Lack of control over stock rotation
Excess inventory causes unnecessary expiration and shrinkage.
Planning by best before dates (FEFO) ensures correct rotation and reduces losses.
Distributors
Hot beverage distribution: operational precision and constant availability
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Hot beverage distribution requires total forethought and timing
In the distribution of hot drinks, the variability of demand, seasonal promotions and the wide diversity of formats complicate planning. Maintaining availability without inflating inventory requires visibility, agility and foresight.
Seasonality and demand oscillations
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What does it mean for your company?
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Consumption peaks in winter and in promotions
The consumption of coffees, teas and infusions increases in winter and during special campaigns, generating fluctuations that are difficult to anticipate.
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Planning based on linear history
Static forecasts do not reflect real consumer behavior and cause breakages or excess product.
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Lack of coordination with points of sale
Replenishment is carried out without taking into account the rotation or capacity of each client or channel.
How Imperia SCP solves it
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Smart Forecasting
AI-based forecasting models identify consumption patterns by region and period, automatically adjusting stock and replenishment to seasonal peaks.
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Forecast with focus on external variables
The system updates forecasts in real time with external signals (temperature, promotions, holidays), reducing deviations and emergencies.
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Connection with sell-out
Predictive planning connects forecasts with sell-out, prioritizing replenishments according to turnover and margin per customer.
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What does it mean for your company?
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Lack of visibility between warehouses and routes
Stock is managed independently by location, generating duplications or urgent transfers.
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Overstock in low turnover references
Products with lower output take up space and reduce operational profitability.
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Difficulty balancing service and cost
Reducing inventory compromises availability, while keeping it high affects margins.
How Imperia SCP solves it
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Optimization of multi-warehouse management
Multi-warehouse integration centralizes information and optimizes automatic redistribution according to local coverage and demand.
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ABC-XYZ segmentation of references
ABC-XYZ segmentation and predictive rotation adjust stock levels by category, reducing tied up capital and shrink.
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Advanced optimization algorithms
The optimization algorithms determine the balance point between service, rotation and cost, guaranteeing availability at the lowest possible cost.
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What does it mean for your company?
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Disconnected planning between areas
Purchasing, logistics and demand work in silos, generating duplicate or poorly scheduled orders.
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Reactive and inefficient transport
Express deliveries and partial loads increase logistics costs.
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Lack of traceability in deliveries
There is no complete visibility into order status or fulfillment.
How Imperia SCP solves it
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Demand plan connected to the entire company
Integrated planning connects demand, supply and transportation under a single calendar, improving coherence and reducing cost overruns.
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Order Optimization
The system groups orders and optimizes routes according to priority and location, reducing kilometers traveled and emissions.
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Integration with other systems
The integration with TMS and ERP allows real-time tracking of each order, from origin to delivery, guaranteeing traceability and OTIF compliance.
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What does it mean for your company?
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Lack of accurate real consumption data
Distributors rely on historical orders with no connection to the final sale.
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Deviations between forecast and actual orders
The difference between what is planned and what is ordered generates breakages or overstock.
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Low visibility of consumption points
Without consolidated information, replenishments are not prioritized correctly.
How Imperia SCP solves it
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Conversion of sell-out into net demand
Predictive planning converts sell-out into net demand, improving the alignment between replenishment and actual consumption.
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Display of deviations between orders and forecast
The system detects deviations between forecast and orders, automatically adjusting replenishment based on current demand.
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Collaborative consumption adjustment
The collaborative forecast with key clients allows planning based on real consumption data, improving service and reducing emergencies.
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Poor coordination between channels
The different channels (retail, horeca, vending) operate with independent forecasts.
The consolidation of multi-channel demand aligns forecasts and optimizes replacement by customer type.
High costs for urgent deliveries
Lack of anticipation generates partial or off-route shipments.
Predictive planning prioritizes deliveries and consolidates loads, reducing last-minute shipments and associated costs.
Market opportunity
Key indicators that offer a clear vision of the strategic weight that this industry has in the current and future global economy.
Global context
Data obtained from Statista*
- 10.234 million Off-trade Liters Market size 2025
- 1.49% CAGR 2025-2029
Our solution: Imperia Supply Chain Planning
Connect demand, procurement, and production in one modular cloud platform, designed to adapt to the unique needs of any industry.
Integration with all ERPs
100% Cloud, ISO 27001 Certification
Customer reviews
Measurable results
Ecosystem tailored to your needs
2x Faster
Quick implementation
Build your tool step by step
01. Start with the Core Pack
Start with our demand module, the tool that allows you to calculate how much you will sell.
02. Customize with the plugins you need
Add the features that suit your business. Scale at your own pace and expand when you need to, with our plugins.
03. Calculate your price and start now
Once you've added the features you need, get your price with our calculator. And if you have any questions, we'll sort them out for you.
"The Imperia tool has given us a global vision of all our references organized into production lines and average sales coverage days, in order to better plan and forecast our operations." J. Alberto Iniesta, Head of Logistics at Laboratorios Almond
What is the implementation process like?
Implementing the software with Imperia is a quick and straightforward process, starting with the integration of the demand module, and can be complemented with 2 new phases. Incorporating the purchasing module and the production module.
A process with full support from our team, with personalised training and consultancy.
- Systems and data integration, team training, working sessions for adjustments and Go-Live.
- Data integration and configuration of the purchasing plan and MEIO.
- Data parameterisation and configuration of the sequencer to optimise production.
Measurable benefits in a few weeks
+25%
Forecast Accuracy
Increase the accuracy of your predictions, bringing the expected demand closer to reality.
