How are Danone's suppliers integrated into the replenishment process?

To make Danone's digitalisation and inventory reduction goals a reality, Flowlity moved into a synchronization phase with the group's suppliers, including DS Smith, Dutch State Mines, and Ardagh Group. The objective was to integrate supplier data without ever compromising the confidentiality of information belonging to each party. This visibility gave Danone and its suppliers improved recommendations: suppliers can track past and incoming orders in real time, obtain sales forecasts for all Danone products covered by the project, and anticipate potential shortages. As a result of this synchronization, Danone measured a further inventory reduction of around 12.40%, and Danone's suppliers measured a 30% to 60% reduction in their finished goods inventory. The supplier synchronization phase therefore created mutual value: Danone reduced its own stocks further, while suppliers cut their finished-goods inventories drastically.