IBP in the food industry: Producing as profitably and sustainably as possible with given resources
Sustainable food production as an overriding goal: Producing companies are faced with the challenge of having to operate sustainably and yet profitably. However, these two factors do not necessarily have to be mutually exclusive. Instead of investing in expensive and numerous production machines and constantly increasing storage and production space, it is worth taking a look at the optimization of existing resources. How can a company produce as efficiently as possible given the circumstances? Integrated Business Planning (IBP) is playing an increasingly important role in the food industry in particular. In this blog article, we explain why this is the case and how the approach works.