The company is one of the world’s largest designers, manufacturers and distributors of quality eyewear and sun wear and it specializes in premium fashion, lifestyle and performance brands.
The company employs more than 2,700 people worldwide in over 20 countries. Through an extensive global network of subsidiaries and distributors in more than 100 countries, the company makes its products accessible through a network of eye care professionals, optical stores and leading retailers.
In an uncertain and volatile competitive environment, Top Management has needed to increase flexibility with respect to the changing market demand.
In particular, shared project goals are:
The main identified criticalities were related to the planning process:
The implementation of an integrated S&OP was one of the main activities carried out by Bonfiglioli Consulting to support the company in achieving its goal.
The S&OP foundation is to share and formalize the constraints on one hand of production processes; and on the other of the service levels expected by customers; finally, it establishes coordination rules between various Commercial, Planning, Production and Logistics departments.
The goal of the S&OP approach is to streamline production planning based on demand variability while ensuring production efficiency.
The implementation of an integrated S&OP has ensured feasibility, stability and reliability of Company medium-long term production plans:
Thus, Sales & Operations Planning changed from being a PUSH to being a PULL model.
With the support of Bonfiglioli Consulting, the company has successfully implemented a process to develop, update and share integrated cross–disciplinary Business Plans (Finance, Marketing, Sales, Product Development, Production, Procurement, Distribution – horizontal integration), sustainable along the entire value chain (Vendors, Production Plant, Distribution Centers and Customers – vertical integration) and in line with the company’s strategy.
In addition, the company was able to anticipate the analysis of production/procurement constraints by taking timely corrective action.
Lastly, a structured production data communication system based on objective data for production volumes per product family (material/production type) has been defined, introducing meetings for comparison and feedback on performance.