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Technology Category	Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)
Applicable Industries	Automotive
Applicable Functions	Business Operation Sales & Marketing
Use Cases	Demand Planning & Forecasting Supply Chain Visibility
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services Training
Challenge	TE Connectivity (TE) needed to improve the sales and operations planning (S&OP) processes in each of its business units. The challenge was that every division was approaching this from a different perspective, and many, if not all, were simultaneously managing organizational, process or IT issues. While TE’s global IT organization supported all of the company’s business units, the company did not have a common S&OP platform or tool set, and business units were replicating information across multiple tools. TE needed an S&OP solution with the scalability to handle multiple business units and the ability to support flexible corporate hierarchies and various product coding, customer and other structures. Integration with current enterprise resource planning and other systems, as well as robust exception management capabilities, were also key requirements. Read More
About Customer	TE Connectivity (TE) is a global technology leader that designs and manufactures connectivity and sensor products for harsh environments in a variety of industries, such as automotive, industrial equipment, data communication systems, aerospace, defense, medical, oil and gas, consumer electronics and energy. TE has a large size with multiple business units and operates in a dynamic industry. It needed to define and support a new high-impact, demand-driven S&OP process across its production sites to guide the manufacture of components for passenger car wire harnesses, advanced automotive safety systems, highly integrated engine controls and advanced power management systems. Read More
Solution	TE decided to begin its corporate rollout of JDA Sales & Operations Planning, which is part of JDA’s Manufacturing Planning suite, with two business units: its Automotive business in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region and its Circuit Protection business from a global perspective. The TE Automotive EMEA pilot represented an end-to-end opportunity to develop a baseline framework from which to leverage subsequent TE business unit rollouts of JDA Sales & Operations Planning. TE Automotive competes in a dynamic industry, and it needed to define and support a new high-impact, demand-driven S&OP process across its production sites to guide the manufacture of components for passenger car wire harnesses, advanced automotive safety systems, highly integrated engine controls and advanced power management systems. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)

Applicable Industries

Automotive

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Sales & Marketing

Use Cases

Demand Planning & Forecasting

Supply Chain Visibility

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Training

Challenge

TE Connectivity (TE) needed to improve the sales and operations planning (S&OP) processes in each of its business units. The challenge was that every division was approaching this from a different perspective, and many, if not all, were simultaneously managing organizational, process or IT issues. While TE’s global IT organization supported all of the company’s business units, the company did not have a common S&OP platform or tool set, and business units were replicating information across multiple tools. TE needed an S&OP solution with the scalability to handle multiple business units and the ability to support flexible corporate hierarchies and various product coding, customer and other structures. Integration with current enterprise resource planning and other systems, as well as robust exception management capabilities, were also key requirements.

About Customer

TE Connectivity (TE) is a global technology leader that designs and manufactures connectivity and sensor products for harsh environments in a variety of industries, such as automotive, industrial equipment, data communication systems, aerospace, defense, medical, oil and gas, consumer electronics and energy. TE has a large size with multiple business units and operates in a dynamic industry. It needed to define and support a new high-impact, demand-driven S&OP process across its production sites to guide the manufacture of components for passenger car wire harnesses, advanced automotive safety systems, highly integrated engine controls and advanced power management systems.

Solution

TE decided to begin its corporate rollout of JDA Sales & Operations Planning, which is part of JDA’s Manufacturing Planning suite, with two business units: its Automotive business in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region and its Circuit Protection business from a global perspective. The TE Automotive EMEA pilot represented an end-to-end opportunity to develop a baseline framework from which to leverage subsequent TE business unit rollouts of JDA Sales & Operations Planning. TE Automotive competes in a dynamic industry, and it needed to define and support a new high-impact, demand-driven S&OP process across its production sites to guide the manufacture of components for passenger car wire harnesses, advanced automotive safety systems, highly integrated engine controls and advanced power management systems.

Impact #1	Established an 18-month rolling forecast that drives S&OP
Impact #2	Gained a granular view of demand at the part-number level
Impact #3	Improved customer service ship-to-request performance by 8 percent year over year in the Automotive business

Impact #1

Established an 18-month rolling forecast that drives S&OP

Impact #2

Gained a granular view of demand at the part-number level

Impact #3

Improved customer service ship-to-request performance by 8 percent year over year in the Automotive business

Benefit #1	Improved customer service ship-to-request performance by 8 percent year over year in the Automotive business
Benefit #2	Improved inventory turns while concurrently increasing revenue

Benefit #1

Improved customer service ship-to-request performance by 8 percent year over year in the Automotive business

Benefit #2

Improved inventory turns while concurrently increasing revenue

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