Panasonic UK goes live with i2
As part of parent company Matsushita Electric’s strategy to transform its supply chain and realise a global weekly planning cycle by 2003, Bracknell-based consumer electronics manufacturer Panasonic UK has completed the first phase of implementing i2’s Supply Chain Planner software. Dean Palmer
As part of parent company Matsushita Electric’s strategy to transform its supply chain and realise a global weekly planning cycle by 2003, Bracknell-based consumer electronics manufacturer Panasonic UK has completed the first phase of implementing i2’s Supply Chain Planner software.
Panasonic wants to move from a monthly planning cycle to a weekly one, so that it can respond quickly to fluctuations in demand and supply and changing consumer buying trends.
The implementation, which was delivered in just nine weeks by a joint team including i2, IBM and Panasonic’s own engineers, follows the successful adoption of i2’s Demand Planner software. And the two applications together should address the company’s whole planning cycle – through purchasing, inventory and sales – to the execution of demand, supply and purchase planning.