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Revolutionizing Inventory Management in Marine Electronics with IoT
技术
- 功能应用 - 库存管理系统
- 功能应用 - 仓库管理系统 (WMS)
适用行业
- 电子产品
- 海洋与航运
适用功能
- 物流运输
- 仓库和库存管理
用例
- 库存管理
- 拣选/分拣/定位
挑战
这家海洋电子公司是一家专门为休闲和商业海洋领域提供导航、海洋仪器和探鱼设备的公司,在供应链管理方面面临着重大挑战。由于许多孤立的流程,该公司无法整合商业、供应和需求规划,导致销售损失和库存过剩。缺乏端到端(E2E)可见性以及无法应对不断变化的市场动态进一步加剧了这种情况。由于各种互不相关的规划系统在孤立的环境中运行,该公司无法在整个供应链中创建真正的端到端可见性。此外,该公司经常出现库存过剩和短缺的情况,只有 10% 的 SKU 在网络上拥有健康的库存。需求预测的准确性,特别是与新产品推出相关的预测准确性相当低。
关于客户
该客户是一家专业海洋电子公司,为休闲和商业海洋领域提供导航、海洋仪器和探鱼设备。该公司面临着孤立的流程、缺乏端到端可见性以及低效的库存管理等问题。他们无法有效应对不断变化的市场动态,经常出现库存过剩和短缺的情况。该公司的需求预测,尤其是新产品推出的需求预测也不准确。
解决方案
该公司与 o9 合作,利用其高度差异化的企业知识图来集成整个组织的各种规划职能和区域。这缩短了整体 E2E 规划周期并提高了可见性和效率。该公司通过使用 o9 实施统计和基于供应的安全库存计算,显着改善了库存管理。整个分销网络的供应计划得到简化,包括创建采购订单和转移订单。通过根据产品类型实施基于规则的需求预测,公司的需求预测能力显着提高。跨职能和跨地区的高度协作共识预测流程得到进一步改进。利用 o9 的数字规划和决策平台,该公司能够通过实施一流的集成需求和供应规划解决方案来提高预测准确性、库存健康状况和规划人员的生产力。此外,该公司实施的 o9 控制塔可跟踪关键运营 KPI,并在短期内提供战术执行建议,从而改善客户 OTIF。
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