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Adopting a composable journey with Blue Yonder brings the company closer to achieving an end-to-end digital supply chain by combining its planning and execution capabilities.
“Blue Yonder helps us understand and manage customer demand, enabling accurate forecasts and efficient supply planning. We’re achieving real transformation in our supply chain, ensuring our customers have a reliable source of supply,” said Martin Brown, Chief Supply Chain Officer at Knauf.
Realizing tangible benefits
Knauf reports significant gains, including improved forecast accuracy and SKU-level visibility, which contribute to better supply planning and reduced working capital. The company also anticipates that predictive capabilities in the Order Promiser application will further enhance service reliability in the future.
Partnering with Accenture as an implementation and maintenance partner, Knauf ensures the effectiveness of Blue Yonder solutions in achieving strategic digitalization milestones.
Looking ahead
Knauf is moving towards Blue Yonder Cognitive Demand Planning – commencing with its European gypsum operations which will go live in 2025. It envisions an artificial intelligence (AI) enabled future with comprehensive, integrated planning solutions that combine planning and execution. This continued transformation with Blue Yonder strengthens the company’s digital footprint, cementing its role as a reliable, forward-thinking supplier in the construction industry. “The Blue Yonder composable journey will help us to reach a number of our Knauf100 goals by having a digital end-to-end supply chain solution. Our vision for Blue Yonder is that it will enable us to fulfill our customer demands on time and in full 95% of the time, and thereby helping Knauf to remain a reliable partner to our customers,” concludes Brown.
