ConAgra Foods Drives Supply Chain Efficiencies

ConAgra Foods, one of North America's leading packaged food companies, licenses SmartOps Corporation Multistage Inventory Planning & Optimization (MIPO) software solution to enhance supply chain planning and improve its ability to meet customer needs. "SmartOps inventory optimization solution fits well in our SAP environment and supports our strategy to drive supply chain efficiencies during the next three years,? says Bob Masching, vice president, Sales and Operations Planning, ConAgra Foods. MIPO generates optimal inventory targets for each stage of the supply chain while providing visibility into each inventory requirement -- including safety, cycle, pre-build, pipeline and merchandising stock requirements, by item or stock-keeping unit (SKU) -- to meet desired service levels.