Rethinking planning:
Calligaris’ transformation journey
Founded in 1923 as a small artisan workshop in Manzano (Udine), Calligaris SpA is now one of the leading companies in the global furniture industry. With a strong commitment to innovation and quality, Calligaris offers a wide range of home products, from furniture to accessories, many of which can be configured and customized.
Client: CALLIGARIS SPA
Industry: Furniture & Design
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Every transformation begins with a vision. For Calligaris, the challenge was to rethink planning processes with a strategic, innovative, and future-driven approach — combining creativity, efficiency, and service excellence.
Together with Quin, the company embarked on a journey that addressed key areas of demand and supply planning: more accurate forecasting, integrated planning, and a more structured collaboration with suppliers. This evolution strengthened operational stability, increased responsiveness and precision, and enhanced the overall customer experience.
In the video, the project’s leaders share goals, decisions, and results first-hand, offering an authentic perspective on a journey that reinforced core processes and opened new growth opportunities.
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The challenge
Calligaris needed to strengthen its demand forecasting and material planning processes to better manage a supply chain made particularly complex by seasonality and shifting market trends. The main goal was to ensure the timely availability of required materials, increase responsiveness and operational efficiency, and overcome the limitations of a management system that, until then, had been largely manual.
The project
Improvement of Demand & Material Planning Processes to Enhance Efficiency and Flexibility
Implementation of an advanced forecasting system based on best-fit statistical algorithms.
Implementation of a daily processing system for missing materials, with full visibility of the impact on customer service
Supplier Forecasting and Missing Materials Impact Analysis
Scheduling of Purchase Requests Based on Component Availability Constraints
Some of the results
achieved
Enhancement of Demand Forecast Accuracy
Optimization of Inventory Management and Reduction of Missing Components
Increased Operational Efficiency and Supply Chain Flexibility
Improved Customer Satisfaction Through Greater Delivery Reliability
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