Greycon Ltd., London, England, a global supply chain optimization company for the paper, printing, film, and nonwovens industries, this past week reported that Nine Dragons Paper Industries Co., the largest producer of containerboard products in China, signed a five-year agreement to use its X-Trim to optimize trim efficiency for its paper machines.
X-Trim was chosen after an evaluation process that spanned more than two years and included extensive on-site trials. "These trials clearly demonstrated the benefits X-Trim provided in both trim efficiency and planner productivity," Constantine Goulimis, CEO of Greycon, said. Implementation of X-Trim has already begun, with the first phase scheduled to go live in August.
"A critical factor in Nine Dragons' decision to use X-Trim was the tight integration with SAP," Goulimis added. "Building on top of the certified, Powered-by-NetWeaver integration between X-Trim and SAP's SCM (APO), Greycon was able to demonstrate dynamic pegging to finished and semi-finished inventory. This new feature allows Nine Dragons to optimize its paper machines by consuming just the right amounts of stock. The dynamic nature of the pegging means that inventory reservations are kept as flexible as possible."
Nine Dragons has announced ambitious growth plans to increase the company's capacity by 26%, to 11.1 million metric tpy in 2011, positioning it to take advantage of opportunities related to the developing economic recovery in China and around the world. To get the greatest leverage from this investment in plant and equipment, and help the company achieve its production goals, Nine Dragons is also investing in technology, replacing its current systems with state-of-the-art solutions, Greycon notes.
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