3 Sites, 10 Planners, headquartered in Germany
Personal care manufacturer
One hidden champion faced a familiar challenge: outdated planning processes
that could no longer keep pace with business growth.
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Challenge
A global personal care manufacturer struggled with limited end-to-end supply chain visibility, fragmented data across spreadsheets, and slow, iterative planning processes that drove rising inventory levels
Solution
By implementing an integrated end-to-end planning platform, the company improved demand and supply planning agility, enabled consensus-based decision-making, and increased responsiveness to changing market conditions.
Result
The transformation replaced cumbersome Excel-based planning with a streamlined, collaborative process that reduced inventory levels, established a foundation for enhanced visibility and AI-driven capabilities, and delivered significant benefits through effective change management
The phased rollout proved to be the right approach. Beginning with demand planning and continuing into supply planning, we improved responsiveness, reduced planning complexity, and achieved better inventory performance through a more collaborative planning process.
Future‑Proofing Demand Planning
SC planning to support future growth
sites to go live
parts under planning
Adoption on supply side planning
Milestones
Comprehensive solution instead of tech only
plugNplan® is not only another tool- it contains a holistic solution approach that covers people, process, data, technic - proven processes, guidance, and best practice integration.
Practicality instead of pipe dream
Kinaxis Maestro® is the only advanced APS platform that depicts S&OX® - our integrated buisiness planning model.
True partner instead of seller
Impact-driven approach delivered a clear roadmap, ensuring a balance between quick wins and long-term scalability for the supply chain transformation.
COO – Lead of the plugNplan implementation