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Manufacturing Customer Stories

How manufacturing companies deliver on their promise with ToolsGroup supply chain planning.

Schoenberger

Forecast Accuracy · Product Availability · Inventory Reduction

Schoenberger

Schoenberger Achieves Eight-Figure Inventory Reduction with Transformative Software Solution

A Consumer Products Company

Cost Savings · Customer Service

Like many of its competitors, ConsumerCo is seeking to move closer to its customers and achieve service level excellence without skyrocketing inventories.
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ABB

Inventory Efficiency · Forecast Accuracy · Savings Opportunity

ABB Robotics is a global leader in providing advanced B2B industrial technology. The Swedish company is best known for highly customized robotics and automation technology.
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ADI

Inventory Reduction · Service Levels · Productivity

ADI faced an ambitious project to transform its entire logistics network. Using the ToolsGroup solution, the company dramatically improved the performance of its supply chain.
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Alessi

Forecast Accuracy · Service Level · Working Capital

Alessi needed a planning process to guarantee product availability and consistently fill orders in a timely manner – a stock-mix optimization process.
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Amplifon

Demand Sensing · Inventory & Obsolescence · Customer Service

Amplifon manages a highly complex extended supply chain. Gradually, they lost full oversight of their inventory. With the ToolsGroup solution, we helped them gain complete visibility again.
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Aston Martin

Inventory Reduction · Service Level

Driving away with improved service levels and reduced inventory
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Bellota

Availability Rate · Inventory Reduction · Forecast Reliability

Bellota’s supply chain was challenged with increasing SKUs. To improve performance, they introduced a new KPI: availability rate. Now it needed a tool to deliver it.
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Boise

Supply Insights · Faster Projections · Service-Level Focus

Boise struggled with long transit times and idle inventory. Their goal? Reducing stock by 10% while improving on-time delivery. With the ToolsGroup solution, these goals were accomplished.
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BorgWarner

Service Level · Inventory Savings

BorgWarner supply chain team was under pressure to lower inventory and achieve high service levels. Within a few months, their process was revamped.
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Cerealis

Service Level · Forecast Accuracy · Stock Reduction

Food company transforms supply chain complexity and volatility into better service and healthy inventory levels
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Franke

Process Stability · Planning Time · Forecast Accuracy

Franke’s tremendous growth resulted in a complex, non-optimal supply chain network. ToolsGroup’s probability—based forecasting made a huge difference for the company.
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Garden Planter Co.

Inventory Reduction · Obsolescence

This decorative garden company experienced an unsustainable inventory increase . We helped reduce their obsolescence and inventory by 30%.
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Gaviota

Top-Item Service · Overall Service Levels · Stock Reduction

The Automated Sun & Shutter Specialists Tackle Complexity and Break Down Silos for Improved Operations, Higher Service Levels, and Substantial Business Benefits
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Global Energy Company

Service Level · Inventory Reduction

Global Energy Company wanted to start a project to improve product service levels and knew it would not be easy, that’s where we came in.
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Global Eyewear Co.

Stock Reduction · Manual Intervention

This company had the challenge of intelligently managing inventory to maintain high service levels but avoid excess stock, so they sought the help of the ToolsGroup solution.
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Global Footwear Retailer

Annual Revenue · Global Presence · Stores Worldwide

By implementing allocation and replenishment software, this global footwear retailer sold 2 Million more units on Black Friday than the previous year – paying for the entire project in one day.
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Granarolo

Forecast Reliability · Inventory Reduction · Delivery Time

Granarolo required optimized inventory management and complete visibility in an environment characterized by short shelf life and promotional pressures.
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Grupo Gallo

Service Level · Inventory Reduction · Task Automation

Gallo was faced with a changing business environment, both internally and externally. They concluded that it was time for their supply chain to undergo change.
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Hero

Service Level · Inventory Reduction · Freed Resources

Hero Spain faced the challenge of achieving substantial and sustained improvements in its supply chain KPIs, product availability, average stock levels and forecast accuracy.
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Höganäs

