Furniture · case study
Hardwood mill delays absorbed before the line stops.
Hardwood mill slippage was caught only when the line was already starving. Customer commitments slipped one in five.
At a glance.
Industry
Furniture
High-volume furniture maker, two plants
Outcome
11 days
average buffer added to at-risk customer commitments
Source stack
- SAP S/4HANA
- Vendor portals
- Outlook
The engagement, end to end.
Result from a configured pilot on customer data.
The before-state
Hardwood mill slippage was caught only when the line was already starving. Customer commitments slipped one in five.
What Polymr automated
Inbound delay signals from mill emails and portals matched to affected jobs and downstream customer orders. Substitute species or alternate mill recommendation issued for buyer approval with a price-per-board-foot and lead-time delta.
The measured outcome
11 days. average buffer added to at-risk customer commitments. Result from a configured pilot on customer data.
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