Situation
Motherlode Co-Packing is a privately owned co-packing business that specializes in producing and packaging food products, primarily sauces and condiments.
Challenge
- Motherlode successfully implemented a large ERP with robust data capture, but the ERP’s reporting solutions did not provide insight into certain inventory considerations important to the food & beverage industry.
- Management had difficulty tracking upcoming expiration dates of individual batches of raw food products, as well as rightsizing order size of raw materials, leading to frequent inventory adjustments.
Action
- Analytics connected to ERP data and ran through BUCS end-to-end data management platform.
- Analyzed frequency and size of inventory adjustments by item over time to monitor dollar impact of current inventory management processes and to better size manufacturing orders.
- Provided analysis that notifies management ofupcoming expirations of inventory items.
Result
18% Reduction
in inventory adjustments to Finished Good SKUs due to successful monitoring of expiration dates and a reduction in waste
“BUCS helped us get visibility into previously hard to access data, leading to a better picture of our inventory situation. As a result, we were able to better time new orders, reduce waste and reduce the amount of inventory adjustments we were having to make.”
Greg Dennis
COO
Systems Integrated
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