Fashioning a Transformation
Company Size
1,000+
Region
- Europe
Country
- Austria
Product
- Blue Yonder Sales & Operations Planning
Tech Stack
- Not mentioned
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Cost Savings
- Productivity Improvements
Technology Category
- Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)
Applicable Industries
- Apparel
Applicable Functions
- Discrete Manufacturing
- Sales & Marketing
Use Cases
- Demand Planning & Forecasting
- Supply Chain Visibility
Services
- System Integration
About The Customer
Lenzing Group is a company based in Austria that supplies high-quality specialty fibers to the global fashion industry. The company's botanic cellulose fibers, which support the production of textile and nonwoven products, are known for their innovative properties, including a reduced environmental impact when compared to traditional materials. Lenzing Group operates on a worldwide scale, making its business model complex and demanding. The company has been in operation for 80 years, indicating a strong presence and reputation in the industry.
The Challenge
Lenzing Group, an Austria-based company that supplies high-quality specialty fibers to the global fashion industry, was facing a challenge. The company's botanic cellulose fibers, known for their innovative properties and reduced environmental impact, were in high demand. However, the company was struggling to connect demand forecasting, sales planning, and operations planning through digitalization. This lack of connection was creating inefficiencies in their end-to-end supply chain. The company sought a solution that would create an extremely accurate, efficient end-to-end supply chain.
The Solution
To address this challenge, Lenzing partnered with Blue Yonder to implement Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) across its production operations, as well as its sales, marketing, and finance activities. The goal was to create an extremely accurate end-to-end planning process that matches demand and supply very precisely while also minimizing inefficiencies and maximizing profitability. S&OP addresses these needs by taking a cross-functional approach to integrated business planning that unites all the moving parts across the supply chain with a shared focus to meet demand across markets, with an eye on both immediate and long-term strategic goals. This implementation represented the first step of a digital transformation for this 80-year-old business. Existing commercial tools, such as Excel spreadsheets, and manually intensive processes were replaced with a specialized solution built to manage the complexity of Lenzing’s worldwide business model.
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