Case Study: Novolex achieves faster planning and better inventory visibility with IBM Cognos Analytics and IBM Planning Analytics

How Novolex contains its timelines

Novolex, a food packaging leader serving restaurants, grocery stores, and suppliers, was struggling to keep sales and production plans aligned across multiple locations and ERP systems. Its forecasting cycle was slow and fragmented, leaving the company without timely data to manage inventory, capacity, raw materials, and scheduling effectively. IBM helped Novolex address this challenge with IBM Planning Analytics and IBM Cognos Analytics.

IBM implemented a unified planning and analytics approach that consolidated forecasting, standardized metrics, and delivered monthly and weekly reporting across the business. As a result, Novolex cut its forecasting process from six weeks to less than one week, an 83% improvement, and reduced excess inventory by 16%. With IBM, Novolex now has faster visibility into capacity and demand, enabling better decisions and more efficient operations.

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Violeta Nedelcu

Supply Chain Director