UNLEARNING OLD HABITS
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“ With Shell being on a single instance of SAP , it meant that with Orchestr8 , Shell IT only had to build the interfaces from our host SAP system into Orchestr8 just the one time . Every country around the world is on the same system ,” reflected Lynch .
“ We went live with our pilot in October 2017 . So , March to October we completed the design , build and first implementation . That was a terrific effort by all the folks involved .”
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Introducing such a change from traditional processes ; however , it remains clear that demand-driven planning will only remain successful if it is embraced by those at the helm . This is a challenge where Lynch remains confident the business will overcome .
“ We ’ ve put nearly 200 people in planning through certified demanddriven planner training and are taking them through a sensible change journey throughout the implementation ,” he said .
“ If you can take out the firefighting , and the noise within the business – the expediting , changing schedules , etc . – then the day in the life of the supply chain individual will feel quite different when this is fully implemented .”
Demand-driven planning will be a distinct game changer for Shell Lubricants , and enable the business to better serve its customers , with a higher stock availability and a lower working capital commitment .
“ If you think about a change programme , this is changing the planning
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