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Remake Enterprise-to-production System
Applicable Industries
- Plastics
Applicable Functions
- Warehouse & Inventory Management
Use Cases
- Inventory Management
The Challenge
The client was running a legacy material flow tracking system and wanted to replace the system with a more effective one as the system was increasingly expensive to maintain and support and also was not extendable. The client's IT landscape was filled with modern applications and it was difficult to interface the material flow tracking system with modern applications.
About The Customer
The client is a global leader and one of the largest suppliers of polyester film that are used in industrial and electrical markets.
The Solution
Cognizant decided to re-engineer the client's existing architecture. Cognizant Developed a single planning and scheduling system based on .Net platform, containing sophisticated business rules. Cognizant new solution with a multi-tiered architecture ensured a flexible, extensible and scalable solution that was robust. Software Components - .Net platform
Data Collected
Inventory Levels, Material Tracking, Product Lifecycle
Operational Impact
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