Case Study: JUUL improves supply chain planning and reduces costs with Accelytics and Anaplan

JUUL boosts supply chain planning with Accelytics in 26 weeks

JUUL, a leading manufacturer of electronic cigarettes, faced significant supply chain challenges due to manual Excel planning and poor data integrity from its home-grown ERP and PLM tools. This led to inaccurate plans, increased costs, and decreased customer service levels. Long lead times from manufacturing in China forced constant inventory allocation tradeoffs, creating bottlenecks and a lack of alignment. JUUL partnered with vendor Accelytics to address these issues using the Anaplan platform.

Accelytics implemented a multi-phased supply chain planning solution in Anaplan over 26 weeks. The solution created accurate forecasts, optimized inventory and production schedules, and enabled a BOM explosion for material cost projection. This provided robust scenario planning capabilities. The results included an immediate increase in forecast accuracy, improved working capital costs, higher case fill rates, and the ability to proactively identify and address future bottlenecks, supporting both short and long-term educated decision-making.

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