Supply chain & working capital
55% fewer emergency POs and 60% faster production planning
A $50M packaging maker linked open orders and BOMs to weekly raw material coverage.
About the client
- Industry
- Specialty packaging
- Size
- $50M revenue
- Timeline
- [X weeks]
The challenge
Production requirements had to be worked out from undelivered sales orders, mapped to bills of materials, and turned into item-wise raw material needs. Clear ownership and regular updates of master data were key to making it work.
What it meant for the team
CFO
Working capital tied up in the wrong raw material.
Controller
Emergency purchases and express shipping eating into margin.
Planning
No weekly view of coverage versus shortfall.
How we delivered it
- Step 1[X weeks]
Advise and design
- Set a data governance framework with clear master data ownership
- Defined KPIs: weekly RM coverage, production shortfall, inventory turnover and order fulfilment rate
- Step 2[X weeks]
Build and automate
- Robust ETL and storage architecture
- Calculation engine from open sales orders and BOMs to item-wise RM requirement
- Automated reports with insights and recommendations
- Step 3[X weeks]
Launch and embed
- [Add go-live, training and adoption details]
Total timeline: [X weeks]
Solution stack
Advisory services
- Data governance
- Master data ownership
- KPI definition
Data sources
- ERP sales orders
- Bills of materials
- Inventory
Storage and transformation
- ETL and storage
Logic and workflow
- RM requirement engine
Insights delivery
- Coverage dashboards
Impact
55%
fewer emergency POs and express shipments
60%
less time on production planning
Weekly
raw material coverage and shortfall view
Outcomes
- Fewer stock-outs and overstock, better working capital
- Higher production efficiency and machine use
- Faster planning decisions
