China Supply Chain Project Highlights International Growth at Plan4Demand
Pittsburgh — November 20, 2006 — Supply chain consulting firm Plan4Demand Solutions has begun its first full-scale lifecycle implementation/integration project in mainland China, expanding the consultancy's footprint in Asia, the company has announced.
Pittsburgh — November 20, 2006 — Supply chain consulting firm Plan4Demand Solutions has begun its first full-scale lifecycle implementation/integration project in mainland China, expanding the consultancy's footprint in Asia, the company has announced.
The latest project is an implementation of JDA Manugistics demand planning and master planning technologies at a new manufacturing facility being commissioned in Xiamen, China, by the consumer division of a Fortune 100 durable goods manufacturer, according to Peter Sarris, vice president of delivery services at Plan4Demand.
The implementation will mirror and integrate with similar supply planning solutions Plan4Demand deployed earlier this year for the same client at manufacturing facilities in Mexico and the United States.
"The supply planning tools and processes we previously implemented will result in a 10 percent reduction in Mexico/U.S. inventories," said Sarris. "Based on the success of these engagements, Plan4Demand was contracted to deploy a similar solution in China to provide an integrated global view of demand and supply planning for our client's entire organization."
According to Plan4Demand CEO Lisa M. Kustra, the scope of this ongoing multimillion dollar initiative will provide state-of-the-art capability for planners throughout the client's organization to achieve maximum visibility throughout their global supply network and thus provide the highest levels of customer service while holding down worldwide inventory costs.
"The Chinese marketplace is becoming much more sophisticated from a system standpoint," said Kustra. "And this engagement reflects the interest we're seeing among many clients and prospects to leverage proven advanced supply chain knowledge and business processes in other emerging markets around the world from the ground up."
Indeed, earlier this year Plan4Demand led new supply chain initiatives in Brazil, Chile and Western Europe for various other clients. Unlike many of the company's earlier global engagements, which were primarily extensions of customized training programs initially presented in North America, these latest overseas efforts have been far more extensive, including deployment of global planning, forecasting and supply management solutions.
According to Kustra, expansion of Plan4Demand's global footprint is the result of a successful business plan laid out earlier this year to further leverage the company's growing referenceability and reputation as a holistic provider of both process- and technology-based supply chain solutions.
She also cited the expertise of Plan4Demand's global supply chain specialists as key to driving thought-leadership opportunities throughout the year, including publication of numerous white papers and feature-length articles for major industry publications, as well as multiple presentations delivered at international conferences hosted by the Institute of Business Forecasting.
Last week, the director of Plan4Demand's S&OP practice delivered a keynote presentation on sales and operations planning during the IBF Supply Chain Forecasting Conference Europe, held in Amsterdam.
The latest project is an implementation of JDA Manugistics demand planning and master planning technologies at a new manufacturing facility being commissioned in Xiamen, China, by the consumer division of a Fortune 100 durable goods manufacturer, according to Peter Sarris, vice president of delivery services at Plan4Demand.
The implementation will mirror and integrate with similar supply planning solutions Plan4Demand deployed earlier this year for the same client at manufacturing facilities in Mexico and the United States.
"The supply planning tools and processes we previously implemented will result in a 10 percent reduction in Mexico/U.S. inventories," said Sarris. "Based on the success of these engagements, Plan4Demand was contracted to deploy a similar solution in China to provide an integrated global view of demand and supply planning for our client's entire organization."
According to Plan4Demand CEO Lisa M. Kustra, the scope of this ongoing multimillion dollar initiative will provide state-of-the-art capability for planners throughout the client's organization to achieve maximum visibility throughout their global supply network and thus provide the highest levels of customer service while holding down worldwide inventory costs.
"The Chinese marketplace is becoming much more sophisticated from a system standpoint," said Kustra. "And this engagement reflects the interest we're seeing among many clients and prospects to leverage proven advanced supply chain knowledge and business processes in other emerging markets around the world from the ground up."
Indeed, earlier this year Plan4Demand led new supply chain initiatives in Brazil, Chile and Western Europe for various other clients. Unlike many of the company's earlier global engagements, which were primarily extensions of customized training programs initially presented in North America, these latest overseas efforts have been far more extensive, including deployment of global planning, forecasting and supply management solutions.
According to Kustra, expansion of Plan4Demand's global footprint is the result of a successful business plan laid out earlier this year to further leverage the company's growing referenceability and reputation as a holistic provider of both process- and technology-based supply chain solutions.
She also cited the expertise of Plan4Demand's global supply chain specialists as key to driving thought-leadership opportunities throughout the year, including publication of numerous white papers and feature-length articles for major industry publications, as well as multiple presentations delivered at international conferences hosted by the Institute of Business Forecasting.
Last week, the director of Plan4Demand's S&OP practice delivered a keynote presentation on sales and operations planning during the IBF Supply Chain Forecasting Conference Europe, held in Amsterdam.
