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News Release from: Syncron UK
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 10 December 2001
Planning module copes with seasonal
demands
Electrolux Outdoor Products has chosen the Syncron Planning and Scheduling module to manage garden equipment assembly constraints in an environment where production is highly seasonal.
Electrolux Outdoor Products, the manufacturer of the "Flymo", "Partner" and "McCulloch" ranges of garden equipment, has chosen the Syncron Planning and Scheduling module from Syncron UK (part of the Syncron Supply International Group) to improve the production planning at its factory in Newton Aycliffe, Co Durham The software, selected to replace the current planning tool, will be used to manage assembly constraints in an environment where production is highly seasonal
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 6 Jan 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Rob Butler, Supply Manager at Electrolux Outdoor Products, stated, "Using the Syncron Planning and Scheduling software will enable us to produce realistic plans and give information to the distribution centres and customers with greater speed and accuracy.
It will also allow us to take advantage of functionality within the system, such as 'what-if' analysis, to identify capacity limits and manage more effectively." He also spoke of the selection process, "After extensive analysis a shortlist of five companies was formed and out of those, we saw Syncron Planning and Scheduling as the best overall match for our requirements." The factory, where approximately two hundred different items of garden equipment are assembled, employs three hundred and fifty people on a permanent basis and an additional 400 temporary workers to fulfil the needs of the Regional Distribution Centres (based in the UK, Sweden and France) whose main function is to distribute to outlets across Europe.
Syncron Planning and Scheduling version 5.1 will be integrated with Electrolux's IBM DB2/400 server.
The implementation will also involve @ITS, the IT division of Electrolux, which will have an important part to play in producing the interface specification and design.
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