Case Study: Renault reduces safety stock and boosts cashflow while maintaining overnight spare-parts delivery with Blue Yonder Luminate Planning

Renault - Customer Case Study

Renault, a leading European automaker, faced a major logistics challenge: it promises customers that any of its 200,000 spare parts ordered by 4:00pm will be delivered by 8:00am the next day across a multi-echelon distribution network. To meet that pledge despite supplier lead times of two to eight weeks, Renault kept large, redundant safety stocks across dozens of distribution centers, tying up cash and increasing cost. The company wanted to cut inventory and free up cashflow without degrading overnight delivery performance.

Renault implemented Blue Yonder’s Luminate Planning to centralize forecasts, inventory drivers and replenishment across its network, gaining global visibility into stock at every distribution center. The solution preserved product availability while significantly reducing redundant safety stock, improving cashflow, and achieving payback in under one year; ongoing partnership with Blue Yonder also helped improve forecast accuracy and support.

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