Mars Wrigley’s Highly Successful Supply Chain Digital Transformation

Confectionery products from two of America’s largest confectionery groups Mars and Wrigley. (Photo … [+] PA Images via Getty Images Mars has been on a journey to transform their digital supply chain. In 2019, Will Beery was appointed the vice president and tasked with leading the company’s global digital supply chain transformation. Mars is one of the largest fast moving consumer goods companies in the world. This private, family-owned business is headquartered in the US. The company revealed last year that they have revenues of $45 billion. The company now has 12 brands that generate more than a billion dollars in revenue annually. Mars’s Digital Transformation Mr. Beery started by asking, “what does a digital supply chain mean for us?” For Mars, digitalization has focused on improved customer service, cost reductions, and making their supply chain associates more productive. But how to do this was very ambiguous. Many initiatives could be undertaken, but not every initiative would be the right fit for Mars. Mr. Beery began by visiting Procter & Gamble, UPS Logistics, the devices division at Microsoft, and other companies with advanced supply chains. Mr. Beery was also visiting startups that had interesting technology for which the use […]

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