Procurement – Supply vs Demand

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29 July 2019

Introduction

Pomerol was involved with a leading global logistical solutions provider to implement reporting using the Qlik platform to highlight stock ordering anomalies, premediate supply chain snags and reduce costs associated with delayed product delivery.

 

Challenges

  1. Alignment of supply to demand wasn’t being met.
  2. Shortages in materials resulted in delays in the production process.
  3. Delivery dates where delayed and cost the company millions of dollars for not meeting deadlines.

 

Solutions

Automated reports where created by the extraction of SAP and Qlik platforms.

Client received Supply vs Demand forecasts.

 

Benefits

Individual buyers noted when demands for individual materials wouldn’t be met.

Alignment of supply to demand was met by the creation of additional PO’s or communication with the vendor.

 

Impacts

Production orders where completed on time.

Finished products ready to be installed on client site.

Reduce of any penalty cost incurred for not meeting agreed deadlines.

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