PepsiCo Latin America identified an opportunity to modernize its supply chain by connecting people, processes, and technology through next-generation control towers—laying the foundation for a smarter, orchestrated supply chain via the Supply Chain Command Center. To prepare for this shift, the company developed a strategic blueprint centered on scalable infrastructure, effective change management, and organizational maturity.
This strategic clarity marked a pivotal phase in PepsiCo Latin America’s digital journey, with a sharpened focus on supply chain operations. Anchored in control tower capabilities that span planning and execution, this evolution is driven by the Supply Chain Command Center and powered by the Blue Yonder Network. It has laid the groundwork for a more intelligent and responsive logistics network spanning PepsiCo Latin America’s regional footprint.
The Blue Yonder solution has enabled PepsiCo Latin America to accelerate its modernization efforts by eliminating manual reconciliation, increasing real-time visibility, and deploying standardized tools across its regional operations. These efforts have increased consistency across technology, processes, and data quality—driving more agile, insight-led decisions across markets. With this infrastructure in place and Blue Yonder as a strategic partner, PepsiCo Latin America is equipped to navigate complexity and lead confidently in a rapidly evolving global supply chain landscape.
Connected visibility powers a resilient supply chain
The Blue Yonder Network connects PepsiCo Latin America’s systems, shipments, and assets in real time—enabling smarter decision-making, proactive exception management, and seamless collaboration throughout the logistics ecosystem. As a result, PepsiCo Latin America has accelerated flow and reduced turnaround times—strengthening cost control and building greater supply chain resilience.
“Some believe that because we can track trucks, their movements, and routes across the regions, that covers everything that needs to be managed. But that isn’t the case. While we created the tracking ability, our focus is also on managing exceptions—situations that don’t go according to plan. With this level of insight, teams can address issues on the spot, reroute shipments when needed, and respond swiftly to disruptions,” said Cylon. “The Blue Yonder Network manages exceptions and empowers everyone to improve our ecosystem. It’s like turning logistics noise into music. PepsiCo Latin America’s logistics are now orchestrated like a symphony, all working together.”
Integrated planning enhances forecast accuracy and operational agility
Blue Yonder’s Supply Chain Command Center capabilities have enabled PepsiCo Latin America to integrate external variables such as weather patterns, market demand signals, supplier lead times, and transportation constraints into its planning process. This drives stronger forecast accuracy and better alignment across functions. From inventory staging to manufacturing and warehouse capacity management, planning is now faster, more precise, and cost-efficient, resulting in better resource allocation throughout the network.
As a result, PepsiCo Latin America now has a more agile and resilient supply chain—one that can respond to new information in real-time and adapt quickly to changing conditions. By strategically positioning inventory and refocusing efforts where they matter most, the company can effectively manage contingencies and capitalize on emerging opportunities with greater confidence.
Smarter fleet planning drives efficiency and sustainability
The Blue Yonder Network also helps unlock new levels of performance and sustainability across PepsiCo Latin America’s transportation network. Using Supply Chain Command Center, a key area of improvement has been fleet efficiency, with vehicle capacity and asset utilization improving throughout its regions—ensuring trucks run fuller and more consistently.
Given the company’s diverse product portfolio—where snacks require high-volume lightweight transport and drinks demand heavier, denser shipping solutions—optimizing both trailer space and weight capacity is essential. Through its use of the Supply Chain Command Center, PepsiCo Latin America is optimizing fleet and load configurations, boosting vehicle efficiency by 10–15%, reducing dwell time, and improving operational cost-effectiveness.
These improvements have translated into meaningful environmental impact. PepsiCo Latin America has reduced the number of vehicles on the road, lowered engine idle time, and cut emissions. Resources are now deployed more strategically at every stage of the logistics chain—making transportation not only faster, but cleaner.
Orchestrating end-to-end transportation with the Blue Yonder Network
With 1.1 million loads annually, PepsiCo Latin America faced a complex transportation framework. The company needed a more agile, data-driven approach to optimize operations and strengthen collaboration with transportation partners. Its goals included cost control, smarter procurement, faster rate development, and more responsive logistics from planning to execution.
Building on its fleet optimization efforts, the company extended its transformation into transportation management—digitizing workflows throughout a vast and complex logistics network. Leveraging the capabilities of the Supply Chain Command Center, PepsiCo Latin America has enhanced its ability to monitor, manage, plan, and execute transportation activities across its extensive network of partners. The solution provides a centralized, real-time view of transportation operations, enabling streamlined execution and more responsive logistics across both inbound and outbound flows.
This connected view helps prevent delays, missed deliveries, and inefficiencies that could disrupt service or increase costs. It has also helped streamline procurement, centralize bid management, and accelerate rate deployment—delivering cost savings and improved execution.
Beyond cost control, digitization is helping PepsiCo Latin America foster closer connections with its logistics partners, delivering tailored data and real-time messages to strengthen collaboration and improve responsiveness. The solution also alerts the company to disruptions and provides AI-based recommendations to resolve issues.
Logistics transformation rooted in people and data
PepsiCo Latin America has already achieved notable outcomes, including 8–10% savings in transportation spend, a 15% reduction in demurrage charges, a 5–10% reduction in inventory, a 1–2% increase in customer fill rates, and 70% proof-of-delivery compliance.
This transformation has strengthened PepsiCo Latin America’s commitment to building a more connected and people-centered logistics culture. Continuing its vision to unify systems and empower teams, the company has made real-time responsiveness and data-driven decision-making core to its logistics approach. Empowering drivers to flag issues via mobile platforms and equipping regional teams with timely data are among the practices reshaping how the company manages logistics at every level.
Scaling success: from regional gains to global ambitions
The Blue Yonder Network has strengthened coordination among plants, suppliers, and partners, enabling deeper collaboration with local vendors and helping to eliminate inefficiencies throughout the supply chain. Adoption has been strong, and the results speak for themselves.
The impact of PepsiCo Latin America’s supply chain transformation is gaining global momentum. “The PepsiCo Latin America success story is now expanding globally, starting with Saudi Arabia and supported by capability centers in Cairo, to be followed by Europe and North America,” said Cylon.
With a proven, scalable Supply Chain Command Center model in motion, PepsiCo is applying its control tower methodology and partner-driven orchestration to build a unified, resilient logistics ecosystem—ready for whatever the world has in store next.
