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News Release from: Data Command | Subject: Data Command
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 18 November 2003
Steelmaker improves delivery times,
reduces stock
Software forecasts the likely effects of various factors on the company's profitability - including fluctuations in currency exchange rates, order levels and changes in market tonnages.
Data Command, a specialist supplier of business intelligence and planning software has announced that Corus Construction and Industrial (C and I) is using its products for long and medium term planning Corus C and I produces just under seven million tonnes of steel per year from its five blast furnaces which are situated at Scunthorpe and Teeside
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 14 Aug 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Part of an integrated suite of products for planning, Data Command products specifically help Corus to forecast the likely effects of various factors on the company's profitability.
These include fluctuations in currency exchange rates, order levels and changes in tonnage from one market to another.
'absolve', Data Command's latest modelling and business intelligence tool, enables the company's business planning departments to make changes and create hierarchies as they go.
This enables them to see results instantly.
In addition, the software enables the order department to monitor the level of orders being processed and the effect it will have on the production units.
This forms part of the company's promise mechanism, so that they do not over-commit to orders that they will not be able to fulfil.
Any order which is likely to cause supply capacity to be exceeded is refused or rescheduled at an early stage.
John Penford, commercial planner Corus Construction and Industrial said, "The UK market is important to Corus, so we need a way to differentiate ourselves from the competition.
We aim to add value by always delivering on time.
We provide items that are part of large scale projects so it is vital that we meet our delivery targets.
The flexibility of the Data Command business intelligence tools ensures we achieve this goal." David Granger, managing director of Data Command commented, "In an organisation where production cycles are long and difficult and delivery times must be met, it is crucial to manage in coming orders.
Whilst Corus C and I has used Data Command's products in an imaginative way to answer a specific requirement, the fundamentals remain the same.
They needed to be able to crunch huge amounts of data, fast.".
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