Collateral:Black & Decker HHI: Synchronizing the Supply Chain

Brief Overview

Black & Decker Hardware & Home Improvement Group was experiencing manufacturing overtime, expedited shipments and excess inventory due to the large number of new products introduced every year across dominant retail partners. The company turned to JDA Software to help it achieve consistent processes, exception-based planning, improved planning cycle times and increased forecast accuracy.

Benefits include:

• Ability to view POS-level forecasts and actuals at the store level
• Full order and inventory visibility across the supply chain
• Consistent processes across demand, supply and manufacturing planning teams
• Exception-based planning
• More variable product mix by store
• Reduced stockouts and inventory levels for component and finished goods
• 10.4 percent improvement in forecast accuracy
• 60 percent reduction in forecast development cycle time
• 80 percent reduction in monthly production cycles

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