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Blue Yonder

Technology Category	Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)
Applicable Industries	Electronics Semiconductors
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing Sales & Marketing
Use Cases	Advanced Production Planning and Scheduling Demand Planning & Forecasting
Services	Software Design & Engineering Services
Challenge	Infineon Technologies operates in the semiconductor and system solutions industry, which is known for its demand volatility, long product lead times, and high capital investments. The company serves a diverse range of customers worldwide, including auto manufacturers, industrial electronics companies, chip card and security businesses, and information and communications technology leaders. The challenge for Infineon was to create a single integrated, multidimensional sales and operations planning process that promotes global collaboration and enables the company to quickly respond to market changes. The company’s ability to sense and respond to demand changes, while balancing global production capacity across its more than 20 facilities, was proving to be a significant challenge. Read More
About Customer	Infineon Technologies is a global company that operates in the semiconductor and system solutions industry. They provide their products and services to a diverse range of customers worldwide, including auto manufacturers, industrial electronics companies, chip card and security businesses, and information and communications technology leaders. The company has more than 20 facilities worldwide and is known for its demand volatility, long product lead times, and high capital investments. The company's main challenge was to create a single integrated, multidimensional sales and operations planning process that promotes global collaboration and enables the company to quickly respond to market changes. Read More
Solution	Infineon tested sales and operations planning (S&OP) solutions from a number of different vendors. It selected Blue Yonder’s S&OP, in order to create an integrated solution suite that could provide both a reliable demand forecast and realistic production plans. Out of all of the solutions Infineon evaluated, Blue Yonder’s S&OP was the only solution that fulfilled the functional requirements of volume planning and production maturity. The new solution linked a lot of single processes into one tool, combining demand planning activities with capacity calculations and capacity confirmation to produce a constrained plan. The S&OP solution offered a combined view of planning, integrating long-term forecast with short-term production programs. Demand, supply, capacity and load were always synchronized and calculated together. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)

Applicable Industries

Electronics

Semiconductors

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Sales & Marketing

Use Cases

Advanced Production Planning and Scheduling

Demand Planning & Forecasting

Services

Software Design & Engineering Services

Challenge

Infineon Technologies operates in the semiconductor and system solutions industry, which is known for its demand volatility, long product lead times, and high capital investments. The company serves a diverse range of customers worldwide, including auto manufacturers, industrial electronics companies, chip card and security businesses, and information and communications technology leaders. The challenge for Infineon was to create a single integrated, multidimensional sales and operations planning process that promotes global collaboration and enables the company to quickly respond to market changes. The company’s ability to sense and respond to demand changes, while balancing global production capacity across its more than 20 facilities, was proving to be a significant challenge.

About Customer

Infineon Technologies is a global company that operates in the semiconductor and system solutions industry. They provide their products and services to a diverse range of customers worldwide, including auto manufacturers, industrial electronics companies, chip card and security businesses, and information and communications technology leaders. The company has more than 20 facilities worldwide and is known for its demand volatility, long product lead times, and high capital investments. The company's main challenge was to create a single integrated, multidimensional sales and operations planning process that promotes global collaboration and enables the company to quickly respond to market changes.

Solution

Infineon tested sales and operations planning (S&OP) solutions from a number of different vendors. It selected Blue Yonder’s S&OP, in order to create an integrated solution suite that could provide both a reliable demand forecast and realistic production plans. Out of all of the solutions Infineon evaluated, Blue Yonder’s S&OP was the only solution that fulfilled the functional requirements of volume planning and production maturity. The new solution linked a lot of single processes into one tool, combining demand planning activities with capacity calculations and capacity confirmation to produce a constrained plan. The S&OP solution offered a combined view of planning, integrating long-term forecast with short-term production programs. Demand, supply, capacity and load were always synchronized and calculated together.

Impact #1	The implementation of Blue Yonder’s S&OP solution led to a 30% reduction in planning effort.
Impact #2	The forecasting lead time was cut from four weeks to two weeks.
Impact #3	Planning errors were decreased by up to 90%.

Impact #1

The implementation of Blue Yonder’s S&OP solution led to a 30% reduction in planning effort.

Impact #2

The forecasting lead time was cut from four weeks to two weeks.

Impact #3

Planning errors were decreased by up to 90%.

Benefit #1	30% reduction in planning effort.
Benefit #2	50% reduction in forecasting lead time.
Benefit #3	90% decrease in planning errors.

Benefit #1

30% reduction in planning effort.

Benefit #2

50% reduction in forecasting lead time.

Benefit #3

90% decrease in planning errors.

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