Food and beverage · Prepared meals and deli
One meal, dozens of ingredients, a few days to sell it.
Daisy gives prepared meal makers the demand and supply forecast to plan against, so you hold less working capital and protect your margin.
Prepared meals and deli
Before and after Daisy
Why prepared meal makers are harder to plan
- Each meal depends on many inputsA shortage of one ingredient can stop a whole line, so supply has to be planned together with demand.
- Shelf lives are shortChilled meals have days to sell, so an error in either direction is costly.
- Menus and promotions change oftenNew recipes and rotating promotions mean much of the range has little history.
- Retailers hold you to on-time, in-fullA late or short shipment is a penalty, so the service level has to be planned, not hoped for.
What Daisy does for prepared meal 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 prepared meal 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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