Brabantia

Producer and distributor of “Branded” metal and plastic house wares
Products: ironing tables, pedal bins, post-boxes, rotary dryers, gadgets, can openers, breadbox, canisters.
Country’s: +80 (UK, Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, France, Italy, Switzerland,….)
5 Factories Belgium, Latvia , The Nederland’s , China and UK
3 Distribution Centres:  Belgium , UK , US .

Scope

The operations and the supply chain.

C&DS Modules 

• C&DS Supply chain : Management of the DC’s Inventory levels and the Goods flow between the plats and DC’s.
• C&DS Replenishment: Management of finished goods inventory Semi finished products and raw material
• C&DS Buffer management : Priorities for execution on the shop floor Including issue management
• C&DS POOGI : Continuous improvement  Module

Duration

The complete implementation finished in 12 months.

Results

Maintaining very high service level whit much lower inventories all over the supply-chain.

Improved synchronisation of the different links in the supply-chain including purchase, local and distant production, central and local warehouses.

Facilitator for other IT solutions (purchasing)

The planned investment for building additional warehouse-space in UK has been cancelled. Instead of it the warehouse in the UK is half-empty with a better service level.

TKF

TKF produces cable for a number of market segments: Broadband, Energy, Marine & Offshore, Railinfra, Home, Utility, Industry and Infra. As a result, TKF can offer better and  customer-specific cable solutions and the quality of the solution always meet the strictest requirements.

Scope

The operations and the internal supply-chain for the whole of TKF. Cross plant production and inventory management.

C&DS Modules

• C&DS Replenishment

Management of finished goods inventory Semi finished products and raw material

• C&DS  Production Planning

Capacity planning combining Make to order and make to stock Including ATP (Available to promise)

• C&DS Buffer management

 Priorities for execution on the shop floor Including issue management

• C&DS POOGI

On-Going Improvement  Module

Duration: The complete implementation finished in 12 months.

The operations and the internal supply-chain of

3 plants  are managed the TOC-way supported by C&DS coupled to NAVISION.

Results: 

Severe lead-time reduction (-50% )

Enhanced flexibility

Due-date performance improvement have been reached while inventories went down by 40%.

Finished product inventory (-30%)

The first tangible results have been achieved within 8 months after start of implementation.

ELDRA

Eldra is an internationally oriented cable producing company specialized in developing and delivering innovative cable solutions. These solutions are implemented in systems and networks in the following areas:Information technology , Communication technology, Electro technical sector , Industrial sector, Utility sector and Infrastructure sector.

Scope :

The operations and the internal supply-chain.

C&DS Modules:

C&DS Replenishment :

Management of finished goods inventory Semi finished products and raw material

C&DS Production Planning :

Capacity planning combining Make to Order and Make to Stock Including ATP (Available to promise)

C&DS Buffer management :

Priorities for execution on the shop floor Including issue management

C&DS POOGI :

Continuous improvement  Module

Duration:The complete implementation was finished in 8 months

Results: 

• Lead-time reduction, enhanced flexibility and due-date performance improvement have been reached while inventories semi-finished products and raw material went down by more than 30%.

• The first tangible results have been achieved within 3 months after start of implementation.

While 70% of the production is Make to Stock, C&DS Replenishment proved to be a valuable contribution for better inventory management. Due to more insight and therefore better communication

Group Joos

A different approach to graphic solutionsGroup Joos is a leading and innovative graphic company offering a broad range of products and services. Our expert team offers you its support, from concept to end product.

Group Joos is an authority in the field of :

TRANSACTIONAL MAIL
PRINT MANAGEMENT
SECURITY PRINT
DIRECT MAIL
PACKAGING SOLUTIONS

C&DS Modules:

C&DS Production Planning :

Capacity planning combining Make to Order and Make to Stock Including ATP (Available to promise)

C&DS Buffer management :

Priorities for execution on the shop floor Including issue management

C&DS POOGI :

Continuous improvement  Module

The operations and the internal supply-chain are managed the TOC-way supported by C&DS coupled to AXAPTA.

Results: 

Due date performance went up to 95% without additional investments.