Manufacturing
Heavy Electrical Equipment Manufacturer (Republic of Ireland)
Programme
SAP enabled Supply Chain Health Check
Brief
Asses the how well standard SAP is used to manage the end-to-end supply chain
Success
- Implemented swim lanes for raw materials, semi-finished and finished products
- Implemented (or “activated”) SAP’s Demand Management, Capacity Evaluation and levelling.
Time to value realisation
8 monthsMedical Equipment Manufacturing (USA, UK & Germany)
Programme
MRP Optimisation BootcampsBrief
Improve integration (globally) between factories, procurement and suppliers.
Success
- Data accuracy improvement of 48%
- Supply chain bottleneck reduction of 60%
- 12 staff members successfully completed an online, MRP competency assessment
Time to value realisation
6 monthsBuilding Materials Manufacturing (South Africa)
Programme
MRP Optimisation Programme for Maintenance SparesBrief
Reduce working capital by at least 10% at 4 decentralised, production facility warehouses across the country.
Success
- Data accuracy improvement of 57%
- Supply chain bottleneck reduction of 44%
- Inventory value reduction of 10%
- Reduced dead stock by 8%
- Certified 10 staff in SweetThorn's Business Maturity Optimisation methodology
Time to value realisation
8 monthsMedical Equipment Manufacturing (USA)
Programme
Purchasing Benchmarking & Leading Practices BootcampsBrief
Equip a centralised leadership team to use SAP’s MRP and Working Capital tools facilitate optimisation of manufacturing and distribution operations located in 50 countries.