Manufacturers need to see, analyze, decide, and act to changes in near real-time.
That’s why Japan’s Kobelco Construction Machinery (KCM), a leading manufacturer of construction machinery, has deployed Blue Yonder’s demand and supply planning capabilities to digitally transform its global production and sales operations to be more resilient to demand fluctuations.
KCM globally offers a wide variety of construction and transportation machinery and is continually innovating. However, KCM was dealing with an environment of constant supply chain challenges and disruptions, as well as challenges with its speed of decision-making in response to market fluctuations and the optimization of Production, Sales, and Inventory (PSI).
The company was looking for a solution that could immediately create an optimized production and supply plan to cater to market fluctuations at its global locations, so it turned to Blue Yonder.
Trusted
“Blue Yonder’s demand and supply planning capabilities have long been trusted by global manufacturers to support their planning operations, giving us confidence that their high level of expertise would drive operational transformation for KCM,” commented Yoshio Nishida, Executive Officer, Kobelco Construction Machinery.
Blue Yonder’s demand and supply planning capabilities allow KCM to stage the right inventory throughout its distribution network, minimizing stock-outs while reducing lost sales opportunities, lowering manufacturing costs, and maximizing profits.
Customer service
The capabilities also allow KCM to gain a strong return on invested capital, minimize cost-to-serve and cash-to-serve, and maintain a high level of customer service.
“With Blue Yonder, KCM will be able to solve their current challenges and improve planning accuracy across their enterprise and products,” assured Antonio Boccalandro, President, APAC, Blue Yonder.
“We worked closely with KCM to help them realize their goal of strengthening and transforming their global supply chain with Blue Yonder’s capabilities,” stated Daiju Watanabe, Representative Director and President, Blue Yonder Japan.
