bleibwacker now plans purchasing and inventory with numi. The organic food producer builds its range around maximally natural, minimally processed products — soups, spreads, broths, mueslis and snacks sold through its own shop and through retail.
When the best-before date plans with you
Food forgives planning errors in neither direction, and with a range built on as few additives as possible the margin narrows further. Producing too little means a bestseller is missing from the shelf while demand is there. Producing too much means holding stock whose remaining shelf life keeps shrinking — until retail will no longer accept it and it has to be written off.
The sourcing rhythm also differs from the selling rhythm. Organic raw materials come from harvests with their own time windows and quality variation, production runs in batches, and retail orders in larger, lumpy quantities on its own promotional calendar while demand in the brand's own shop runs continuously. Planning both with the same logic under-serves both.
The way out is not a better rule of thumb but a better forecast. When safety stock is derived from how accurately each article can actually be predicted, availability and inventory stop being a trade-off dial and start being two outcomes of the same calculation — the idea behind inventory management with numi. Across the full range, that reallocation is where the value is: predictable articles carry less buffer, volatile ones carry more.
With numi, bleibwacker combines these capabilities in one supply chain intelligence platform.
The go-live includes:
- AI demand forecasting at SKU level to make demand planning more precise across the portfolio.
- Automated replenishment proposals and order creation to reduce manual effort and speed up purchasing workflows.
- Supplier performance monitoring with a full KPI system to create a shared, fact-based view of supplier reliability and lead times.
- Dynamic alerts for real-time market responsiveness so teams can react faster to changing conditions.
What changes in day-to-day purchasing
The result is less manual work, fewer stockouts and smarter purchasing decisions. By turning operational data into timely recommendations, the bleibwacker team can focus more of its expertise on the decisions that matter most to customers and the business.
We would like to thank the entire bleibwacker team for their trust and partnership. We are proud to support this next step in their supply chain transformation and look forward to the journey ahead.
