Case Study: Absolut improves production efficiency and product availability with ToolsGroup

Absolut boosts product availability with ToolsGroup after a 19% SKU increase

Absolut Vodka, a major global spirits producer, faced significant supply chain challenges due to its reliance on manual spreadsheet-based planning for its complex, high-volume production. With a single planner managing a growing number of SKUs, the process could not keep up with increasing complexity or the company's need to maintain high service levels while minimizing inventory. To address this, they partnered with vendor ToolsGroup for a supply chain planning solution.

The ToolsGroup solution, implemented alongside a production planning system, automated demand forecasting, inventory optimization, and replenishment. This provided The Absolut Company with an integrated and user-friendly planning process. The results included optimized production sequences, increased overall production efficiency, and improved product availability. ToolsGroup enabled the company to achieve the same high delivery performance as before but with 20% lower inventory investment.

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