In 2007 when go-live of the solution  started the company was able to lower tundish life wasting at continuous casting  to 60% comparing with 2006. Although crisis happened in 2008 the indicator was  improved by more than 70% comparing with 2006. It is worth mentioning that using  specialized solution in crisis period allowed the company using achieved  additional competitive advantages to get leading positions on the market in its  segment. Thus the implementation effect was obvious even during the uneasy  period when supply on the steel market was much higher than demand.      
In general the integration of the new process of  melt shop and caster scheduling into the process of order fulfilment planning  significantly improved quality of customer service. In 2007 the company was able  to achieve due date performance (daily accuracy) of 91% keeping high  operational excellence. Then the indicator only improved though significant increase  in number of products and in number of steel grades (see Figure 7).