Time saved per month by digitizing manual data collection
Four years ago, Burton management received roughly 65 to 75 different spreadsheet templates each week that held all of the company’s production data. To streamline the collection of this information, Burton started using Infor’s Work-In-Process toolset.
Burton is continuing its journey with Infor Nexus’s Network Transportation Visibility solution that will provide Burton with a global view of goods ready to ship or in transit, including transactional updates, milestones, and GPS data.
“It gives us pride to know that our people can do their jobs better by having a toolset that supports them. Plus, our staff can explore more in the analysis and brainwork side of their jobs and less on the data mining and data entry side.”
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“We needed better direct-to-consumer support, decisions supporting analytics, and a more modern user interface.”
Burton has been expanding beyond its wholesale business by adding a direct-to-consumer business model. It’s also opened physical stores and participated in a variety of digital marketplaces. E-commerce is now Burton’s fastest-growing channel.
The ERP platform the company was using was built around wholesale and didn’t support this new model very well. With Infor’s CloudSuite Fashion solution set to go live in 2022, Burton is confident it can far more effectively manage its direct-to-consumer business.
Offline quality audits at manufacturing locations were replaced by a tablet app that enabled the collection of audit data as the inspection occurred. A central repository for all quality audits allows for real-time analysis of defect rates and quality trends. This frees field managers from chasing paperwork so they can better manage quality.
understands
the backbone of
our supply chain
and unique
complexities of
the outdoor
winter sports
space.
Podcast:
Hear how Burton Snowboards leverages its supply chain in today’s consumer-led world. As the winter sports giant faces challenges from planning to supplier collaboration to sustainability, Burton counts on its supply chain to score that perfect 10.
Burton is as much about lifestyle as it is about the products it creates. To get its snowboards, cut-and-sew jackets, socks, gloves, and headwear into the hands of customers, Burton needs a highly specialized supply chain that supports the manufacturing of these types of goods.
Jake Burton Carpenter took his passion for snowboarding and turned it into a business, establishing Burton Snowboards in a Vermont barn in 1977. Even as the company grew, it never wavered from its mission to innovate and change the way people enjoy the outdoors.
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Burton is as much about lifestyle as it is about the products it creates. To get its snowboards, cut-and-sew jackets, socks, gloves, and headwear into the hands of customers, Burton needs a highly specialized supply chain that supports the manufacturing of these types of goods.
Hear how Burton Snowboards leverages its supply chain in today’s consumer-led world. As the winter sports giant faces challenges from planning to supplier collaboration to sustainability, Burton counts on its supply chain to score that perfect 10.
Podcast:
understands
the backbone of
our supply chain
and unique
complexities of
the outdoor
winter sports
space.
Time saved per month by digitizing manual data collection
Four years ago, Burton management received roughly 65 to 75 different spreadsheet templates each week that held all of the company’s production data. To streamline the collection of this information, Burton started using Infor’s Work-In-Process toolset.
Offline quality audits at manufacturing locations were replaced by a tablet app that enabled the collection of audit data as the inspection occurred. A central repository for all quality audits allows for real-time analysis of defect rates and quality trends. This frees field managers from chasing paperwork so they can better manage quality.
“It gives us pride to know that our people can do their jobs better by having a toolset that supports them. Plus, our staff can explore more in the analysis and brainwork side of their jobs and less on the data mining and data entry side.”
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Burton is continuing its journey with Infor Nexus’s Network Transportation Visibility solution that will provide Burton with a global view of goods ready to ship or in transit, including transactional updates, milestones, and GPS data.
© Copyright 2021. Infor. all rights reserved.
Burton has been expanding beyond its wholesale business by adding a direct-to-consumer business model. It’s also opened physical stores and participated in a variety of digital marketplaces. E-commerce is now Burton’s fastest-growing channel.
The ERP platform the company was using was built around wholesale and didn’t support this new model very well. With Infor’s CloudSuite Fashion solution set to go live in 2022, Burton is confident it can far more effectively manage its direct-to-consumer business.
“We needed better direct-to-consumer support, decisions supporting analytics, and a more modern user interface.”
Jake Burton Carpenter took his passion for snowboarding and turned it into a business, establishing Burton Snowboards in a Vermont barn in 1977. Even as the company grew, it never wavered from its mission to innovate and change the way people enjoy the outdoors.