Sprouts Farmers Market controls costs with multimodal optimization

  • Grocery and Convenience
  • Transportation Management
  • Efficiently​
    Delivered all orders
  • Reduced
    Risks and controlled costs
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The Challenge

Rapidly shifting consumer buying patterns

Faced unprecedented supply chain disruption during the onset of COVID-19 and sudden surges in large orders.


Fluctuating demand

For specific products and regional differences across 347 stores in 23 states.


Needed to adapt quickly

To changes in delivery schedules, order sizes, and distribution center capacity constraints.


The Solution

And Multimodal Optimization to dynamically adjust shipping points and relieve overtaxed distribution centers.


Flexibility

Ability to modify store delivery windows and order schedules as regulations changed.


Optimization

Run multiple scenarios to efficiently allocate truck capacity and adapt to evolving constraints.

“When truck capacity became tight, running multiple optimization scenarios would help us determine what was needed to get all the orders delivered.”

Dan Zisler​
Transportation Management, Sprouts