Drinks manufacturer A G Barr has begun
implementingInforSupply Chain Management(SCM) Demand
Planning to improve production planning.
The UK manufacturer of Irn-Bru, Orangina and Tizer is planning
to use Infor as part of a collaborative planning effort to ensure
the supermarkets are kept in stock with its range of soft
drinks.
The roll-out, which began in June and is due to be completed in
September, will support a team of 34 forecasters. Infor will be
used to increase the frequency of forecasting from a monthly to a
daily cycle, allowing the soft drinks maker to ramp up or reduce
production runs of certain lines.
The software has already helped the company cope with the
torrential rain in July. Matthew Baxter, demand planning manager
for A G Barr, said, "We usually see increased demand for soft
drinks in the hot weather, but we had to change the forecast model
hugely due to the weather during July."
The Infor software provides graphs and reports along with
planning data. Baxter said the reports allow him to analyse trends
in far more detail than he could previously. "I can now manage by
exception, by looking at customers by stock-keeping unit, where my
forecast is out by a certain amount."
The data provided by the Infor forecasts is fed into the
company's Advanced Planning System, developed by Workplace, which
generates a tactical plan known as factory demand to determine the
quantity of a particular soft drink to manufacture. This
information is then used in then production run, which is
controlled by an MFG Pro
ERP system.
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