2006, 09/12 Harte-Hanks client Bombardier Transportation wins award for Supply Chain
Supported by data quality solutions from Harte-Hanks Trillium Software, Bombardier Transportation wins industry award for creating single view of its supply chain, driving procurement savings and inventory efficiencies
ALDERMASTON, UK - 26 September 2006 - Harte-Hanks Trillium Software (NYSE:
HHS), a leading enabler of Total Data Quality solutions, today announced
that its client Bombardier Transportation has won a 2006 Best of British
Manufacturing IT Award for creating in 2005 a harmonised view of its supply
chain. Honoured within the "IT and Network Infrastructure" category of the
awards, the initiative makes extensive use of data quality software
solutions from Trillium Software and, according to Bombardier, is expected
to enable the company to save 3-5 percent annually from its $1.3 billion
procurement operation.
"The Manufacturing Computer Solutions annual Best of British Manufacturing
IT challenge is aimed at recognising the very best IT strategies and
implementations in British manufacturing industry," said Brian Tinham,
chairman of the awards. "The 2006 Awards are about promoting the critical
business value of IT, across functions and departments, in underpinning and
enabling superior business processes, competitiveness and profitability for
UK enterprises."
According to Kevin Carrick, project director for SAP services at Bombardier,
the challenge at Bombardier was a significant one. "Getting a harmonised
view of our supply chain was a major driver," he said. After years of
mergers and acquisitions, Bombardier faced profound disarray in its supply
data having more than 70 databases in eight legacy systems containing an
apparent 2.8 million parts from some 200,000 suppliers. What's more, those
parts were distributed as more than 9 million records in five languages.
According to Bombardier, the company sought a data quality solution that
could improve critical product and inventory data, including orders, parts,
and materials in addition to name-and-address data, much of it buried in
free-form text. It chose TS Quality from Trillium Software, to cleanse and
standardise the data and to link disparate records together.
The benefits to the procurement operation are forecast to be won through
negotiating better contracts based on a business-wide view of supplier
relationships. Inventory reductions, through having an up-to-date unified
view, are expected to contribute further significant savings and
efficiencies, Carrick reported.
"This recognition of Bombardier Transportation and Harte-Hanks Trillium
Software shows the strong results that can happen from applying a data
quality strategy to supply chain management," said Ed Wrazen, vice president
of marketing international for Trillium Software at Harte-Hanks. "Bombardier
turned raw, chaotic data into usable, reliable information and maximised the
value of that information in business processes."
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