jda software - real results summer 2013 - case study: butterball
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Case Study: Butterball
Business Overview• The largest vertically integrated turkey producer in the U.S., accounting for
20 percent of total turkey production
• Employs 5,500 associates in five plant locations, live operations and corporate office
• Retail and foodservice products distributed throughout the U.S. and in more than 30 countries worldwide
Business Challenges• Manual and labor-intensive forecasting and
replenishment processes
• Date-sensitive inventory
• Sought to preserve product freshness and minimize obsolete inventory through forecasting at a very high level of accuracy, as well as improve its date-sensitive inventory management
Solutions• JDA® Demand
• JDA® Fulfillment
Services• JDA Support Services
• JDA Technical Services
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Case Study: Butterball
“Results• Exceeded year-one cost savings estimate by 75 percent
• Reduced distressed obsolescent inventory by 28 percent
• Improved short-term forecast accuracy by 2 percent
• Decreased bias in the long-term forecast by 50 percent
• Reduced manual work and increased planning efficiency
WHAT CUSTOMERS ARE SAYING
JDA has helped us gain a competitive advantage through
proactively planning our capacity, shaping our demand and understanding the seasonality of our business.”
~Dean LisenbyDirector of Demand and Supply Planning, Butterball
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