Food and beverage · Meat and poultry
Animals grow on their own schedule. Orders do not.
Daisy gives meat and poultry processors the demand and supply forecast to plan against, so you hold less working capital and protect your margin.
Meat and poultry
Before and after Daisy
Why meat and poultry processors are harder to plan
- Supply is set long before the orderAnimals are placed and grown on a cycle of weeks or months, so what you can process is decided well before the orders arrive.
- Every animal becomes many productsOne animal yields many cuts and each cut sells differently, so the plan has to balance the whole animal and not one product at a time.
- Fresh product has days, not weeksShort shelf lives turn an over-forecast into waste and an under-forecast into a missed order.
- Feed and market prices move the marginFeed costs and market prices change the margin on every pound, so the plan needs to see them before you commit.
What Daisy does for meat and poultry processors
- 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 meat and poultry processors
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 cut 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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