Supply Chain
Infor delivers
cut-and-dried
benefits for Knauf
nauf Drywall, a top supplier to the can become a nightmare when you can’t had any formal training in production
K
construction industry in the UK, supply that demand. The UK building planning; we all fell into it by accident,”
manufactures a broad assortment surge that culminated in 2007 was such explained Dancer. “We used very basic
of building materials including period for Knauf and its competitors. “The production planning tools. We had a report
drywall, plaster, laminates, construction market was booming; all three writing tool that pulled data from our operating
flooring and accessories. With revenues UK manufacturers couldn’t meet demand,” system and provided us with a report of a five
exceeding 200 million annually, the company said Dancer. But even though Knauf could week average sale by article code. It was only
operates two sites in Great Britain, one at literally sell everything it could deliver, the looking at sales, it wasn’t looking at demand.”
Sittingbourne and the other at Immingham. strains of keeping up with that demand
As part of the Knauf group of companies exposed the company’s operational Bringing the business together
with headquarters in Germany, the British limitations. Without a framework for an This informal arrangement left them without
operation manufactures products for its own effective Sales and Operational Planning comprehensive tools to anticipate upcoming
customers, but also sources from its network (S&OP) process, Knauf encountered costly requirements. The manufacturing operation
of European affiliates. logistic challenges. For years, Dancer and also suffered from frequent mix-ups due to
two planners administered the company’s the inability to optimise the utilisation of the
Every manufacturer dreams of having limitless planning process as well as they could with company’s manufacturing capacity. “I needed
demand for their products, but that dream whatever tools they could find. “None of us to bring the business together more to >>
Do you have confidence in your
customer demand forecast?
Infor Supply Chain Management (SCM) delivers advanced capabilities that go beyond
those of traditional ERP-based planning to help you make the best use of your
production resources, improve efficiencies, increase throughput, and lower costs.
Isn’t it time we helped you do business better?
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www.infor.co.uk/scm
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