Case Study: Poppies Bakeries achieves improved forecast accuracy and inventory visibility with Arkieva S&OP Suite

Poppies Bakeries Perfects Their Sales & Operations Planning Recipe with Arkieva

Poppies Bakeries, a global supplier of sweet bakery products headquartered in Belgium, faced demand volatility, fluctuating costs and a reliance on manual, ad hoc Excel-based planning as it scaled across 14 bakeries and international markets. To professionalize S&OP and support growth, Poppies engaged Arkieva (with implementation partner Solventure) and adopted the Arkieva S&OP Suite/APS to automate planning and provide a single source of supply and demand truth.

Arkieva implemented its S&OP Suite and APS dashboards to centralize stock visibility, enable long-term master planning and improve cross-functional collaboration with sales and finance. As a result, Poppies achieved increased forecast accuracy, better-balanced supply and demand across sites, rationalized inventory levels and a dashboarded view of supply chain KPIs—while progressing toward monthly S&OP governance and master planning integration with their new SAP ERP. Arkieva’s tools and consultants were credited with simplifying communication and accelerating these measurable improvements.

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Nic Dufoort

Supply Chain Director