supply_chain · manufacturing · workflow
Food wholesaler METRO achieves record product availability with Blue Yonder supply chain planning
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.
How it works
Common implementation structure
How this type of workflow is generally built, generalized across documented cases — not tied to any one vendor's stack. Click any stage to read what happens there. Specific products that implement these stages appear in “Tools commonly seen” below.
Stage 1 · Supply chain data ingestion
Advanced digital solutions ingest supply chain data to begin the planning cycle.
Tools used
Blue Yonder
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.
Results
Volume97%
Cost replacedmore than €15bn
Grounding & classification
Source type: vendor customer story
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