Join us for an illuminating webinar that focuses on Flowers Foods’ groundbreaking steps in transforming its supply chain through cutting-edge technologies. Headquartered in Thomasville, Georgia, Flowers Foods is a leading producer of packaged bakery goods, operating 47 bakeries and providing millions with essential products such as bread, buns, rolls, snack cakes, pastries, and tortillas. As the second-largest baking company in the United States, Flowers Foods faces unique challenges brought on by its rapid growth, including fragmented systems and unreliable data that hinder efficient forecasting, planning, and inventory management. Discover how Flowers Foods is addressing these challenges by implementing SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP) coupled with S/4 HANA, a move that promises to revolutionize their operations. This strategic integration is set to: • Eliminate Communication Barriers: Learn how digital solutions are breaking down silos, fostering seamless information flow across departments to create a single version of truth within the supply chain. • Enhance Operational Efficiency: Understand how aligning teams more effectively boosts decision-making and elevates customer service standards, giving Flowers Foods a competitive edge in the industry. • Reduce Operational Costs: Explore strategies for cost reduction through improved supply chain management, paving the way for increased profitability and sustainability. • Improve…

There’s proof in the panel- learn from esteemed purchasing and supply chain management professionals on how they drove their business forward through the COVID-19 disruption (and continue to do so). These pros will discuss predictions for the future of supply chain as we embark on the “new world,” proven best practices they have employed – including engaging the group purchasing organization (GPO) model, and why leveraging a GPO will prove to be crucial among leading supply chains. The panel will discuss: -Core challenges their supply chain faced in 2020, lessons learned, and how they overcame great disruption -Procurement’s role in enabling the supply chain -Best practices on implementing their version of supply chain success -How to operate in 2021, the future of supply chain management in the “new world” As supply chains continue to move forward in a still unstable environment, these proven success stories will help guide continuous value improvement in the supply chain.