ThyssenKrupp Aerospace

Apollo (now ThyssenKrupp Aerospace) is one of the world’s largest suppliers of high-value metals, with sales exceeding £120 million a year. The Company holds over £35 million in inventories world-wide, with three primary sites in the UK as well as six other international locations. Apollo had just completed their SAP rollout, and discovered a lack of planning ability. There was limited visibility of demand and supply data, and data in SAP wasn’t as clean as it should be. There was also a lack of uniform working practice across their three UK sites. “The Barloworld Optimus Inventory Management System, Optimiza, proved to be the perfect complement to Apollo’s existing SAP Programme. We’ve seen a dramatic service improvement within two years, with Birmingham rising from a low of 65% to over 96% by early 2003” says Supply Chain Manager Jacqui McCarthy.

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