Groupe Danone Powers Integrated Planning and Scheduling

6/6/2007

Groupe Danone, a leading maker of fresh dairy products and bottled water and the second largest provider of biscuits and cereal products, deployed ILOG Plant PowerOps (PPO) at its fresh dairy plant in Irapuato, Mexico. As a result, the plant has moved from weekly production planning with mixed scheduling quality to daily planning and high-quality scheduling, improving throughput and customer service while reducing waste and maximizing shelf life quality. "While comparing production plans generated with and without ILOG Plant PowerOps, we have been extremely happy to see that ILOG's application generates plans that improve every single one of our key performance indicators. Our plant in Irapuato is now equipped with an excellent planning and scheduling tool providing the best possible plans, while improving our operational flexibility and our ability to react quickly to unexpected events," says Jean-Michel Egu, director business solution at Danone. Within Danone, the news is spreading quickly. The company is currently implementing the solution in Russia, with Argentina next in line.