Case Studies

Using JDA Cloud Services to host its technology infrastructure, hardware and software, as well as manage its e-commerce initiative, has proven to be a profitable decision for the global corporation. Working with JDA Cloud Services, Lenovo has shifted its costly and inefficient legacy IBM infrastructure to the JDA platform. In addition to mitigating the risks of supporting an outdated infrastructure, the company estimates the transition has saved it approximately $200 million on an annual basis.

Today, the company's centralized planning staff for its North American operations uses the TMS to manage approximately 2,500 shipments, originating from 40 separate locations, on a daily basis. “JDA's powerful optimization capabilities have enabled us to create real-time constraints around service that we could not define with our legacy TMS,” said Poole. “Now, we can create an optimal plan that realizes the freight savings we were looking for when we began the JDA implementation.”

While MCFA was moving toward a pull-based manufacturing model, the manufacturer realized it had an inconsistent internal supply chain and an inefficient material replenishment process. MCFA set out to improve its business processes to ensure that it was getting the most value out of its factory planning solution.

Glazer's was in the midst of a dramatic growth period. The company could no longer rely on spreadsheet-based processes and legacy systems, and needed a more sophisticated platform to make faster and better supply chain decisions.

Establish a centralized production planning organization, with shared resources and a common set of business processes in order to maximize the company's agility and service while minimizing costs.

Needing to create closer consumer relationships, while also supporting the increased transactional needs associated with the company's aggressive growth plans, the specialty retailer again turned to JDA Software, this time to implement an improved point-of-sale (POS) system.

As the nation's leading distributor of medical and surgical supplies to the acute-care market, Owens & Minor has solidified its reputation for operational excellence. In fact, the company earned the top spot on Gartner, Inc.'s Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 for 2010 list.

Ackermans wanted to automate the merchandise planning process all the way to allocating the right level of stock in each store. Not only has Ackermans increased the productivity and scope of its allocation process, but today the retailer has increased confidence that the right products are being sent to the right stores.