Industry: Life Sciences,Process/Chemical

Cambrex Karlskoga is a manufacturer of pharmaceutical active ingredients, advanced intermediates and specialty chemicals. Acquired by Cambrex Corporation in 1994, Cambrex Karlskoga is an innovative, research-oriented company located in Karlskoga, Sweden.

To reduce inventory and improve customer service, Cambrex Karlskoga needed to move away from a monthly, manually produced production plan to a weekly electronic plan that could model changes in batch sizes, special promotions and other impacts on the production process.

With Logility Voyager Manufacturing Planning™, Cambrex Karlskoga achieved ROI within 57 days, achieved a 75% reduction in planning time–from eight days down to two days–within nine months, saw a 10-15% reduction in inventory, equating to savings of $17-25 million SEK ($1.8M - $2.7M US), integrated Voyager Manufacturing Planning with its ROSS ERP system and migrated from a monthly to a weekly production schedule.