rhythm 2.0 FMCG Industry Solutions
rhythm 2.0
FMCG Industry Solutions
rhythm 2.0 FMCG solutions are widely applicable for addressing every aspects of FMCG Business Planning from Factories to Supply Chains to Sales. These solutions work at strategic to tactical to operational levels and make immediate to long-term impact on the business.
5%+
Lower total landed cost of Freight,
Material, Production and Fixed Cost
5%+
Higher Service Level
ex-Depot and ex-Customer
10%+
Lower RM and FG Inventory
as well as Customer Inventory
Key Modules and FMCG Use Cases
- Manufacturing Network Planner - Optimizes complete Manufacturing Network to find the right number, location, role and capacities of the factories to minimize supply chain costs and maximize Service Levels.
- Distribution Network Planner - Optimizes complete Distribution Network to find the right number, location, role and capacities of the warehouses to minimize supply chain costs and maximize Service Levels.
- Inventory Planner - Finds right relationship between Stock and Service Level based on various parameters and optimizes Inventory. Can optimize Raw Material and Finished Goods Inventories and can impact own as well as distributor working capital.
- Demand Planner - Generates unconstrained consensus demand forecast through top down or bottom up approaches and combines with statistical forecast.
- S&OP Planner - Enables evaluation and collaboration for selecting a Sales & Operations Plan that aligns with the financial goals.
- Supply Planner - Generates Comprehensive multi-factory constrained production plan to meet the overall demand in time.
- Logistics Planner - Generates distribution plan from Factories to the final delivery points through various levels within Supply Chain. This can ensure high level of compliance with the optimized results delivered through Distribution Network Planner.
- Route Planner - Considers daily or historical orders and optimizes the vehicle loading and delivery routes to large number of Customers. Relevant for the secondary and last mile distribution.
- Production Planner - Plans production across Plants, Processes and Equipments based on Product Routings, Productivity & constraints.
- Manufacturing Execution System (MES) - Tracks production and material quality at all stages within Shop-floor and gives full visibility of Order and Material Status.
- Sales Beat Planner - Generates beats of optimal size based on number of outlets, sales value and time spent in the market. Assigns salesmen and week-days to the beats created and generates the optimal foot sequence (or route plan) for each beat. Relevant for General Trade business in emerging economies.
Deliverables in a Snapshot
Some Case Studies
A Large FMCG company’s India Operation reduced its Inventory by 12% and Improved Service Levels by 7% through Connected Supply, Logistics and Inventory Planning.
One of the largest CPG companies optimized its Manufacturing Network across Europe, Africa and Asian Geographies to save between 10 to 15 million Euros in each Market.
