Tracking every item, warehouse to kitchen
Inventory Lifecycle Management follows every item and batch through Compass Group’s storage chain - from central warehouses to the point of use - with stock counts that work offline.
Offline
stock counts, synced when the connection is back
5people
built Inventory Lifecycle Management
The client
About Compass Group
Compass Group is a global leader in food service and support services. It operates in more than 30 countries and serves millions of meals a day across business, healthcare, education and leisure.
The challenge
What needed solving
Compass Group’s stock moves through a long chain: central warehouses, regional storage, kitchens and point-of-use locations. Tracking and counting it by hand across that many places is slow and error-prone, and it’s hard to act on slow-moving stock before it spoils.
The goal: end-to-end visibility and control over inventory - more accurate stock, less waste, and smarter procurement and consumption.
Stock counts don’t wait for Wi-Fi. Neither does ILM.
The solution
What we built
A five-person 2C team - four developers and a team lead - built Inventory Lifecycle Management (ILM): one system that follows every item and batch from receipt and storage to consumption and disposal, at every level of the chain.
Stock counts happen where the stock is, connected or not - so ILM works fully offline and syncs automatically once the connection is back.
ILM runs on the platform 2C built for Compass on Neptune DXP and AWS. Each person sees only the apps meant for their role in Compass Group’s SAP hierarchy, and only the frontend is open to the internet.
- Multi-level tracking across central warehouses, regional storage, kitchens and point-of-use locations
- Digital stock counting across locations, online or offline
- Automatic sync when the connection returns
- Lifecycle and status tracking for every item and batch
- Monitoring that flags slow-moving or at-risk stock before it goes to waste
The result
What changed
More accurate inventory and faster stock-taking
Clear visibility across every storage location
Less food waste and better-balanced stock levels
Procurement, operations and finance teams deciding on real data
Inside the partnership
More work for Compass Group
- Enterprise
Digitising food service operations
As the sole development team, 2C built a centralised stock and product-information platform for a global leader in food service.
8peoplein the sole development team
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