Компания Calbee запускает собственную AI-систему для оптимизации цепочки поставок и максимизации прибыли

Calbee launches C-BOSS AI supply chain profit system KEY POINTS - Calbee starts full-scale July 2026 operation of C-BOSS across all departments - C-BOSS integrates data from procurement through finance to simulate profit-maximizing plans under supply chain constraints - System development begins in October 2024, completes in January 2026, followed by phased rollout and nationwide training Calbee Inc. has developed an in-house digital system that uses artificial intelligence to optimize its value chain and simulate plans aimed at maximizing profit, with full-scale operations beginning across all departments in July 2026, according to a release on July 16. The system, called C-BOSS, short for Calbee Business Optimization Simulation System, is the snack maker's first internally developed platform of its kind. Calbee spent about 15 months building the system to make profitability across the supply chain more visible and support companywide decision-making. C-BOSS is designed as a core tool for S&OP, or sales and operations planning, a management process used to align sales, production, procurement and logistics plans across functions. The system is intended to centrally manage data spanning raw material procurement, production, logistics, marketing, sales and finance, and simulate profit-maximizing plans while taking into account factors such as potato usage and logistics costs. Calbee said the role of S&OP is to support decisions that maximize profit for the entire company while taking account of constraints specific to its business, including potato yields and factory capacity. Previously, the sales division prepared sales plans using Excel and adjusted production and procurement plans based on those forecasts, making it difficult to reflect raw material, production, logistics and sales data in a timely manner while grasping profitability across the entire value chain. Development began in October 2024. The company integrated data held by factories, procurement, logistics, sales, marketing and finance functions into a single framework and built simulation features that allow users to compare and test multiple scenarios in a short time while reflecting constraints such as potato harvest volumes and plant capacity. The system was completed in January 2026 and introduced gradually to departments before moving to full-scale use in July. To support adoption, Calbee set up a specialist team and held more than 100 briefing sessions at sites across Japan, according to the release. Calbee said the project sits at the center of a DX roadmap formulated in October 2025. In comments carried in the release, Tomoyuki Oe, general manager of the planning department at Calbee's DX and S&OP division, described the launch as the start of "S&OP initiative Ver.1.0." He said the company had conducted process briefings for sales, sales support, supply chain management and finance teams, along with hands-on training, data accuracy checks and trial operations using actual data. Founded in 1949, Calbee is one of Japan's best-known snack makers. In its longer-term strategy through 2035, the company aims to expand snacking demand beyond conventional meal times and evolve from a Japanese snack manufacturer into a global "SNACKING COMPANY." © Copyright 2026 IBTimes JP. All rights reserved.