Japfa Food Indonesia Transforms Supply Chain Planning with RELEX
An Asian protein producer operating nine factories is expanding its rollout to boost margins and improve operational control.
Jakarta, Indonesia, (ANTARA/PRNewswire) - Today, RELEX Solutions announced that Japfa Food Indonesia, a subsidiary of Japfa Group, is enhancing its supply chain planning with RELEX’s integrated planning platform for retailers and manufacturers. Japfa Group is a leading agri-food industrial company in Asia. Japfa Food Indonesia has been using RELEX in nine primary processing plants and will extend the solution to six other plants in June 2026.
With a strong presence in Indonesia’s livestock and protein industry, Japfa Food Indonesia manages over 2,000 SKUs across 15 main processing plants and 23 distribution centres, serving one of Indonesia’s fastest-growing consumer markets. As protein demand increases, Japfa Food Indonesia recognised the need to replace spreadsheet-based planning processes with a more integrated and scalable approach.
With RELEX, Japfa Food Indonesia is implementing demand planning, master planning, distribution planning, and inventory planning on a single integrated platform. The solution supports more accurate short- and long-term forecasting using machine learning, aligns production and cutting plans with actual demand, and enhances visibility across factories and distribution centres.
In the first phase, RELEX supports planning across Japfa Food Indonesia’s live poultry operations, including optimising cutting plans to better match supply with customer demand and reduce surpluses. By aligning demand, production, distribution, and inventory planning, Japfa Food Indonesia aims to improve delivery services, reduce margin erosion, and limit manual interventions in daily planning processes.
Starting in the second half of 2026, Japfa Food Indonesia will expand its implementation to further processing divisions, covering seven plants and 58 distribution centres. The operational scope will showcase the latest implementation, extending demand planning, master planning, distribution planning, and inventory planning capabilities across a broader network.
“The RELEX experience in poultry supply chain planning is very impressive to us,” said Nathan J. Ramadhan, Assistant Vice President of Downstream Supply Chain at Japfa Food Indonesia. “Their team has a deep understanding of the protein industry and the complexities involved in balancing production yields, service levels, and profit margins.”
“Japfa Food Indonesia operates in one of the most complex supply chain environments in food production,” said Stefano Scandelli, General Manager, Manufacturing and Senior Vice President, Sales at RELEX. “By connecting demand signals with production and distribution planning on a single platform, the company gains the control and responsiveness needed to support growth in Indonesia.”
About PT JAPFA Food Indonesia
PT JAPFA Food Indonesia is part of the JAPFA Group and provides a wide range of animal protein products, from primary protein sources such as poultry, beef, fish, and milk to value-added products like processed meats, yogurt, sauces, and seasonings. Through its products and services, JAPFA Food is committed to meeting the nutritional needs of the community while maintaining high standards of quality and safety.
About RELEX Solutions
RELEX Solutions provides an integrated supply chain and retail planning platform that aligns and optimises demand, merchandising, supply chain, operations, and production planning across the entire value chain. We help retailers and consumer goods companies such as UNFI, ADUSA, AutoZone, Coles, Dollar Tree and Family Dollar, M&S Food, PetSmart, and The Home Depot drive profitable growth across all sales and distribution channels, thereby increasing product availability, sales, and sustainability. Learn more at: https://www.relexsolutions.com/customers/