The supply chain leadership team at a food & beverages firm partnered with Gartner to address immediate cost challenges as well as the need to grow supply chain influence in business decision making.
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Mission-critical priority
The COVID-19 global pandemic sent year-over-year profits at a food & beverages firm into a freefall. As a result, corporate leadership demanded sweeping logistics and transportation cost cuts.
How Gartner helped
The client used:
- Partnership with Gartner experts to build a comprehensive, highly relevant customer service plan
- Research, benchmarks and diagnostics related to liquidity and risk assessment
- Proven action plans for handling raw material shortages
- Consultative advice for growing supply chain influence in business decision making
Business impact
With support from Gartner for Supply Chain, the client:
- Improved on key metrics and identified future growth opportunities in the areas of procurement, quality and manufacturing
- Strengthened the position of supply chain within the corporate leadership team / the role of supply chain in business decision making
- Streamlined how supply chain team members access best practices, data and tools
Industry:
Food & Beverages
Revenue:
$1.5 billion (estimated)
Employees:
> 3,500 (estimated)
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