News: Successful office launch in Paris for Barloworld Supply Chain Software
An exclusive event in Paris on Wednesday 20th June,
celebrated the launch of the new Barloworld SCS office in France,
which the company says will help to enhance its service levels
within the French market.
"With our smart product suite of supply chain software that uses
the latest technology and a strong French-speaking team, we have
the resources in place to support the supply chain market in
France" says Gilles Alais, Country Manager for Barloworld SCS
France.
The event was a great success, with high attendance. It began
with a presentation by Kevin Boake, Managing Director of Barloworld
SCS about the company's Strategy and Vision within the French
market, followed by testimonials from two of the company's existing
French customers.
ISEL School of Logistics, has achieved reduced costs and reduced
carbon emissions for the VALVER project with Renault environmental
division, thanks to effective logistics network modelling with
Barloworld SCS's CAST software. The Renault environmental division
initiated its VALVER Project in 2009, working with ISEL School of
Logistics (graduate) of the University of Le Havre in France to
reorganise and reconfigure the glass recycling operation at
Renault.
Christophe Bisiaux, Project Manager for ISEL, explained to
delegates at the event how CAST was used to model the
network. They were able to evaluate and identify the optimal
supply chain configuration and calculate the total cost to market,
identifying supply chain scenarios that enabled cost and carbon
emission reductions. To date, CAST software has been
used to identify more than ten scenarios to optimise Renault's
recycling supply chain.
Supply Manager, Marie-Ange Terrasse of CARGLASS France, one of
the leading automotive glass repair and replacement specialists in
France, and another of Barloworld SCS's French customers, also
presented at the event. Marie-Ange explained the company's positive
experience of Optimiza Inventory Planner software from Barloworld
SCS and the benefits it has brought to CARGLASS France.
By building an inventory model of the business, and taking into
account the unique supply and demand characteristics of its supply
chain, Optimiza Inventory Planner has helped CARGLASS France to
reduce its inventory and helping to increase service levels to the
1 million plus drivers that CARGLASS serves each year.
Guest speakers Jean-Philippe Guillaume and Cathy
Polge, editors of the French publication, Supply Chain Magazine
talked about 'complexity management' and supply chain software that
provides solutions at strategic, tactical and operational levels,
such as the Barloworld SCS product suite.
The event closed with live demonstrations of CAST,
CINO (Combined Inventory and Network Optimisation) and Optimiza
Inventory Planner software products, accompanied by cocktail
networking.
"We are very pleased with the success of the seminar and the
launch of our office in Paris" says Gilles Alais. "We have received
positive feedback from attendees who found the day interesting and
useful, and we have booked in several follow up meetings, which is
a great start to the expansion of Barloworld SCS into the French
market."