+100%
Inventory turnover
Increases the rotation of stored products, reducing costs and obsolescence.
+12%
Level of Service (OTIF)
Improve the number of orders delivered in full and within the established period.
Add plugins to the initial package:
ABC customization
Fine-tune your product classification based on what matters most to your business.
Advance Changeover matrix
Increases efficiency by minimizing downtime and optimizing transitions between production steps.
Advanced daily distribution
Fine-tune daily demand distribution with heuristics tailored to real monthly behaviour.
BIAS Indicator
Activate the BIAS indicator to detect overestimations or underestimations of actual demand values.
Calculate aggregate forecast
Optimize forecasting at more aggregated levels by grouping sales historical data taking advantage of a larger dataset.
Commercial budget
Provides the ability to visualize the commercial budget within the tool for analyzing fulfillment at different granular levels.
Container optimization
Optimize your overseas purchase orders by arranging them in containers based on dimensions and weight restrictions, maximizing efficiency for your orders to international vendors.
Custom hierarchy extended
Add more flexibility to your planning by expanding the grouping hierarchy to seven levels for deeper and more relevant analysis.
Custom S&OP cycle
Customize your S&OP cycle by creating and editing tasks and meetings that fit your operations.
DFA indicator
Activate the DFA indicator to detect to detect forecast deviations, indicating the level of accuracy in predicting actual demand.
Discontinued products with turnover
Report that allows identifying references within the portfolio that continue to have sales despite being discontinued.
Expansion of product attributes
Expand the available product attributes selection to a maximum of 20.
Extended forecasting horizon
Lengthen the planning horizon to analyze your demand beyond 12 months.
Financial Budget
Display your yearly budget in the system and monitor performance across different analysis levels.
Forecast targets
Enables the user to specify a total sales figure for a given time frame and automatically distributes it.
Forecasting concepts
Assign forecast modifications to predefined concepts for effective tracking of events that impact demand.
Integration connector
Integration service that facilitates the connection from the customer's system to SCP through a user-friendly interface.
Master production schedule (MPS)
Automatically plan the company's production, defining which products to manufacture, in what quantity, and when, to ensure deliveries are made within the established deadlines.
Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
Manage material requirements to meet the forecasted demand, calculating the necessary coverage to avoid excess stock and shortages. Based on this, automatically generate a purchase order plan, taking into account lead times and supplier order constraints.
Minimum order by supplier
The plugin ensures that your procurement planning meets the minimum order requirements set by your suppliers, whether by quantity or value.
Multi-vendor procurement
Assign multiple suppliers to a material, and SCP will select the most appropriate one based on its procurement criteria.
Multi-warehouse management
Manage inventory levels across multiple supply chain stages and monitor transfers and orders to ensure optimal availability and reduced costs throughout the network.
Pending orders manager
Load pending orders to visualize them alongside your demand forecast and use them to plan procurement and production accordingly.
Product launch configuration
Configure the demand distribution for new product launches, with the ability to replicate the launch of another product or market entry.
Product Lifespan-Aware Inventory Projection
Optimizes inventory management by considering expiration dates, adjusting purchases, and simulating stock flow based on product lifespan.
Product Substitution
Factor in the sales history of discontinued items to improve demand forecasts for the products that replace or cannibalize them.
Production scheduling
Sequence production orders by considering line availability, performance as well as setup and changeover times to optimize the production plan and meet deadlines. Detect bottlenecks and adapt the plan to changing needs in a convenient Gantt chart.
Raw material segmentation
Enhance your planning by accounting for raw materials that yield multiple products, semi-finished goods, or bulk outputs.
Sales calendar
Specify non-working days or days without sales dispatch to exclude them from the demand forecast.
Sales contract management
Manage sales contracts by monitoring their monthly fulfillment to adjust planning accordingly.
Sales contribution and deviation analysis
Weighted deviation report based on the sales volume of each product with respect to the total portfolio.
Sales pricing manager
Define accurate selling prices for demand forecasting. You can configure them at different levels of detail for specific date ranges.
Sales promotions management
Automatically detect outliers in the historical sales of a product that may have been caused by promotions and suggest the impact of future events indicated by the user.
Sell-In/Sell-Out demand management
Calculate demand forecasts by considering both sell-in to distributors or retailers and their sell-out to final customers. You can configure distributors' procurement parameters, including coverage, frequency, lead time, refill quantity, and even sales growth percentages.
Simulation of commercial orders
Estimate the first availability date for the products belonging to each customer order.
Stock management module
Enables daily tracking of stock levels and facilitates analysis through alerts and detailed reports.
Supplier contracts management
Monitor supplier contracts, providing alerts and key performance indicators.
Supplier OTIF
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Measure supplier performance and delivery reliability with a clear, configurable OTIF metric.
Suppliers procurement calendar
Specify non-working days of each supplier to take them into consideration in the procurement plan.
Unit conversion
Enables the unit of measure conversion for each product to facilitate a cross-functional assessment of quantities.
Week-level refinement for near-future forecast
Refine the short-term forecast by focusing on the most recent weeks and limiting further impact within a determined horizon.
YTD, YTG, and YoY indicators
Enhance the analysis of demand forecast results and facilitate decision-making with strategic indicators such as YTD (Year-to-Date), YTG (Year-to-Go), and year-over-year comparison metrics.
Order Summary:
Supply Chain Planning (10 users included)€850,00
Users:
- Administrators
01€0,00 - Demand Planner
01€0,00 - Supply Planner
00€0,00 - Production Planner
00€0,00 - S&OP Coordinator
01€0,00 - Sales
00€0,00
Total Price:
€850,00
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