Shanghai Pepsi-Cola Beverage Co. Ltd. Selects Blue Yonder to Optimize Production Operations

Popular beverage and snack food company will implement Blue Yonder Production Planning to handle increasing complexity, enhance efficiency, and improve real-time data and coordination capabilities

SHANGHAI & DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--To better address increasingly complex supply chain challenges, Shanghai Pepsi-Cola Beverage Co. Ltd. will deploy Blue Yonder Production Planning to improve customer satisfaction, enhance asset utilization, and reduce waste in the supply chain. The project will be implemented by PwC, Blue Yonder’s strategic partner.

Shanghai Pepsi-Cola Beverage Co. Ltd. is one of PepsiCo's important subsidiaries in China, focusing on the development of the beverage business. The company mainly produces and sells popular beverage brands such as PepsiCo, 7-Up, Mirinda and Gatorade, and provides the Chinese market with high-quality products and innovative marketing strategies. This project will digitally transform production planning for Shanghai Pepsi-Cola Beverage Co. Ltd. by improving production efficiency and optimizing inventory structure and levels, thereby enabling the company to reduce production, inventory and delivery costs while meeting its business needs.

With Blue Yonder Production Planning, Shanghai Pepsi-Cola Beverage Co. Ltd. will be able to:

• Reduce operating costs with the ability to factor in complex constraints and faster response times to changing demand and supply conditions.
• Create an optimized, feasible production plan that balances demand with material, capacity and customer date constraints.
• Modify rules, assess different scenarios and respond in real-time to any changes on the shop floor.
• Coordinate schedules across facilities, reduce inventory and work-in-process, and minimize equipment changeovers.
• Optimize plant operations and scheduling to enable continuous flow production and waste reduction.
• Meet customer commitments while balancing schedules that respect different option capacities, material constraints, and workload distributions.

Blue Yonder Production Planning solutions balance manufacturing objectives, material usage and customer service requirements through an optimized plan with high planner interactivity to accommodate strategic and tactical considerations. This will enable Shanghai Pepsi-Cola Beverage Co. Ltd. to increase efficiency, improve customer service, and reduce waste and costs across their production operations.

“Successfully managing a supply chain the size of Shanghai Pepsi-Cola Beverage Co. Ltd.’s requires real-time visibility and coordination,” said Antonio Boccalandro, president, APAC, Blue Yonder. “We’re excited to team up with Shanghai Pepsi-Cola Beverage Co. Ltd. to help optimize their operations and transform their supply chain into a competitive edge.”

Additional Resources:

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About Shanghai Pepsi-Cola Beverage Co. Ltd.

Shanghai Pepsi-Cola Beverage Co. Ltd. was established in 1989 and now has its own factory and a number of foundries. The company's production and business scope includes mineral water, domestic soft drinks and other carbonated beverages, and its sales area covers Shanghai and southern Jiangsu, China. Since it was put into production, the company's business scale has maintained rapid and sustained growth.

About Blue Yonder

Blue Yonder is the world leader in digital supply chain transformation. Retailers, manufacturers and logistics service providers worldwide rely on Blue Yonder to optimize and accelerate their supply chain from planning through fulfillment, delivery, and returns. Blue Yonder’s AI-driven supply chain platform and multi-enterprise, multi-tier network enable more accurate forecasting and dynamic management of capacity, inventory and transport. Blue Yonder helps businesses navigate modern supply chain complexity and volatility with more resilient, sustainable supply chains to delight customers, scale profitably, and run flawlessly. blueyonder.com

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