Case Study: Large Chemical Company achieves globally optimized supply chain planning with Bristlecone

Large Chemical Company - Customer Case Study

A Large Chemical Company, a global producer of ethylene, polyethylene and specialty chemicals, needed a more efficient way to plan a complex supply chain spanning 5 plants, 20 terminals and 300 customers. The company wanted global visibility, better forecasting and planning tools, lower costs and inventory, improved customer service, and a foundation for future initiatives, so it turned to Bristlecone for help with SAP APO.

Bristlecone implemented SAP APO with Demand Planning and ready-to-use designs for Supply Network Planning, Inventory Planning and BW reporting. The solution enabled consensus-based planning, what-if forecasting, optimized supply planning across plants and materials, and reporting such as daily sales vs. plan and forecast views. Bristlecone delivered the demand planning solution in just 3 months and helped create a single, globally consistent planning model that reduced forecast errors, improved collaboration, and supported better strategic, tactical and operational decisions.