Project Summary
A leading Turkish beverage manufacturer decided to invest in new bottling capacity to meet rising demand. The options were to invest in one of the existing factories or to build a new factory. Working with Dijitalis, the company optimized the number and speed of bottling lines to be installed, along with the location preference.
Project Scope
- Decision on the right line size for high utilization rates by performing capacity simulations under the influence of seasonality
- Selection of the location for the new capacity investment with supply chain network optimization
- Optimization of product-factory and factory-customer assignments
Benefits
- Reduction in annual distribution costs
- 8% saving in initial investment cost, 6% saving in production costs
- Deployment of a planning IT system to enable the company to continuously perform similar analyses