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Manage Uncertainty in Chemicals via Inventory Optimization. Ray Adams SAP, IBU Chemicals David Giacomini Anand Sundar DuPont Company Chris Potts Eastman Chemical. Spot Oil Prices – Department of Energy. Relationship to Inventories and Price Indices.
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Manage Uncertainty in Chemicals via Inventory Optimization Ray Adams SAP, IBU Chemicals David Giacomini Anand Sundar DuPont Company Chris Potts Eastman Chemical
Relationship to Inventories and Price Indices Source: US Bureau of Census Inventory to Shipments Ratio, ICIS Pricing
Powerful Trends Are Re-Shaping Chemicals Business Worldwide Energy & Raw Materials Management Innovation & Portfolio Management Globalization Compliance ? Cost Reduction • Price volatility • Cost pressures • Proximity to raw material sources • New opportunities and competitors • Consolidation / M&A • IP Management • Innovation networks and Hybrid Development • Portfolio optimization • Alternative Feedstocks • Environmental compliance • Global trade compliance • Risk Management Focused Investment • Cash is King, Increased Focus on Cash-to-Cash cycle • Challenging Prices and Reducing Margins • Tightening up of Working Capital • Prepare for the Unexpected: Strive for Transparency • Sustainability becomes a Board Room Topic • Operational Excellence & Business Network Innovation
Company Profile $26.1B 2009 Company Sales • DuPont is the world’s most dynamic science company • Creating sustainable solutions essential to a better, safer, healthier life for people everywhere • Founded in 1802 • Operating in more than 70 countries • Total 2009 Sales $26.1B
DuPont’s SmartOps® Journey Laying the groundwork Automation & Integration Manual Implementations Proofs of Value • 4 businesses • Developed data management processes • Demonstrated SmartOps® value • SmartOps® Forum • Initial business discussions • Agreement to move ahead with POVs • SmartOps® led proofs of value for 2 businesses • Identified business value for MIPO • Made decision to license SmartOps® • Automate the data extract, transform, and load processes • Address requirements for scenario management • Standardized support model
DuPont Business Requirement “How do we provide a scalable architecture that can integrate supply chain data from several heterogeneous IT systems Business Unit A – SAP APO 4.1 Business Unit E – Legacy application Business Unit F – SAP R/3 Business Unit N MIMI Business Unit P - Legacy Business Unit C – SAP APO 3.0 Business Unit S – SAP R/2
Architecture for SmartOps® Integration Non – SAP Systems Time Phased SS Levels MIMI 6 LTT Manu BW 6 SAP R3 SmartOps® MIPO 1a 5 4 SAP-APO INFORMATICA Staging Area 5 Validate and Update SS in APO 1b Data Store 3 2 Data Gateway Excel / other Error Handling and Resolution
The Journey Continues All SmartOps® BUs begin using integrated functionality First BU begins using fully integrated functionality
A global manufacturer of chemicals, plastics and fibers headquartered in Kingsport, Tennessee A company dedicated to economic success, environmental stewardship and social responsibility A leading producer of coatings, adhesives, specialty plastics and cellulose acetate fibers A manufacturer of PET polymers for packaging The first company to commercialize a gasification facility in the U.S., in 1983, which is operating at industry-leading performance Who we are
What We’ll Cover … • Achieving the Right Balance – Why Eastman chose SAP Enterprise Inventory Optimization by SmartOps® (SAP EIO) • Project Tools and Processes: A Six Sigma Journey • Reporting – Measures and Dashboards • Results and Future • Wrap-up
Achieve the Balance Customer service level Some key stakeholders: • Customers • S&OP • Supply chain • Procurement • Logistics • Manufacturing • Business Profitability $$ Manufacturing cost Inventory Cost
Started with a Pilot/Proof of Concept • Work began: July 2008 • Pilot area: 90 items, 15 plants/warehouses • Manual models of pilot area: Oct 2008 • Decided upon major parameters and settings • Automated pilot area: Feb 2009 • Concluded pilot project: May 2009 • Company wide rollout: June 2009 • SharePoint reporting: Oct 2009 • SharePoint dashboard: Dec 2009
Parallel Project Efforts Business Process Design using Six Sigma • S&OP • Business process design team • Supply chain management • Supply planning • Manufacturing • Procurement • Software implementation team Software Tool Implementation & Configuration • Technical team • Business process design team • Supply chain management
Business Process Design Using Six Sigma • Define • Stakeholder matrix • Interview guide and plan • The Affinity Diagram (KJ Analysis) – key process needs to meet • Conceptualize • Process concept generation to meet key needs • Design of the business process • Optimize – Testing and improving the process • Control – Establishing the control plan for the process
Inventory Measures • 1. Inventory level status – Current Inventory against limits • 2. Percent in control – % of KGs in control – weighted • 3. Percent touched safety stock – Percent of items that touched safety stock in last 90 days
Project Benefits • Initial results are consistent with our expectations • Demonstrating relationship of forecast accuracy, customer service, master data, and inventory investment • Identifying the right number, and identifying levers to improve the summation of the variables • Accelerating the rollout to other groups within our company using black belts
7 Key Points • Master data is critical and expect to spend significant amounts of time to correct • Accurate forecasts are foundational to optimizing inventories • Technical changes have been easier to overcome than business process redesign • Measures and dashboards helpful to speed adoption • SAP EIO by SmartOps while a good tool, is NOT a silver bullet • SAP connectivity is not a simple out-of-the-box connection • Expect continual iterations and loops; MANY small steps and changes are needed to complete the journey
] • Thank you for participating. David Giacomini David.Giacomini@usa.dupont.com Anand Sundar aksundar@linearlogics.com Chris Potts wpotts@eastman.com [