Integrated Business Planning Technology You Can't Afford to Overlook

Webiner Details

• Title: Integrated Business Planning Technology You Can't Afford to Overlook
• Date: Tuesday, November 2, 2010 17:00 pm Local Time (SA)
• Time: 17:00 pm Local Time (S.A.)
• Duration: 60 minutes

Featured Speakers

• Gary Herd: Senior VP Production & Inventory Planning
• Company: Beaulieu Group

• Bill Cox:VP Manufacturing & Operations Accounting
• Company: Beaulieu Group

• Philip Higginbotham: VP Partner Development
• Company: River Logic

 

Like all manufacturers, Beaulieu Group's value chain behaves in a non-linear fashion influenced by supply chain capacities, straight and over-time labor rates, input/output price curves, etc., making it difficult to focus on the most profitable activities and products.

Recently, demand volatility, input price fluctuations with contractual discount curves, retailer pressures, and multiple decision points along the value chain increased the difficulty of conducting business using traditional costing and supply planning tools.

Beaulieu Group addressed these business issues by implementing Integrated Business Planner (IBP) technology to:

Like all manufacturers, Beaulieu Group’s value chain behaves in a non-linear fashion influenced by supply chain capacities, straight and over-time labor rates, input/output price curves, etc., making it difficult to focus on the most profitable activities and products.

• Better understand the financial and operational impact of customer requests
• Identify the most profitable products
• Reduce costs
• Improve ability to monitor performance against forecasts and KPIs
• Create a full-fledged financial plan on a weekly basis
• Increase competitiveness

Success has yielded the following results:

• 6X return on total investment
• Significant cost savings through policy changes
• Competitive advantage in deal negotiations

Based on this success, Beaulieu Group has future plans with IBP. Join this webinar to hear key decision makers at Beaulieu Group describe their journey to enhance their value chain.

Client Co-Presenter

Conducting business as Beaulieu of America, the closely held Beaulieu Group is the largest carpet-only producer in America and the third largest carpet manufacturer in the world.