Most beverage manufacturers struggle to predict bottle returns accurately, creating excess packaging injections, avoidable CAPEX pressure, and unstable production planning across markets.
Most beverage manufacturers struggle to predict bottle returns accurately, creating excess packaging injections, avoidable CAPEX pressure, and unstable production planning across markets.
A global beer manufacturer managing large-scale circular packaging operations worked with ZDS to build forecasting models that improved return visibility, sharpened injection planning, and reduced packaging waste across regions.
The models delivered 83% forecast accuracy and unlocked over 80% of the identified total savings opportunity — reducing waste, cutting unnecessary CAPEX, and stabilising production planning.
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