Planning Solution Enables PepsiCo to Optimize Manufacturing and Distribution against Seasonal Sales Demand PEPSICO BUSINESS NEEDS AND CHALLENGES PepsiCo approached PCA‚ seeking improvements to how they managed their supply-chain planning and forecasting operations — their ability to optimize manufacturing‚ distribution and warehousing of hundreds of different beverage products and snack foods against seasonal sales projections across European‚ Middle East and Asian continents. Under-production
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areavailable in nearly 200 countries and generate sales at the retail level of more than $98 billion. Some of PepsiCo’s brand names are more than 100-years-old‚ but the corporation isrelatively young. PepsiCo was founded in 1965 through the merger of Pepsi-Cola and Frito-Lay. PepsiCo offers product choices to meet a broad variety of needs and preference -- from fun-for-you items to product choices that contribute to healthier lifestyles. PepsiCo’s mission is: “To bethe world’s premier consumer “Products
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Demand Forecasting Importance Demand forecasts form the basis of all supply chain planning. Forecast of future demand are essential for making accurate supply chain decisions and ensuring the company’s success. Examples of such decisions include how much of the product to make‚ how much to inventory‚ how much to replenish and how much to order. Ease of Forecasting Beverages are a push product. Forecasting is not easy in the beverage industry as there are possible serious fluctuations in demand
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IndiaFounder- Ravi Kant JaipuriaKey People- Ravi Kant Jaipuria (Chairperson & CEO)Products- Pizza Costa Coffee KFC Pepsi Diet Pepsi Mountain Dew Aquafina 7up Mirinda Slice TropicanaRevenue- 15 billion INRWebsite-
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Coca-Cola versus Pepsi-Cola: Competitive Strategies Coca-Cola (Coke) and Pepsi-Cola (Pepsi) have been the most popular soft drinks for many years‚ and has also been each other’s biggest competitor. Coke was created in 1885 by John Stith Pemberton‚ a pharmacist‚ and was initially made as a tonic (Smith‚ 2012). In the beginning‚ Coke had cocaine in it‚ which was to fight depression and also make consumers addicted to the drink. In 1904‚ the Food and Drug Administration eliminated the use of cocaine
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Pepsi [pic] ASK FOR MORE!! INTRODUCTION At the 20’s and 30’s in the 20 century‚ Coca-Cola was the absolute leader of soft drink market. Pepsi-Cola was just a new brand at that time. Pepsi-Cola was thought of just a copy of Coca-Cola and its flavor is similar to Coca-Cola. So the Coca-Cola did not take any importance for it. But later Pepsi-Cola developed fast and became the strongest competitor to the Coca-Cola and now Pepsi shared 40% of the market. It is a big threat
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Forecasting BUS446: Production Control (CFM1316A) Monday‚ April 29‚ 2013 Forecasting In the business world today‚ companies use forecasting methods to implement processes and strategies in order to meet organizational goals. Forecasting will allow a company to plan for possible outcomes‚ making adjustments to inventory levels and staff. Through forecasting‚ companies will attempt to keep operating costs at a manageable level without sacrificing production and quality.
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Forecasting is the process of making statements about events whose actual outcomes (typically) have not yet been observed. A commonplace example might be estimation of some variable of interest at some specified future date. Prediction is a similar‚ but more general term. Both might refer to formal statistical methods employing time series‚ cross-sectional or longitudinal data‚ or alternatively to less formal judgemental methods. Usage can differ between areas of application: for example‚ in hydrology
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Forecasting Business forecasting is the process of studying historical performance for the purpose of using the information gained to project future business conditions so that decisions can be made today that will assist in the achievement of certain goals. Forecasting involves taking historical date and using it to project future data with a mathematical model. Forecasts are extensively used to support business decisions and direct the work of operations managers. In this paper I will introduce
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FORECASTING FORECASTING The Role of the Manager Planning Organizing Staffing Leading Controlling Future ? Data Information • Short-range • Medium-range • Long-range Features Common to All Forecasts Forecasting techniques generally assume that same underlying causal system that existed in the past will continue to exist in the future. Forecasts are rarely perfect. Forecasts for groups of items tend to be more accurate than forecasts for individual items. Forecast
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