Innovation & Differentiation
- Consumer
demands for information expanding … beyond what will fit on a label
- Changing
consumer tastes and expectations create drives need for new products
- New
ingredients, technology, and packaging
from around the globe
Quality & Compliance
- Regulations
and Labelling laws changing…and then being delayed
- Less
processing/preservatives and closer to consumer mfg
puts new pressures on quality
- Environmental
& sustainability initiatives evolving from rules to consumer demands
Margin Pressure
- Highly
volatile ingredient costs and availability is driven by weather, politics &
economics
- Changing
the face of retail with new expectations
- New
and unpredictable utility and transportation costs
Consumer & Workforce
- Lack
of trust and different attitudes towards food
- Recruiting
and retention challenges
- New
social, entertainment & communication patterns upset marketing paradigm
Dairy
- Push-pull
planning with shelf life optimization
- Production scheduling respecting tank
capacities
- Recipe
and formula optimization
- Post-process
market-based cost allocation
- Order-less
production with back-flushing
- Grading
of milk (fat%) with attributes
- The
lot and sub-lot traceability and recall
Daily
forecasting and planning
- Farm
payments based on attributes
beverage
- Demand
forecasting with seasonality, promotions
- Sequencing
and changeover by package type and size
- Blend
and formula optimization
- Management
of co and by-products
- Cleaning
in-process rules
- The
lot and sub-lot traceability and recall
- Management
of returnable containers
- Support
for promotions, pricing, and discounts
- Integrated
plant maintenance – asset-intensive
bakers
- Shelf
life and expiry management
- Recipe
and formula optimization
- Advanced
sequencing
e.g., vanilla => chocolate => nut products
- Stock
building planning for seasonal products (Christmas, Easter)
- Support
for retailer EDI standards
- The
lot and sub-lot traceability and recall
- Van
route sales and delivery
- Management
of returnable containers
confectionary
- Highly
seasonal demand
Forecasting
and stock build optimization
- Unique
product attributes such as viscosity, total solids, fat content, etc.
- Catch weight for some raw materials
- Multiple
sales channels including on-line
- Tank scheduling & management
- The
mix of shelf-life restrictions for finished goods
- Support
for promotions, pricing, and discounts
ingredients
- Seasonality
of supply
- Sequencing
and changeover by package type and size
- Customized
formulas & specifications
- Management
of co and by-products
- Cleaning
in-process rules
- The
lot and sub-lot traceability and recall
- Management
of returnable containers
- Integrated
plant maintenance – asset-intensive
prepared / chilled
- Shelf
life and expiry management
- Recipe
and formula optimization
- Short
runs
The
lot and sub-lot traceability and recall
- Van
route sales and delivery
- Make
to stock and make to order approaches
- New
product introduction
- Seasonality
in demand and consumer preference
- Detailed
cost management by lot
meat/ poultry / fish
- Catch-weight
and random weight
- Planning
and control of shelf-life
- Meat
cut optimization with fresh vs. freeze vs. buy optimization
- Permissible alternate ingredients in the
recipe
- Post-process
market-based cost allocation
- Integrated sales and operations planning
- The
lot and sub-lot traceability and recall
- Attribute-based
Pricing & Promotions
Delivery times of orders
- Short delivery times M3 plans daily /
hourly through forecast rate
- Short product life M3 considers the
product life algorithm
- Penalties for failure to deliver M3
promotions considerations
Tracking
and traceability
2-hour recovery times from raw material
supplier to customer M3 provides graphical batch tracking - full traceability
at all levels of the supply chain.
Develop
profitable products.
Product development uses outdated and
incomplete cost data M3 provides hypothetical scenarios to assess the best
margin.
Cost models with unlimited cost
calculation fields to integrate all costs.