Ottawa, Ont. and
Laurel Hill, NC and
Chattanooga,
TN., December, 2016 -
Pelyco Systems, the leading provider of web-based, collaborative
supply chain/logistics visibility and spreadsheet management
solutions, today announced that
Kordsa Global, the
leading industrial yarn and cord fabric producer of the world has
implemented Pelyco’s SmartSpreadSheet for the Enterprise to
provide an integrated multi-site planning and forecasting solution.
Kordsa Global is a leading enterprise that serves the rubber,
composite, and construction markets by providing industrial yarn and
cord fabric
used in mining, infrastructure, oil & gas, and industrial
applications.
The company, with
headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey, enhances its commercial leadership
with its technological know-how, operating nine businesses in eight
countries distributed over five continents, and employing
approximately 4,000 people.
Kordsa Global's sales figure reached approximately $470
million USD in 2015. Kordsa
Global is the world’s leading nylon and polyester yarns, cord fabric
and single end cord producer.
Being an
innovative leader,
Kordsa
Global focuses on continuously enhancing their business with the
development of new products, technologies, and improved business
processes. In order to
stay on top of changing information and conditions, they focused on
making improvements to two key areas; forecasting and production
scheduling. Like many
companies with multiple systems to support their business, Kordsa
also recognized the need for data consolidation to provide them with
centralized control and management of multiple sources of
information.
Kordsa Global began discussions with Pelyco
Systems outlining their need for improvements with forecasting,
production scheduling and data consolidation.
Kordsa manages their forecast and production scheduling in
two facilities; Chattanooga and Laurel Hill Tennessee.
They utilize data from their CRM and ERP system and manually
update information from these two systems in Excel spreadsheets.
This manual method of
updating the forecast and production schedule was becoming labour
intensive, time-consuming and unmanageable.
After finalizing requirements and preparations for a proof
of concept with Pelyco Systems, the goals and deliverables were
completed and Pelyco began the work on their pilot.
Since forecasting and
production planning involve different processes in the two
facilities, there was a phase 1 and phase 2 planned for the project.
For the pilot and first phase of the project, the
main focuses were on forecast and high-level production planning for
several inter-related steps in the production process for the Laurel
Hill facility. SmartSpreadSheet powered production schedules were
created with additional data being pulled in for their shop floor
production managers.
Metric
reports were developed to allow their supply chain manager to tweak
various parameters and keep an eye on various statistics.
Phase 2 involved SmartSpreadSheet powered forecasting and planning solutions for
the Chattanooga facility that involved different processes, as well
as low-level machine specific production schedule optimization using
a variety of machine and product specific parameters and
constraints. In addition,
there has been an ongoing process to help consolidate their data
from multiple sources.
With the success of
the pilot, Kordsa Global now relies on the flexibility, ease of use
and power of Pelyco’s SmartSpreadSheet for managing updates and
changes in forecasts and production schedules in their two
industrial yarn facilities. Data
consolidation helped them reduce
inefficiencies,
while providing effective data analysis.
Pelyco Systems is the leading provider of
Collaboration Visibility Solutions powered by SmartSpreadSheet™
for the Enterprise for supply chain intensive companies.
Pelyco helps companies solve complex supply
chain visibility; planning and operational problems
and
helps companies
of all sizes to become more responsive to changes, and
overcome the challenges of managing complex global supply chains.
Stephanie Joy, VP Marketing for Pelyco Systems, said,
“We recognize the importance of a thriving
company like Kordsa Global to have the ability to quickly and easily
update a forecast with actuals, and to manage changes in production
schedules. Those key
capabilities provide allow them to react quickly to updates and
changes as they occur. Data
consolidation with
centralized control and management of their multiple systems’ data
will provide Kordsa with more effective use of their resources, and
greater access to information. It’s
a perfect use case for our Control Tower solution. We are pleased
that Pelyco’s SmartSpreadSheet for the Enterprise powered forecast
and planning solutions and reports
will enable Kordsa to become more responsive and dynamic in
its forecasting and planning process, and we will continue working
with them on future needs.”
About Kordsa Global
About Pelyco Systems
Pelyco Systems delivers
collaborative supply chain/logistics visibility and enterprise class
spreadsheet management solutions that help companies improve
business process efficiencies and streamline operations that
directly result in cost reductions and improved cash flow.
Established in 1993, Pelyco develops and supports leading edge,
business cloud and web-based supply chain/logistics visibility
solutions for manufacturers and their global supply chains. Pelyco
is a privately held company headquartered in Foster City,
California. For more information on the company and its
products and services, visit Pelyco on the web at
http://www.pelyco.com.
For more information:
Stephanie Joy
Pelyco Systems
Tel: (650) 349-4851
stephanie.joy@pelyco.com
