Greycon Chosen for Resolute’s Global SAP Template Rollout

On April 10, 2017, Greycon, U.K., successfully completed the fourth stage of a five wave implementation at Resolute Forest Products in Montreal, Que., Canada. Resolute initiated the global template rollout campaign to establish Greycon’s X-Trim solution as the company standard trim optimization system.

Resolute is a global leader in the forest products industry, marketing to more than 80 countries worldwide and owns or operates 40-plus mills. Resolute manufactures pulp, paper, tissue, and wood products for clients based in the U.S., Canada, and South Korea.

Jay Jordan, sales manager for North America, said that "we are very happy with the progress so far of Resolute’s rollout campaign. Establishing a new system in a company can always be challenging, especially when you have multiple sites that need to be aligned. This is why we are so pleased with the X-Trim solution, it integrates seamlessly with SAP, showing Resolute a significant difference almost instantaneously."

Greycon completed the first wave on Feb. 1, 2015. Since then, Greycon’s X-Trim solution has been implemented at 14 mills. Currently Resolute is implementing the final roll out to go-live in September 2017, which will complete the campaign totalling 16 mills, all of which are integrated with Resolute’s SAP/APO system.

X-Trim has provided many benefits to Resolute since its implementation, some of which are its easy to use interface, visualised solution, and superior waste reduction. Greycon’s certified 'Interface for Industry-Specific Optimizers' for APO allows Resolute quick configuration and deployment throughout each wave of the project, allowing a seamless interface between X-Trim and APO. 

Greycon is the world’s leading provider of production planning, scheduling, and manufacturing execution systems that have been designed specifically for roll-based and flat sheet industries. Greycon operates throughout the world. Its strength is the extensive range of specialist software solutions for plastic films and flexible packaging, nonwovens, metals, converting, and paper and board industries supported by powerful optimization algorithms and a highly experienced team of consultants.

Resolute Forest Products is a global leader in the forest products industry with a diverse range of products, including market pulp, wood products, tissue, newsprint, and specialty papers.