Case Study: LiDestri slashes disposals by 50% and cuts inventory costs with Oracle Cloud SCM and Demand Management

LiDestri sharpens planning, saves millions with Oracle Cloud

LiDestri Food and Drink, a family‑owned Rochester, NY food-and-beverage maker supplying sauces, beverages, and spirits to major brands, faced planning challenges across 24 production lines and about 1,000 SKUs. After decades of using Excel and guesswork to forecast demand and coordinate with growers, the company needed clearer supply‑chain visibility to reduce costly disposals, better time ingredient availability, and lower inventory.

LiDestri migrated to Oracle Cloud SCM and Demand Management in three months, creating a unified data source and two‑year historical analyses that improved forecast accuracy and enabled data-driven ordering with customers. The changes cut disposals by more than 50% (saving millions annually), reduced inventory costs by 5–10%, and helped the company maintain its 40‑year streak of zero product recalls.

LiDestri

John Matrachisia

CIO