Case Study: Leading Conglomerate Manufactures And Distributer achieves €6M inventory reduction and higher planner productivity with e2open

Leading Conglomerate Manufactures And Distributer - Customer Case Study

This €11 billion global conglomerate—manufacturing and distributing products for 130+ brands with 52,000 employees across 70+ countries—has grown through 300 acquisitions over 30 years (about 1.5 per year). That rapid, decentralized expansion left the company with fragmented operating units, many systems, inconsistent master data and varying planning maturity, causing inefficient S&OP processes, lagging reporting and a need to optimize inventory, working capital and logistics costs.

The company partnered with e2open to deploy Sales & Operations Planning, Demand Planning and Multi‑Echelon Inventory Optimization via an agile, sprint-based crawl–walk–run–fly rollout that used continuous data cleansing and local champions to drive change. The unified planning platform harmonized data and improved forecast accuracy, delivering immediate value including a €6.0 million inventory reduction, higher planner productivity through automation, and progress toward a €20 million supply chain and logistics cost savings target over five years.