Husqvarna: Streamlining Planning
With sofco Planning, Husqvarna now have an improved solution that empowers users to plan and schedule Final Assembly, Battery Assembly and Moulding.
Husqvarna streamlines planning with sofco Supply Planning and Scheduling.
Founded in 1689, Husqvarna Group is a world-leading provider of innovative products and solutions for forest, park and garden care. Husqvarna UK, headquartered in County Durham, are global leaders in producing outdoor power products. Sold in over 100 countries through a network of over 25,000 authorised dealers.
Why sofco?
For Husqvarna, the decisive factor in choosing sofco was the incredible flexibility of the planning platform which could be configured to sit within existing working practices and processes.
The Challenge
Husqvarna's sales are highly seasonal. Spreadsheets were previously used for all planning and scheduling which were not only complex and difficult to support, but very slow to plan and replan — 1 week to do a new plan for a 3 month horizon.
The Solution
With sofco Planning, Husqvarna's production planning process has greatly improved. sofco Supply Planning plans in daily buckets and by shift over an 18 month time horizon. This completes in minutes, in contrast to the previous manual process which took days.
Results
- Excel risks removed - Management of all relevant constraints - Rapid calculation of a feasible plan for 18 months horizon - Simulation Capability - Massive reduction in planning cycle times - Improved customer service (internal and external)
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