Protein processing organizations have a unique set of challenges when it comes to costing and determined they needed a costing process that could accomplish four goals: (1) flex to accommodate the dynamics of ever-changing demand and shifting market prices, (2) scale to calculate unique costs for their large catalog of WIP and finished SKUs, (3) maintain visibility into BOM and routing costs across their network of processing facilities, and (4) combine disassembly and assembly costs in one model to unlock end to end cost visibility.
With the help of ImpactECS, the company was able to achieved a 6% positive impact on profits in the first year and projected to create a return 12 – 17 times the total investment associated with the purchase and implementation of the platform.