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Interventions required to meet business objectives - from Forecasting Methods,
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much more . . .
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2. Agenda
• NBC Universal And Home Entertainment
• Forecasting DVD’s And Blu-ray
• Optimizing The Forecasting Process
• Choosing The Right IT Tools To Help
• Questions
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3. An Introduction to NBC Universal
• One of the World’s Leading Media & Entertainment Companies
• Formed In May 2004 Through Combining NBC & Vivendi Universal Entertainment
• NBC Universal Is 80% Owned By General Electric And 20% Owned By Vivendi
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
• Markets & Distributes NBC Universal's Content Through DVD, Blu-ray, EST & VOD
• Includes Titles From Universal Pictures, Focus Features & Rogue Pictures
• Original Titles From USHE Family Productions and Mattel Properties
• Distribution for Summit Entertainment and other 3rd parties
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4. Forecasting DVD’s and Blu-ray
Operations
Forecast
Initial Production Store Level
Title Sales
Financial /Box Office Final
Greenlight Forecast
Ultimate Release Forecast
Financial
Forecast
Order DVD/BD
Ship to VMI
DVD/BD Production
Stores Replenish
Materials /Marketing
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6. What is the Problem?
• Inefficient Communication in Forecasting and Planning
• Returns Still Too High
• Limited Visibility To Promotional Effectiveness
• Multiple Forecasts In Multiple Systems – Which Is Correct?
Finance Sales & Cat Mgmt
Greenlights, Annual Plans, Account, Customer, Store
P&L, Cash, Overhead, Level & Fixture Level Planning
In Year Pacing & Ultimates
Marketing Operations
Replenishment, POS Forecasting,
DVD Release Schedule
SKU Forecasting
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7. What Is The Goal?
A Satisfied Customer
Objectives: Sub-Goals:
• Optimize and Streamline the S&OP Process
• Drive Cross Team Visibility of Data for Better Decisions Right Product
• Utilize Consensus & Leverage Statistical Demand Planning Right Store
Right Time
• Minimize Returns – Stop Revolving Door Syndrome
• Revenue Lift – Better Promotion Management Right Shelf
• Optimize Trade Spend $ - Utilize Highest Impact Tactics Right Price
• One System to Unite and Communicate All Forecasts
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8. How to Accomplish Process Change
• LEAN Value Stream Map Entire As-is Process
• Identify Value Add, Value Enabling and Non-Value Steps
• Identify Duplicates, Wait Time, Touch Time & Process Time
• Identify Pain Points and Integration Points to Other Processes
• Create New Process Maps Eliminating Non-Value Steps
• 9 Days Of Workouts With 40 Subject Matter Experts From:
• Operations • Finance
• Sales • IT
• Strategic Planning • Marketing
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9. A Closer Look at a LEAN Process Box
Accomplishments After Workouts
• Reduced Number of Process Steps from 160 to 130
• Eliminated 12 Rework Loops
• 65 Non-standardized Process Steps to be Automated in IT
• Estimated Reduction of Average Process Time by ~70%
• Estimated Reduction of Average Touch Time by ~75%
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11. What is the Systems Focus?
• Implement New LEAN Process In Enterprise Class System
• Simplify Systems Landscape & Retire Custom Applications
Enterprise
Packaged Custom
Order Management,
Replenishment Sales
Finance & Supply Packaged
System Application
Chain System Replenishment
Enterprise System
Order Management,
Finance & Supply
Chain System
add
Forecast, Demand,
Custom Custom Custom Custom Sales &
Reporting Forecasting Decay Planogram Reporting
Custom
System System Application System
Planogram
Leverage Enterprise Centers of Excellence
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12. Example: Implementation Timeline
Vendor 1
Q3’08 Q4’08 Q1’09
Q2’08 Q3’09 Q4’09 Q1’10
Q2’09
Finance Implement Go Live
Sales Implement Go Live
Demand Implement Go Live
Replenish Implement Go Live
$$$$$
Spend by Year $$$$$ $$$$$
Vendor 2
Q3’08 Q4’08 Q1’09
Q2’08 Q3’09 Q4’09 Q1’10
Q2’09
Finance Implement Go Live
Sales Implement Go Live
Demand Implement Go Live
Replenish Implement Go Live
$$$$$ $$$$$ $$$$$
Spend by Year
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14. Lessons Learned
• Examine the Cost of Doing Nothing!
• Executive Management Commitment and Buy in Necessary
• Recognize Required Refresh Frequency of Data in Systems
• Understand Data History Requirements to Forecast
• Solid Requirements, Exhaustive UAT and Training = Success
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