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MIZUNO Scores With JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
Company Overview
Since its founding in 1906, Mizuno has taken special
pride and pleasure in being able to take part in the
exciting world of sports and in making the entire
globe the stage for their activities. The management
philosophy: "To contribute to society through the
advancement of sports and quality sporting goods" is
clearly reflected in their support of numerous
worldwide sports events and in their dedication to
advancing sports through cutting edge research and
technology. Mizuno’s product strategy is to develop
products with "uniquely Mizuno" features and market
products to the "competitive," "health,” and
"environment" fields. Today, athletes throughout the
world rely upon the high quality products that only
Mizuno can produce. They produce superior quality
equipment for serious performance, through the
artful combination of technology and craftsmanship.
Challenges Faced
Mizuno implemented
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne for the primary
purpose of coordinating inventory management
processes with demand forecasts. Keith Neely, VP IT
at Mizuno, stated their goals:
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Improving requisition and
purchase order processes
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Handling custom order
configuration (50% of orders are custom)
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Increasing order fill rates
and handle demands of tough distribution channel
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Reducing inventory
obsolescence while increasing availability
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Improving overall business
processes and implementing best practices
The Solution
Implementation of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne began
with General Ledger and Accounts Payable. Later in
the year Accounts Receivable and Manufacturing
Accounting were added along with the complete
Distribution module (Sales Order Processing,
Inventory Management, Purchase Order
Processing and Configuration Management).
Keith and his team established metrics for major
business processes, implemented best practices, and
then worked with their consulting partners to tie
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne to those metrics and best practices.
After roughly two years, Mizuno added Human
Resources Management, Advanced Warehousing and
Advanced Transportation to their total solution.
Finally, they added the Demand Resource Planning and
Demand Management modules. During the
implementation, Mizuno evaluated all major business
processes and improved upon them to achieve optimum
results.
Benefits Realized
Through its partnership with
CD
Group and JD Edwards, Mizuno continues to
achieve its goals of increasing customer
satisfaction, maintaining optimum inventory levels
with minimal obsolescence, tying carrying values to
demand planning and improving forecasting. By
focusing on metrics, all business processes are
improving and adding to the Mizuno bottom line,
reflecting that Mizuno means Serious Performance.
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