Brazilian cosmetics group Natura has implemented OMP for Operational Planning / Scheduling at all four of its plants. As part of the Natura Industry 4.0 program, the project focused on data harmonization with SAP and Plantsuite - MES (manufacturing execution systems). The implementation is leading to significant increases in plant productivity and service quality while optimizing costs end-to-end.

Unison Planning™ was put in place to streamline operational planning and scheduling in three São Paulo plants as well as the Ecoparque plant in the northern Brazilian state of Pará.

The planning solution is powered by a digital twin of Natura’s production processes. It allows the multinational to organize the sourcing and preparation of raw materials, bulk production and packaging in a standardized, integrated way aimed at minimizing inventory and changeovers while assuring that delivery promises are kept. Plans are driven by Unison Planning's AI engines and checked for feasibility, considering all the production constraints simultaneously. This leaves planners free to concentrate on handling the exceptions requiring special attention.

“OMP offered us a unified solution that provides end-to-end visibility on our component availability, manufacturing and packaging processes,” according to Angela Pinhati, Sustainability Director at Natura & Co Latin America. "Results so far indicate productivity increase and service improvement while industrial losses and conversion and maintenance costs have gone down spectacularly. We won back the investment in only a few months.”

For Christophe Ourliac, Associate Director at OMP Brazil, it’s a pleasing start to a long-term partnership with Natura: “The successful collaboration between Natura and OMP has already led to major business and enterprise benefits and it strengthens OMP’s leadership position in the consumer goods industry.”

About OMP

OMP helps companies facing complex planning challenges to excel, grow and thrive by offering the best digitized supply chain planning solution on the market. Hundreds of customers in a wide range of industries - spanning consumer goods, life sciences, chemicals, metals, paper and packaging - benefit from using OMP’s unique Unison Planning™.

Contact

Christophe Ourliac, Associate Director
Phone: +55 31 9 9910 2606
E-mail: courliac@omp.com