Meat producers
Optimized supply planning, accurate demand forecasting
Meat processors face short order cycles, long supply lead times, seasonal variation and must maximize the yield of every animal while delivering the freshest products. Sharing data to align capacity, resources, and inventory with the sales plan requires visibility across the supply chain.
Address your biggest meat processing challenges
With long supply lead times and a lack of visibility throughout their supply chain, meat processing companies must determine how to best satisfy customer demand and maximize profit while also moving fresh products through the supply chain. Capturing fluctuating demand is important when collaborating with vendors and understanding how their promotions will impact supply and demand.
Need for accurate demand planning
Meat processors need to create day-to-day forecasts that accurately reflect business constraints. Failure to plan accurately risks losing sales due to poor product availability and incorrectly anticipated demand.
Outdated and siloed production planning
Outdated and disconnected manual planning processes in the purchasing, production, and distribution teams create constant gaps between planning and execution, resulting in less-than-optimal business outcomes.
Carcass balancing and yield
Carcass balancing is about matching demand with supply and making decisions regarding yield: which cuts to use, what can be downgraded, and which cut plans, out of thousands available, will deliver optimal profit and customer service. For purely fresh producers, minimizing what is frozen is key.
Balance supply with demand
Meat processors need to balance the supply of raw materials with demand that can change due to seasonal variations, promotions, and consumer preferences.
Case study: Rastelli
In the fall of 2022, to support and accelerate their expansion, Rastelli made a strategic investment in state-of-the-art supply chain planning capabilities.
Optimize meat supply chain planning
RELEX allows meat processors to stay ahead of demand volatility and execute strategic short-term and long-term planning to meet demand, maximize yield and minimize waste. RELEX deconstructs silos to bridge the gap between planning and execution, while enabling strategic, cross-departmental decision-making.
Plan supply needs and demand forecasts at the same time, including short, intermediate and long-term planning with the most up-to-date data for maximum profit.
Forecast materials and demand, build master plans, execute and distribute in the most profitable way— and all within your unique constraints and obligations.
Create accurate forecasts down to the SKU level for each market and channel, with adjustability at any level. Machine learning capabilities automatically detect seasonal demand patterns and support sales promotion planning.
Convert production capacity into revenue through a balanced business plan. Ensuring an optimized product mix satisfies customer orders and maximizes throughput for maximum profit.
From herd to heuristics and from flock to forecast: Optimizing meat & poultry supply chains
May 15, 2024
9 am EDT, 3 pm CEST
During this webinar we will discuss how advanced planning and optimization software is not just changing the game for meat and poultry processors — it’s setting new rules for profitability and sustainability.
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