Faster Reporting · Forecast Accuracy · S&OP Decisions

Hoganas’s demand varied heavily by location so their management team decided to migrate into a more reliable system with a goal of decreasing inventory by 10%.
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Leading Automotive Manufacturer

Service Level · Air Freight · Shipping Mix

This manufacturer was faced with an abundance of backorders and was dealing with a high level of dead stock. With the ToolsGroup solution, their service level improved to 90+%.
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Lennox

Service Levels · Inventory Turns · Sales Growth

Lennox Residential Heating and Cooling faced the challenge of managing a North American distribution network enlargement while simultaneously transitioning to a hub-and-spoke model.
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Melitta

Collaborative Planning · Integrated Planning · Promotion Management

Melitta needed a solution to support their sales and operations planning process to see more efficient management and increased statistical forecast accuracy.
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Mitsubishi Electric

Stock Reduction · Service Level · Seasonal Forecasting

Mitsubishi Electric Europe needed to get inventory levels back under control. The company was seeking to reduce inventory while achieving equal or higher service levels.
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Mohawk

Service Levels · Inventory & Growth

Mohawk’s the ToolsGroup solution deployment supports collaborative goal-setting and decision-making by giving players a transparent view of trustworthy data.
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Moleskine

Forecast Accuracy · Working Capital · Shelf-Fill Rates

Moleskine had to manage supply chain planning across increasing brand complexity. They needed a demand forecasting tool that would increase service levels and reduce working capital.
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Multi-national food company

Forecast Error · Forecast Accuracy · Lost Sales & Service

Multi-national food company needed a reliable forecasting tool capable of predicting lift to baseline demand from trade promotions and media events. SO99+ came to the rescue.
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Multi-National Olive Oil Company

Product Availability · Delivery Quality · Stock Days

This business improved its product availability while reducing inventory and costs
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Nordic Food Company

Stakeholder Satisfaction · Inventory Reduction · Working Capital

The company struggled to balance the conflicting demands of high availability and capital tied to inventory. They turned to ToolsGroup Demand Planning and Inventory Optimization.
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Pharmaceutical Company

Stockout Reduction · Autonomous Planning · Fast Implementation

Saving Lives through Improved Supply Chain Planning
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Pilkington Automotive (NSG Group)

Forecast Accuracy · Supplier Forecasts · OTiF Delivery

Pilkington Automotive was faced with unpredictable demand, increasing SKUs and a diverse range of customers. This drove them to build a more competitive supply chain.
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Power Generation Company

Service Levels · Cost Reduction · Warehouse Costs

This power company's Spare Parts Service team was faced with an increasingly competitive market and changing business environment. We helped them avoid late deliveries and unpredictable emergencies.
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Ratioform

Demand Insight · Product Availability · ERP Integration

90% of Ratioform's inventory items were in the long-tail making it hard to balance costs with service level . The ToolsGroup solution came to the rescue.
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Shamir Optical

Inventory Reduction · Planner Productivity · Stockout Reduction

For a company that makes eyeglass lenses, Shamir Optical had a visibility problem – at least when it came to inventory. That’s why we stepped in.
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SKF

Stock Reduction · Exception Handling · Process Latency

Digital transformation is tough for any firm, but very tough for a $9 billion industrial manufacturer. SKF is currently on a journey towards this transformation.
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Sports Car Co.

Planner Productivity · Service Level

Sports car company’s management set a challenging target of raising the spare parts service level from 70% to 90% in two years, without increasing inventory levels.
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The Absolut Company

Production Sequencing · Production Efficiency · Product Availability

Absolut was rapidly growing, causing complexities to surface. With forecasting and production planning being performed by one planner, they needed the help of the ToolsGroup solution.
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Thule

Service Levels · Working Capital · Network Control

Highly seasonal and intermittent demand drove the company to seek a centralized, automated solution to combat plummeting planner productivity and service levels that dipped below 80%.
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