Case Study: Sun Microsystems (2)

Case Study: Sun Microsystems (2)

Some Results:

Reduction of turnaround time on materials returned to the supplier form fifteen days to one day

Reduction of lead time on demand pull from warehousing to four hours

80% reduction in total inventory

47% reduction in cycle time for direct shipment product from the supplier to Sun customers

Increase in inventory turns from 5 to 14

Removal of five weeks from the cycle for real-time field quality feedback o the suppliers

Traditional model

Supply-to-manufacturer-to-consumer

Streamlined Process

Work backward from actual consumption, pulling products from a virtual supply system

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