Land O'Lakes' Playbook for Supply Chain Transformation - Turning Volatility into an Advantage

As a farmer-owned cooperative, Land O’Lakes cannot afford supply chain disruptions. Milk keeps flowing whether demand is there or not. Any misstep can wipe out profitability overnight. Land O’Lakes’ supply chain leaders share how they transformed planning across three fundamentally different businesses, each with its own volatility profile and constraints. You’ll learn how they simplify networks, centralize decision-making, and implement end-to-end planning capabilities with OMP’s AI-powered Unison Planning™. This session goes beyond technology to reveal how leadership alignment, phased execution, and deep collaboration turned complexity into resilience while achieving real, measurable results. What you will take away: 1. In push-driven supply chains, you don’t control supply; you orchestrate it. When supply can’t be turned off, resilience comes from visibility and orchestration, not reactive firefighting. Understanding where and how much supply and demand are disconnected enables Land O’Lakes to make smarter decisions across its supply chain. 2. Resilient transformations are won with people, not just technology. Technology can enable change, but leadership alignment, collaboration across functions, and phased implementation will make it stick. From redefining planner roles to expanding capabilities, Land O’Lakes shows how adoption, trust, and disciplined execution ultimately unlock resilience. 3. True resilience results from fewer, better decisions. Land O’Lakes improved performance by deliberately reducing planning complexity: consolidating networks, centralizing inventory decisions, segmenting portfolios, and setting clear service trade-offs. The outcome was lower inventory, fewer assets, and improved cost control without sacrificing customer service.