- Published on February 17, 2022
- In AI Features
How the world’s largest brewer AB InBev is changing the back-end finance operations with AI
All the processes in AB InBev have an analytics footprint from the Global Operations Analytics team, with the USP of the team being "Limitless boundaries in operations and deliver high value"
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- By Sreejani Bhattacharyya
"A goal without a plan is just a wish"- that's how the saying goes. The Global Operations Analytics team at AB InBev started with a dream of transforming business operations through analytics, but it made sure that the wish had a plan and hence converted it into the goal.
The team started with five members heavily focused on using analytics in operations to go ahead and deliver $18 million in EBITDA savings. The head-start with a highly focused team enabled leadership to pump in funding to scale the solutions to all the zones where AB InBev does business. In 2020, the team spanned five more zones and scaled the team 3x.
Even during COVID-19 in 2020, the team was able to realise a value of $30 million in EBITDA. The same trend followed in 2021, where the team added $58 million i
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Sreejani Bhattacharyya
I am a technology journalist at AIM. What gets me excited is deep-diving into new-age technologies and analysing how they impact us for the greater good.
Reach me at sreejani.bhattacharyya@analyticsindiamag.com
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