Company Type
Volvo Penta of the Americas, the marine and industrial engine and propulsion division of the Volvo Group; supporting the formalized S&OP cadence.
What Drove the Need
S&OP reviews needed a fast visual read of trends, outliers, and forecast error across product lines
Business Impact
Monthly S&OP/SIOP reviews gained a fast visual read of trends, outliers, product lifecycles, and forecast error — supporting the SIOP framework under which global SCM stabilized in under 2 months (Case 20)
Systems/Data Integration
Integrated with JDE EnterpriseOne and SQL Server
Design
Aggregation and drill-down over forecast and sales data; Crystal Reports against SQL Server for reporting
Technology Stack
MS Access 2003/VBA
SQL Server; Crystal Reports
S&OP Graphical Analysis Application
Graphical aggregation of forecast and sales data with drill-down for efficient review of sales trends, outliers, product lifecycles, and forecast error.
