we chose the combination of Optilon and ToolsGroup to provide the best skills and technology to improve our supply chain and production processes and help us reach our goals,” commented Peter Neiderud, Logistics, The Absolut Company.