Supply chain · Production

Food wholesaler METRO achieves record product availability with Blue Yonder supply chain planning

The problem

METRO's existing manual processes and legacy software could not manage the planning complexity required to maintain product availability and fully utilize inventories, trucks, and labor across its global network of stores.

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Supply chain data ingestion

trigger

“advanced digital solutions to ingest data, perform rigorous analysis, and create accurate plans”

Rigorous supply chain analysis

ai_action

“advanced digital solutions to ingest data, perform rigorous analysis, and create accurate plans”

Demand and fulfillment planning

output

“Blue Yonder demand and fulfillment solutions have upgraded our planning speed, precision, and results across our end-to-end network. We can balance high availability and high customer service with cost controls and strong financial results.”

Real-time disruption response

ai_action

“With its intelligent optimization engines, Blue Yonder enables us to consider current data and make the right decision very quickly, no matter what surprises occur”

Reported outcome

METRO's cumulative product availability grew from 96% to 97%, Blue Yonder planning software manages over €15bn in sales volume, and countries implementing the solution see on average 1% higher availability from the moment of implementation.

Reported metrics

Product availability97%

sales volume managed by Blue Yondermore than €15bn

Average availability improvement at implementation1% higher availability

Countries deployed16 countries

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product availability97%

sales volume managed by Blue Yondermore than €15bn

average availability improvement at implementation1% higher availability

countries deployed16 countries

stock turnoversfaster stock turnovers

resource utilizationimproved resource utilization

supply chain resilience and agilitygreater resilience and agility

Reported stack

Blue Yonder

Source

https://blueyonder.com/customers/metro

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Frequently asked questions

What did this team achieve with this AI workflow?

METRO's cumulative product availability grew from 96% to 97%, Blue Yonder planning software manages over €15bn in sales volume, and countries implementing the solution see on average 1% higher availability from the mo…

What tools did this team use?

Blue Yonder.

What results were reported?

Product availability: 97%; sales volume managed by Blue Yonder: more than €15bn; Average availability improvement at implementation: 1% higher availability; Countries deployed: 16 countries (source-reported, not independently verified).

How is this supply chain AI workflow structured?

Supply chain data ingestion → Rigorous supply chain analysis → Demand and fulfillment planning → Real-time disruption response.