Some of their main challenges were:
- Constant “fire-fighting” mode to sort through a high volume of unprioritized and disorganized ERP action messages.
- Time wasted by sorting through and executing on low-value activities.
- Regular exceeding of 40-hour work weeks with buyers and managers using weekends to catch up.
- Significant problems to customers due to shortages and missed on-time deliveries, resulting in customer representatives coming on-site.
- Excess inventory in one site and shortages in another due to lack of visibility across multiple sites and ERPs.
- Inability to provide executives with a comprehensive view of problems across all sites due to lack of standardization and accountability in reporting process.
Through a partnership with LeanDNA, the aerospace manufacturer was able to quickly right-size inventory, reducing costly excess and improving on-time delivery percentages. The results? Within six months, one division alone reported an $80 million reduction in working capital.
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