Aston Martin, the world's most prestigious and exclusive sports car manufacturer, has selected Toolsgroup's Distribution Planning Model (DPM). This decision was made to assist Aston Martin's automotive spares supply chain planning and improve customer service levels. The DPM implementation will support forecasting, stock planning, and distribution requirements planning processes for Aston Martin Parts Operations.

Installation of the integrated suite of planning tools has now been completed at Aston Martin's Milton Keynes site. More than 32,000 spare parts for the company's global network will be managed by using DPM's unique 'fulfilment-driven' replenishment technology.

Spares for Aston Martin's prestigious sports cars are numerous and some are slow-moving, making for a challenging planning activity. DPM's forecasting and inventory planning technology is highly suited to this difficult type of planning and Aston Martin is looking forward to reaping considerable benefit as a result. DPM will allow Aston Martin to plan and optimise its inventories on the basis of service performance targets, which will generate inventory reductions and enhance customer service levels.

DPM runs on a standard Windows NT/2000 server in a multi-user environment. Remote user access is possible through LAN, WAN and Internet.


About Aston Martin
Aston Martin is the world's most prestigious and exclusive sports car manufacturer and was founded in 1914. Today, Aston Martin is represented in 31 countries worldwide, with dealerships in the UK, Europe, USA & Canada, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East.

In its 88-year history, every Aston Martin motor car has been hand built with care by engineers having access to the latest technological resources and materials available within the Automotive Industry. Aston Martin's parts and distribution service is operated from Wolverton, UK and supplies parts for its cars that were manufactured from 1958.


About Toolsgroup
Toolsgroup is a leading provider of supply chain design, planning and optimisation technology with over 20 years international experience in world class supply chain management projects. Toolsgroup DPM (Distribution Planning Model), a "best of breed" replenishment planning tool, uses unique inventory optimisation, fulfilment planning and frequency-based forecasting technologies to drive supply chain planning processes and to deliver targeted performance at the lowest possible cost. DPM has been successfully implemented by a range of market leaders, including Ferrari, Delphi Automotive, Luxottica and Castrol.
Toolsgroup has offices in UK, The Netherlands, Italy and Spain.



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