Case Study: The Absolut Company achieves optimized production efficiency and improved product availability with ToolsGroup

Increasingly complex production made more efficient

The Absolut Company, maker of Absolut Vodka, faced rapidly rising SKU complexity — a 19% increase in SKUs over five years as core flavors grew from 11 to 18 and limited editions from 2 to 12 — while forecasting and production planning remained a manual, spreadsheet-driven task handled by a single planner. To modernize planning and protect service levels, The Absolut Company selected ToolsGroup (implemented via partner Optilon) and its SO99+ solution for demand planning, inventory optimization and replenishment.

ToolsGroup’s SO99+ was deployed and integrated with Plannet’s Compass for production planning, automating forecasting and replenishment while keeping one planner in control of the end‑to‑end process. The solution delivered optimized production sequences, higher overall production efficiency and improved product availability, reduced time spent on manual planning, better visibility of bottlenecks and the ability to meet availability targets without adding resources.

The Absolut Company

Peter Neiderud

Director Supply Chain, Quality and Environment