Case Study: Corning achieves improved forecasting accuracy with SAP Integrated Business Planning and SAP Preferred Success

How Corning has optimized initial configurations and is now realizing the true promise of SAP Integrated Business Planning for Supply Chain, thanks to SAP Preferred Success

Corning, a specialty glass and materials manufacturer, was looking to improve demand planning and forecasting after underusing its SAP Integrated Business Planning for Supply Chain solution and struggling to keep the system aligned with changing business needs. With limited internal expertise and resources, Corning turned to SAP and SAP Preferred Success to better adopt and configure the platform.

SAP helped Corning optimize its initial setup, deepen understanding of new features, and stay current with quarterly upgrades through enablement and adoption planning. As a result, Corning improved forecast accuracy from 57% to 69% and aimed for 74%, cut make-to-stock forecast changes from 60% to 30%, reduced back orders by 5%, and lowered inventory by $22 million in the first year, with $2.3 million less in annual write-offs and $9 million less in slow-moving and obsolete stock.

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