15+ Store Chain in the Midwest Implements ADC's P-Cubed In-Store Fresh Production Planner

A 15+ store chain in the Midwest has implemented ADC’s P-Cubed In-Store Fresh Production Planner in their meat departments.

The P-Cubed In-Store Fresh Production Planner generates demand-based production plans from store-specific sales forecasts, which results in the retailer having the optimum amount and variety of fresh foods available at the right time for their customers.  The retailer began the implementation of the module after their successful rollout of ADC’s P-Cubed Shrink Manager.

“Our first priority in our FIM project was identifying our shrink factors.  Once we had visibility of this information, we began the second phase of our FIM project, which was production planning,” said the company’s FIM Coordinator.  “The first measured results have come from our ground beef, where we’ve had a 50% shrink reduction, without impacting our sales.  Additionally, customers have been complementing our stores on the overall freshness of our meat products.  We’re looking forward to installing this in our bakery departments next.”

With the P-Cubed In-Store Fresh Production Planner, store associates are provided with system-generated production plans as simple “to-do” lists, advising how much of each product to prepare to meet expected sales while minimizing the amount of wastage at the end of the day.

“When a customer starts a FIM project, we work with them to create an implementation schedule, so they are implementing software modules in an order that helps address their specific and immediate needs,” said Steve Loveridge, ADC’s CEO.  “This helps the customer see fast results in the early stages of implementation and builds momentum for later phases of their FIM project.”