Case Study: JBS achieves 25% margin increase and daily cost-to-serve optimization with AIMMS

JBS uses AIMMS for daily cost-to-serve optimization

JBS, a global leader in beef, lamb and poultry processing with 340 production units and $27B in annual revenue, struggled with a fragmented master production schedule managed across multiple spreadsheets. The operations team needed a scalable planning solution to allocate production capacity across plants, meet demand for 2,000+ SKUs, and respect product-specific requirements (halal, kosher) and differing country regulations.

By redesigning their processes and deploying AIMMS for daily cost-to-serve optimization, JBS can now evaluate multiple detailed scenarios across 45+ primary plants, rapidly respond to changing market prices, and align demand, production, transport and cost inputs. The initiative delivered a 25% increase to original margin, a 90% improvement in adherence to plan, improved agility, an optimized product portfolio and inventory levels, and integrated cost-to-serve into S&OP with collaborative scenario exploration.

JBS

João Batista Rocha de Souza

Integrated Planning Manager at JBS