Tieto renews supply chain system for Holmen

PUBLISHED ON: 14 February 2012
This article is about: Press release; Forest

Tieto Corporation         PRESS RELEASE         14 February 2012 at 10.00 am EET

Holmen, Iggesund Paperboard has selected Tieto to replace their current supply chain systems with Tieto's Integrated Paper Solution TIPS. Iggesund Paperboard is a member of the Holmen Group and Europe's leading manufacturer of high quality virgin fibre paperboard for use in the packaging and graphics sectors. The new system enables Iggesund Paperboard to increase customer satisfaction, offer more efficient support for internal business functions like sales, and to improve administration.  

The supply chain system supports Iggesund Paperboard's decision making with improved data quality, traceability and master data management. The system replaces several old systems reducing the complexity of the IT environment at Iggesund Paperboard. It covers sales order handling, warehouse management, invoicing, order and product cost calculations, production planning and delivery and dispatch, offering better transparency throughout the business processes.

"We appreciate the opportunity to collaborate with Holmen AB, Iggesund Paperboard. Tieto wish to build long lasting business relationships and focus on offering added value to the end customers, which creates an excellent basis for continuous development," tells Mats Lidström, Sales Executive at Tieto Forest.

Tieto Integrated Paper Solution TIPS is a comprehensive sales and production management solution for the pulp, paper, board and tissue industries. It provides a proven real-time operations management solution by seamlessly linking planning, business operations, and production processes. It combines the functionality and the best practices of four previous advanced Sales and MES systems and over 30 years experience and offers management of the whole order-to-cash value chain.

For further information, please contact:
Mats Lidström, Sales Executive, Tieto Forest, +46 70 590 5937, mats.lidstrom@tieto.com  
Mats Åkhe, IT Manager, Holmen AB, +46 1123 6026 , mats.akhe@holmen.com
Ingvar Persson, Manager Common Business Processes/IT,  Iggesund Paperboard, +46 6502 8558 , ingvar.persson@iggesund.com


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Tieto is the leading IT service company in Northern Europe providing IT and product engineering services. Our highly specialized IT solutions and services complemented by a strong technology platform create tangible business benefits for our local and global customers. As a trusted transformation partner, we are close to our customers and understand their unique needs. With about 18 000 experts, we aim to become a leading service integrator creating the best service experience in IT. www.tieto.com

Iggesund Paperboard is a member of the Holmen Group and Europe's leading manufacturer of high quality virgin fibre paperboard for use in the packaging and graphics sectors. Owners of Invercote and Incada, two of the leading paperboard brands on the market. Iggesund Paperboard has a total of about 1500 employees in Iggesund in Sweden and Workington in the UK. www.holmen.com