DCI Marketing

COMPANY

DCI Marketing is an industry leader in providing Fortune 500 clients with award-winning integrated marketing programs. Its core product offerings are retail point-of-purchase (POP) merchandising—from signage, displays and interactive kiosks to complete, custom-designed retail environments, installing everything from flooring to ceiling fixtures. The company ships more than 600,000 display units annually.

CHALLENGE

Obsolete infrastructure for growing product demands and changing market environment:

• Multiple IT platforms with minimal integration
• Manual planning and control process
• Virtually no inventory or procurement controls
• No integrated reporting or business metrics
• Timely product, customer and financial data unavailable

WHY ABEAM?

Combination of strong business consulting and enterprise systems capabilities.

SOLUTION

Implementation of IFS ERP system, including integrated, automated processes for:

• Demand planning
• Inventory control
• Procurement
• Real-time information reporting and business metrics

REAL BENEFITS

Supply Chain Management transformation, improving:

• Processes that require significantly less manual intervention
• Visibility of consolidated customer demand, customer and vendor owned inventory, and overall material and labor demands on the company
• Synchronization of inventory management with scheduling, demand management and project accountability
• Procurement and inventory stocking controls
• Rough Cut Capacity Planning (RCCP) for efficient utilization of critical, expensive design and project management resources
• Reporting analytics for decision makers to act on Strategy & Operations drivers