Unilever Automates Demand Planning with Solvoyo

Fortune 100 Global CPG Company
23K Active SKUs
4 Data Source
Integration
8K+ Products​
40+ Channels
4000+ SKUs

Unilever

Unilever, a British multinational consumer goods company, is a global giant in the realm of everyday essentials, spanning over 190 countries and employing a diverse workforce of 127,000 individuals. Its intricate supply chain, meticulously crafted over decades of operation, forms the backbone of its success, ensuring seamless delivery of its renowned brands such as Dove, Ben & Jerry’s, and Lifebuoy to every corner of the globe. With brands used by over 3.4 billion people daily, Unilever’s impact on the global consumer market is undeniable.

Goals

Automated forecasting with little to no human intervention

Streamline the demand planning process with a user-friendly UI that provides a single, comprehensive platform for managing all aspects of demand forecasting.

Eliminate manual effort and ensure continuous accuracy with automated diagnostics and parameter updates. Identify potential issues early on and automatically adjust forecasting parameters based on the latest data, ensuring consistently reliable forecasts.

Challenges

Lack of visibility and simultaneous access for multiple users to foster collaboration

Diverse category portfolios, transitions and rapidly changing market conditions, hindering agility and proactive action

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Benefits

  • Consolidated demand planning efforts into a single, centralized platform, eliminating silos and ensuring consistency across the organization.
  • Gained real-time insights into demand trends, enabling faster and more informed decision-making.
  • Leveraged advanced forecasting rules to seamlessly adjust manual edits, bridging the gap between forecast generation and planning.
  • Handled aggregation/disaggregation seamlessly within the same platform, ensuring consistency between tactical and operational decisions.
  • Automated daily forecasting tasks, eliminating manual intervention and freeing up valuable resources for strategic planning.

Solutions

MFP

Demand Planning

Our Customers Love Us

"With a network of 9800 stores, supply chain disruptions and uncertainty are normal for us, we keep opening hundreds of new stores and multiple DCs every year. With advanced analytics and automation, we planned for this level of complexity way ahead of our competitors.”
Erkan Ceritoglu,
Erkan Ceritoglu,Managing Director, A101
“With Solvoyo, we eliminated spreadsheets from the process and simultaneously increased process speed and planner efficiency across all regions.”
Srinivas Reddy,
Srinivas Reddy,VP, Global Product Supply, P&G; Grooming
“Solvoyo has been a very effective solution partner in our fast growth and digital transformation journey. Using Solvoyo’s platform for fashion planning solutions, we were able to bring automation to buy planning and size optimization decisions.”
Roberto Marchese,
Roberto Marchese,Chief Marketing Officer, Penti
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