Carrington Textiles: Reducing Manufacturing Costs with sofco Planning

Carrington Textiles reduce manufacturing costs with sofco Planning.

Carrington Textiles is one of Europe's leading manufacturers of workwear and protective fabrics. With manufacturing sites in the UK and abroad, they produce high performance fabrics for the workwear, military, and protective markets.

Why sofco?

Carrington selected sofco based on the breadth of functionality, the team's industry expertise, and the flexibility of the solution to adapt to their complex manufacturing environment.

The Challenge

Managing a complex, multi-stage textile manufacturing process with long lead times, multiple product variants, and demanding customer service requirements required a sophisticated planning solution that could coordinate demand, supply, and production across multiple sites.

The Solution

sofco's Supply Planning and Scheduling solution was implemented to provide an integrated view of demand requirements and production capacity. The system generates optimal production schedules that minimise changeover times, maximise machine utilisation, and ensure on-time delivery.

Results

- Reduced manufacturing costs through optimised scheduling - Improved on-time delivery performance - Better visibility of capacity constraints - Reduced work-in-progress inventory