F&p case studiesIntegrated Demand Planning as European Project Manager

Expert: Christof B. Wewers

F&P Case STudiesTask

  • Development and introduction of fully integrated S&OP
  • Adaptation and extensive digitalization of planning processes
  • Integration into the Group IT landscape
  • International rollout of processes & standards

Industry / Function / Environment / Expert

  • Food
  • Project Manager Central & Eastern Europe
  • Supply chain efficiency
  • Inclusion of the special requirements of the business processes, the industry, business areas
  • Definition of requirements for master data & IT system support
  • Development & coordination of the new S&OP process architecture (organizational & IT)
  • Design of the organizational framework processes with room for BU-specific adoption
  • Adaptation of related processes in order management and master data maintenance
  • Management of development and integration of BI-supported demand planning with ERP, APO
  • Introduction of Demand Planner; change management, especially in sales and product management
  • Training of persons involved in the specialist departments and international process roll-out
  • Successful introduction in all business units in Central & Eastern Europe within 6 months
  • Significantly increased, stable forecast accuracy (> 85%)
  • Increase of the KPI DIFOT to 95%+
  • Reduction in working capital from finished goods by 15% p.a. in the first 2 years
  • Reduce supply chain costs by 3% by avoiding obsolescence
  • More effective product management through improved portfolio management
  • Strengthened ability to act & assumption of responsibility for plan realization in sales
  • Increased willingness of key accounts to collaborative forecasting (preliminary stage CPFR)

Dipl.-Kaufm. Christof B. Wewers

Senior Partner

+49 40 8000 845 92wewers@fup-ag.com