Company Overview: With over 250 locations, the Lush North American division is headquartered in Vancouver, BC, Canada. The 21-year old vegetarian and organic hand-made cosmetics company – differentiates itself in the marketplace by focusing on sustainable business practices and products that are manufactured using natural ingredients.
Industry:Â Retail & Consumer Packaged Goods
Challenges:
- Year-over-year growth presents the need for a more flexible and collaborative demand planning tool
- Manual error-prone Excel sheets making it difficult to maintain data integrity throughout the planning process
- Cumbersome and complex process for updating files that were becoming increasingly large
Solutions: Fully integrated Arkieva One-Plan S&OP Solution
- Automated Forecasting
- Easy forecasting for products at a detailed product level
- Inventory Visibility
- Inventory visibility to create optimal inventory levels
- Better Materials Planning
- Improved demand planning for materials planning
- Financial Planning
- Quickly determine how increased demand affects revenue