One third of all food produced globally is wasted. Inefficiency and waste across the supply chain costs money and negatively impacts the planet. Increasing efficiency can help improve sustainability, while also boosting profitability.
AI strategically enhances supply chain sustainability by reducing power consumption and waste while boosting efficiency, margins, and customer satisfaction.
Global brands face mounting sustainability challenges
Aligning sustainability goals with industry compliance measures and operational realities can seem impossible, especially as businesses navigate the tension between reducing waste and meeting consumer demand in an unpredictable world.
As regulations tighten, the use of AI enables companies to measure and track emissions for mandatory sustainability reporting in many regions.
Fluctuating consumer demand
Demand shifts rapidly these days, driven by anything from tighter shopping budgets or the growing desire for sustainable options to viral social media trends. Volatility leaves businesses guessing on inventory levels, creating unnecessary waste. Without accurate forecasting and agile replenishment, businesses risk overproducing unsold goods or understocking high-demand items, both of which undermine sustainability goals.
Increasing supply chain complexity
Global supply chains are intricate and increasingly prone to disruptions, making it harder than ever to meet demand without overstocking. This complexity often leads to inefficiencies, such as excessive transportation emissions and resource waste, as businesses struggle to adapt to unpredictable changes.
Lacking visibility
Limited access to real-time insights across the supply chain impedes planning accuracy. This lack of transparency prevents businesses from identifying inefficiencies like unnecessary stock movements or high-carbon suppliers. Every excess shipment, discarded product, and inefficient supplier choice adds up — contributing to the alarming environmental statistics that dominate headlines worldwide.
How RELEX can help you
RELEX empowers businesses to turn sustainability into a strategic advantage by embedding it into the core of their decision-making and operational planning. Our AI makes supply chains more sustainable by reducing both backend power consumption and waste throughout operations and multiple business functions, boosting efficiency, leading to higher profit margins and improved customer satisfaction.
Meet sustainability goals
Achieve your environmental targets by reducing food waste, tracking emissions with CO2 Analytics, and optimizing your supply chain to meet ambitious sustainability goals and regulatory requirements.
Grow sustainably
Transform your environmental impact into a competitive advantage through waste reduction, emission tracking, and supply chain optimization that simultaneously drives profitability and strengthens brand reputation.
Optimize operations
Streamline your entire supply chain with AI-powered planning that minimizes emergency shipments and optimizes inventory levels while tracking emissions data in one unified platform.
Boost financial performance
Convert sustainability initiatives into measurable financial returns by reducing waste-related costs and using resources more efficiently through data-driven planning.
As Denmark’s leading online grocer, nemlig.com has experienced explosive growth in recent years. With that growth came the need for an adaptable markdown optimization system that would allow them to scale effectively into the future.
Following the successful implementation of the RELEX forecasting and replenishment solution in 2019, Ametller Origen has experienced remarkable improvements throughout their supply chain.
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