News | April 30, 2014

Grupo Nutresa Selects LLamasoft Supply Chain Guru And Data Guru

LLamasoft Will be the Standard Tool for Supply Chain Design

LLamasoft, the global leader in supply chain design software solutions, announces that Grupo Nutresa has selected LLamasoft Supply Chain Guru as the standard application for supply chain design throughout the company’s global enterprise. The company will also leverage LLamasoft Data Guru, a tool that simplifies the creation of datasets for use in business intelligence, ERP and modeling systems. LLamasoft solutions will enable Grupo Nutresa to build a repeatable process for tactical production and distribution planning across its businesses.

Grupo Nutresa is the leader in branded processed foods in Colombia and one of the most important players in the sector in Latin America, with a direct presence in 14 countries and global sales of USD $3B across 70 countries. Product segments include cold cuts, biscuits, chocolates, coffee, ice cream, snacks, beverages, oils and pastas.

“After significant analysis of different technologies and service providers, we selected LLamasoft as our ideal long-term partner for supply chain design technology and services,” said Juan Mauricio Montoya Correa, Financial and IT Manager, Grupo Nutresa. “We are eager to begin work with Supply Chain Guru as our primary tool for current and future supply chain operations design and planning.”

“LLamasoft is very excited to support Grupo Nutresa,” added Carlos Valderrama, Managing Director of Latin American Business Development for LLamasoft. “Nutresa is an excellent example of how companies can utilize supply chain modeling technology to create a repeatable in-house process for strategic decision support, and also to showcase how the ability to manage and control large datasets and get valuable reports from it is at the reach of anybody using our technologies.”

About LLamasoft, Inc.
LLamasoft supply chain design software helps organizations worldwide design and improve their supply chain operations. LLamasoft solutions enable companies across a wide range of industries to model, optimize and simulate their supply chain network, leading to major improvements in cost, service, sustainability and risk mitigation. Headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, LLamasoft is a leader in supply chain excellence and innovation, advancing technology focused on continuous improvement of enterprise supply chains for the world’s largest organizations.

Source: LLamasoft, Inc.