Food & Beverage

Establish a demand-driven supply chain to drive market share and profitability.

Many of the world’s leading food and beverage companies — including ConAgra Foods, Inc., Del Monte Foods Company, Dr Pepper Snapple Group and Nestlé — have turned to JDA for its supply chain management technology and domain expertise in demand management, factory planning and scheduling, inventory optimization, sales and operations planning, and transportation and logistics management.

JDA’s innovative software and services enable food and beverage companies to:

• Assess and leverage pattern shifts in consumer preferences to drive demand forecasting and management. Companies can rapidly respond to daily changes in customer demand, from manufacturing activities all the way through logistics functions.
• Sense and respond faster to changing market conditions with daily planning and scheduling. Companies can develop effective consensus demand plans that incorporate promotions and new products into the demand management process.
• Deliver new products and enter new markets while minimizing inventory investment.  Integrated planning enables companies to maintain high inventory turns and product availability, avoid obsolescence and ensure on-time product launches in each target market.
• Strategically manage transportation and logistics functions. Companies can create a competitive advantage in their supply chains through strategic global logistics network management.
• Integrate planning and execution across the enterprise with sales and operations planning. Companies can minimize operational silos and gain a single, comprehensive view of the business, including capabilities and constraints that must be reconciled with corporate goals.
• Profitably manage and maximize category performance. Companies can leverage strategic space and category management capabilities to increase insight into market trends while enhancing sales and market share.

Why JDA?

JDA solutions are built on an in-depth understanding of your supply chain needs, and feature configurable, best practice processes and workflows developed in conjunction with leading food and beverage companies. With JDA solutions, you can quickly anticipate and respond to changes in customer demand — enabling you to successfully navigate new product launches, reduce business risks and improve operational metrics.