Food and beverage · Bakery and snacks
Daily bakes and snack launches both need the right number.
Daisy gives bakery and snack makers the demand and supply forecast to plan against, so you hold less working capital and protect your margin.
Bakery and snacks
Before and after Daisy
Why bakery and snack makers are harder to plan
- Fresh bakery has a shelf life of daysOver-forecast and the product is thrown away; under-forecast and the shelf is empty.
- Promotions and new flavors reshape demandSnack lines run on promotions and limited flavors, and neither has a clean history to learn from.
- Ingredient prices swingFlour, sugar, oils and packaging change in price, and buying early or late changes the margin.
- Retailers set the volumesA new listing or a lost slot moves orders in one step, so the baseline resets.
What Daisy does for bakery and snack makers
- Demand planningWe predict sales at the SKU and account level, so your team can plan against one number per customer and product.
- Inventory & working capitalStock levels are set from the demand forecast, balancing service level against inventory and the working capital it ties up.
- ProcurementAnticipate how much supply you will receive and identify exact purchasing gaps based on real-time data.
- S&OPWe compile the data, structure the breakdowns and do the grunt work, so your team can run its regular S&OP process on one set of numbers.
Questions from bakery and snack makers
How is Daisy different from a planning tool like SAP IBP?
Other platforms give you a tool to run: your team configures, maintains and runs it. Daisy delivers the demand and supply forecast you plan against, and keeps it maintained.
What data do you need to start?
Your sales history by SKU and account from your ERP or a file export. Daisy adds outside signals such as weather and markets, so there is nothing extra for your team to collect.
How does the 12-week pilot work?
We run it on one brand, site or channel, alongside your own forecast.
Does this replace our planners?
No. Every forecast shows what is driving it, so planners can see why the number moved and apply their own judgment before they act.
See Daisy in action.
Start with a 12-week pilot, run alongside your forecast
Want to try Daisy?
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