’s-Hertogenbosch, February 15, 2005 – The French Société Alsacienne des Meubles (SALM) in Lièpvre is to use Quintiq's Advanced Planning & Scheduling software in the production of kitchen furniture, built-in cupboards or wall cupboards, tables and chairs. The Quintiq software will give SALM better control of the high volume of planning data and enable them to make daily production plans early in the process. They can then give customers reliable delivery dates. SALM deals with some two million order lines in a twelve-week planning horizon.
Unisys Consulting, Quintiq's partner in this project, is to implement the Quintiq Application Suite for SALM as a basis for sales and operations planning, master scheduling, general transport planning, detailed weekly and daily planning, and materials planning. Available to Promise (ATP) and Capable to Promise (CTP) functionality is to be incorporated in the detailed planning, and a link will be made to the transport planning.
Until now, SALM has used Microsoft Excel and limited ATP functionality on an IBM iSeries platform for planning. The company found itself increasingly confronted by the limitations of this approach, and launched a comprehensive market survey for an alternative system. SALM evaluated thirteen candidates. The Quintiq solution ultimately proved to be the best match with SALM's requirements and wishes. SALM was also impressed with the competence of Quintiq's implementation partner Unisys Consulting in IT and planning, which contributed to the project's success.
SALM
SALM (Société Alsacienne des Meubles) is the largest manufacturer of kitchens in France and number seven in Europe. SALM produces 3,300 kitchen elements a day on average in three production units (Lièpvre, Sélestat and Türkismühle) and is known mainly through the Cuisines Schmidt and Cuisinella brands. Additional information on the company is available on www.cuisines-schmidt.com.
About Quintiq
Quintiq offers a standard software solution to virtually any planning, scheduling and supply chain optimization problem. Its breakthrough technology empowers companies with flexible solutions, enabling them to solve their daily planning puzzle and optimize it fully, delivering bottom line value. Please visit www.quintiq.com for more information.
For further information please contact:
Quintiq
Martijn van Gils
Marketing Director
Tel. +31-(0)73 6910739
E-mail: martijn.van.gils@quintiq.com