Page 10 - Newsbites March 2021

Express estate as well as Tesco PFS and
Alliance/Esso PFS sites.

Finally our summer marketing plans are
almost finalised… watch this space for a
special announcement about the new voice
of Zip that will be featuring across Radio X &
Capital over the summer in the next edition
of Newsbites.

Gazelle update
in the coming months, the timings were
driven by the delays and business responses
With the recent implementation of CBP into needed due to the pandemic we have and are
BPS, we are now live in all 4 Divisions across living through.
Demand and Customer Business Planning.
The teams are actively creating base and In GB and Ireland, there is still some
promotional plans as the start point for the training to be delivered around accruals
ongoing monthly management now that we are actively
business plan. The making necessary adjustments in the cycle
Agency businesses are as part of customer trading and a further
going to be the first to go phase of exception reports will be rolled out
live with the final across the business units in March. These
workstream which is reports will drive knowledge on exceptions
Supply Planning. Thanks – highlighting key issues and asking specific
to the work of Michael and Alisha in systems questions, saving time, focusing on those
testing and, at the time of writing, the wider issues and making people aware of key areas
GB and Ireland supply planning teams are of concern that need actioned. If things are
making great progress in their user testing set up right first time, many of these will
and getting familiar with how to use the return ‘no data’ or blank so people can be
new tools to plan based on those demand reassured there is no further action. They
forecasts from CBP and IBP, managing stock have been live in Drinks for over 6 months
in hand, in transit and known brand own- and will be a useful tool for the Agency
er lead-times. This is a fantastic landmark Businesses.
achieved for the Gazelle
program so well done to
everyone involved in getting
us here and thank you. I look
forward to further Supply roll
outs across BPS and Drinks