From Tribal Knowledge to Operational Intelligence at PepsiCo

Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) companies face a future of increasing customer demands, expanding global product and production portfolios and other challenges. Many companies are managing increasing complexity as they add new products or new variants to address rising consumer demands for health-focused products and to cater to regional preferences in developing markets. At the same time, global volatility and disruptions threaten increasingly distributed supply chains.

Faced with the same challenges, PepsiCo has embarked on an ambitious digital transformation, converting select manufacturing and warehouse sites into high-fidelity 3D Digital Twin models that simulate plant operations and the end-to-end supply chain. In this episode of the Future Ready Podcast, you will hear from three of the experts leading this transformation to talk more about the technology, the pain points and future possibilities.

In this episode:

(00:12) Welcome and introduction

(03:57) Breaking down data barriers

(06:26) The value of real-time data and how AI supports orchestration

(09:58) How the Digital Twin supports new product introductions

About the voices:

Steven Hoinka is Vice President of Global Manufacturing Strategy and Transformation at PepsiCo

Ali Peyrovi is Vice President of Global Warehouse Strategy and Transformation at PepsiCo

Stuart McCutcheon is Global Vice President for the Industrial Metaverse, Digital Twin and NPDI at Siemens Digital Industries Software

Conor Peick is a Marketing Professional creating forward-looking content for the Thought Leadership team at Siemens Digital Industries Software