Just lately, we accomplished a challenge with a greenfield EV OEM who’s dedicated to establishing a supply-chain focus of their operation’s start-up. They invited the Auto Provide Chain Prophets to help their workforce in figuring out their group’s important provide chain processes and making certain their integration inside a novel TaaS (Truck as a Service) enterprise mannequin. TaaS includes not solely the manufacture of autos but in addition the continuing provision of providers essential to help business supply fleet managers. Â
Palms-on Steering Round Key Provide Chain Processes
Over a 12-week interval, we met for 90-minutes per week with their workforce of enterprise analysts who’re chargeable for guiding resolution companions inside and supporting their operations with specifying, deciding on and creating sustainable data expertise options in help of their worth chain.
All through this stay facilitated on-line coaching collection, the enterprise analysts subsequently realized about present automotive business necessities, instruments and greatest practices based mostly on automotive business High quality (ISO 9001 & IATF 16949) and Supply (MMOG/LE) requirements as they relate to provide chain processes. As well as, the enterprise analysts evaluated the alignment between bodily materials movement and knowledge movement to make sure seamless integration of their key provide chain processes in QAD’s Adaptive ERP and Provide Chain options.
The construction of the coaching collection spanned the complete worth chain, from preliminary receipt of buyer necessities and program planning (Automotive APQP) to sourcing, manufacturing planning, manufacturing management, bodily logistics in addition to measuring total provide chain efficiency. Related automotive necessities from ISO 9001, IATF 16949 and MMOG/LE have been reviewed with the enterprise analysts for every step within the worth chain. The Auto Provide Chain Prophets then shared greatest practices from their mixed 70+ years of automotive manufacturing expertise. The workforce indicated that the sharing of those examples was key to their studying.
Important inputs have been recognized associated to every stage of the automotive worth chain and the enterprise analysts reviewed deliberate strategies for capturing and validating these inputs each inside and out of doors the QAD resolution set.
The enterprise analysts recognized present processes by leveraging QAD’s OEM Automotive Course of Map as a foundation, and plans for supporting every step of their worth chain, and created an built-in high quality/provide chain course of map reflecting their group’s data and materials movement.
Some particular processes have been focused for automation based mostly on automotive business greatest practices. And, many of those had already been recognized by the group for automation and integration as a part of their worth chain.
On the conclusion of the coaching collection, the enterprise analysts reported a greater, extra deeper understanding of the “huge image” for the automotive business provide chain and high quality necessities. Additionally they indicated that the educational strengthened some strategies already in use whereas offering a transparent roadmap of the work forward to make sure the very best use of expertise to realize an automatic and built-in worth chain.
The enterprise analysts additionally acknowledged the significance of following their worth chain in reviewing present processes to establish information homeowners. This focus will guarantee alignment between the wants of their resolution companions and beneficial expertise options.
A key space of focus found by way of their studying was associated to sourcing and provider efficiency, specifically making certain patrons have the info they should handle significant conversations with the group’s suppliers in any respect tiers (Tier 1 – N). As properly, offering an answer for monitoring provider KPIs in addition to delivering scorecards to suppliers was recognized as a key space of alternative.
Hearken to the Consultants on the Auto Provide Chain Prophets Podcast
The Auto Provide Chain Prophets can be found to help your group with a complete evaluation of your present and/or new automotive provide chain processes to make sure your group can constantly ship on the promise of supply to your prospects. To study extra concerning the 24 important provide chain processes and what they will do for you, hearken to the Auto Provide Chain Prophets podcast Episode 19 entitled “24 Important Processes to Construct a Basis of Provide Chain Administration”.
This text was co-written by Cathy Fisher, founder and president of Quistem, LLC.