Canon’s consumer division in Europe has improved the
accuracy of supply chain planning by 20% after itextended its Oracle ERP
system.
Canon Europe’s Consumer Imaging Business (CCI) has deployed
Oracle’s
supply chain planning applications in an effort
to improve forecasting, product allocation, order promising and
supply chain planning operations across its headquarters, 17
countries and 13 warehouses.
Prior to the Oracle implementation, CCI relied on legacy systems
and spreadsheets for planning, which was a time consuming process
that was difficult to manage.
To improve and integrate forecasting and planning, CCI added to
its existing Oracle applications by rolling out
Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning, Oracle
Demand Planning and Oracle Global Order Promising.
With these investments, CCI has created supply chain plans that
combine long-range aggregate forecasts and short-term scheduling,
ensuring products are available when needed. The system has
optimised sales, reduced inventory, increased customer satisfaction
and improved forecast accuracy by over 20%, CCI said
Erik Moses, CCI’s advanced planning and scheduling programme
manager, said that the implementations had enabled the firm “to
significantly reduce the number of ‘fires’ that require our
attention.
“Relying on Oracle, we also have a supply chain foundation in
place that will promote future innovation.”
Integration between Oracle Demand Planning and the other Oracle
Advanced Planning applications has also allowed CCI to optimise
current inventory and future supply. As a result, CCI can identify
the root cause of supply problems and initiate a timely
response.
The company has also been able to reduce inventory levels of
some components by more than 10% per year.
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