Case Study: Nelson Global improves inventory management and working capital with LeanDNA

Nelson Global - Customer Case Study

Nelson Global, working in a high-mix, low-volume manufacturing environment, struggled with manual inventory management processes and a flood of exception messages, especially reschedule in/reschedule out notifications. The small supply chain team relied on Excel to prioritize actions, but lacked an efficient way to track the value of those efforts. LeanDNA helped the team move beyond spreadsheets with its inventory management tools.

With LeanDNA’s Inventory Actions, Clear to Build, and Inventory Burnoff tools, Nelson Global gained better visibility into shortages, collaboration across teammates, and faster escalation on affected orders. The team used LeanDNA to focus on the highest-value reschedule out exceptions, improve working capital within the first 14 months, and save time identifying work orders ready for production—while also reducing redundant effort and improving communication across the plant.

Nelson Global

Shannon Janicki

Materials Manager