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Capgemini Food Waste Reduction
One-third of all food is wasted – a level of loss that would be unthinkable in other industries. Food waste decreases revenue for retailers and inflates costs for consumers.
One-third of all food is wasted – a level of loss that would be unthinkable in other industries. Food waste decreases revenue for retailers and inflates costs for consumers. It harms biodiversity and contributes to climate change. With a cost estimated at a trillion dollars every year, food waste is a global challenge. For retailers, it’s also an immense opportunity.
We’ve taken a big-picture view of the food value chain to see where, how and why food is lost. Our offer helps retailers significantly reduce waste in their supply chains with a simple and effective four-point plan.
TARGET FUNCTIONS / CxOs
Chief Commercial Officer, Chief Operations Officer, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Chief Sustainability Officer, CMO, CDO, CTO, CIO
VALUE PROPOSITION AND MAIN OFFER STRUCTURE
There are a number of reasons why food is wasted, ranging from customer expectations for always-in-stock items, to the challenges of transporting perishable items around the world. Our offer helps retailers identify the barriers and design strategies to break through them. We help create individual pilot programs and we support retailers scale successful trials.
Inefficiency at this scale can no longer be ignored, and transformation processes to reduce waste are presenting tremendous opportunities for retailers. Already, some retailers are finding ways to tap into the $1 trillion of food lost every year. Armed with the right set of technologies, insights and strategies, we set retail companies on the path towards a lasting competitive advantage.
MAIN OFFER STRUCTURE/PILLARS/COMPONENTS Food waste reduction solutions will vary from one organization to the next, but a successful strategy is likely to cover the same basic needs.
We’ve identified four pressure points with outsized leverage:
We help retail clients test out these strategies in one or more food categories and scale across the organization.
Why Capgemini & Microsoft, what makes us special • Cross-industry experience in food waste reduction solutions, combined with specialized retail expertise • Industry leaders in intelligent supply chain solutions • Decades of experience in data-driven transformation • Our global operations capabilities provide on-the ground insight into food value chains and operations from country-to-country, around the world • Leading AI and automation capabilities, building on Microsoft Fabric, leveraging Copilot. • Extensive sustainability skills and technologies, including the crucial new trend of affordable sustainability.
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