Europe Snacks gains 5 reliability points thanks to Colibri

Saving time and increasing reliability are the two challenges raised by Colibri, our sales forecasting solution, on this success story.
 

With continuous growth since its creation, limited resources due to the need to allocate them to other projects, annual losses of 150k€ related to lapses and a service rate directly impacted by the quality of forecasts, Europe Snacks had to evolve.
 

The producer has therefore decided to implement a forecasting process in order to improve performance, reduce loss costs and time consumption.
 

For 18 months, the group used Excel but quickly reached the limits of the tool at different levels:

•     Choice of restricted and non-automatic statistical algorithms

•     Tedious management of new articles and substitution

•     Potential for insufficient collaboration

•     Complexity of use

•     Manual actions that can lead to errors.

In 2016, Europe Snacks decided to look for a sales forecasting tool. "Our choice was Colibri because of its rapid implementation, the SaaS rental mode allowing us to test the solution free of charge before purchase, the very fast ROI and the ergonomics of the system," explains Sébastien Mare, Supply Chain Europe Snacks Manager.
 

Ergonomics proved to be a key point, as the producer's forecasting process was collaborative. It was necessary to have an easy-to-use tool to interact with sales people.