Case Study: Brooks Sports
Use Case:
Systems integration and unification across all systems, processes and locations to achieve supply chain efficiency.
Company Synopsis:
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Industry: Fashion
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Leaders in running shoes for Environmental Stewardship and Eco-friendlier Technology
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500+ employees
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Project: ERP implementation and data integrations with standardization across product lifecycle management, order management, warehouse management and finance process automation.
Key challenges
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Accelerating speed to market to gain competitive edge.
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Product life- cycle management data alignment across 13 countries.
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Each location uses different ERP solutions having different data formats, therefore data is underutilized.
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Supply chain charge-backs due to operational inefficiencies between order management and warehouse management tools.
Solution
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End-to-end implementation of Infor M3 to standard systems across all locations.
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New data integration using EDI/XML data formats across all systems.
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Integration with SPS commerce, Demandware, PLM and WMS systems for process improvement.
Result
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Integrated distributors and retailers improved data transparency, thereby reducing charge-backs and increasing productivity.
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Unification of systems across PLM, order management, WMS, and reconciliation led to better use of data, creating insightful reporting.