The integration would include common technology, a common data infrastructure, and a common physical infrastructure
PepsiCo has been undergoing a six-year journey to modernize its operations, particularly in the supply chain. Now as the company nears the end of its SAP rollout in the U.S., PepsiCo is preparing for the benefits of an integrated infrastructure that streamlines the foods and beverage businesses.
Ramon Laguarta shared details during the recent Consumer Analyst Group of New York (CAGNY) investors conference about ongoing investments and the company’s trialing of a single infrastructure that could connect key markets in the U.S.
“We’re now testing and learning, mixing centers and delivery operations that will combine our foods and beverage business in a way that will give us a lot of optionality in how we service future demand that we think will be much more digital and delivery to home,” said Laguarta.
Also read: PepsiCo Foods U.S. Names New CEO
The integration would combine assets instead of having them sit side by side, including their technology, data, and physical infrastructures. Within the U.S., this would provide a “tremendous opportunity to service a Walmart or to service a direct-to-home delivery in ways that right now, we cannot,” he said. “Now we have the systems [and] capabilities to do that.”