Emerton client is an aerospaceTier-1 supplier facing several challenges in parallel:
- Steep production ramp-up requestedfrom clients
- Ongoing manufacturing footprint redesign, including production transfers across several continents
- PMI of recently acquired plants
- Complex relationship with somesuppliers, in a materials shortage context
Emerton has been appointed to redesign the raw material procurement strategy and to fix some operational issues with selected suppliers
New raw material procurement strategy validated by client Executive Committee
Supply chain, production and purchasing teams aligned on the procurement strategy and on newly defined management tools
Internal teams onboarded to adjust procurement strategy to reflect future needs or changes in business assumptions
Step 1: Development of a shared baseline
- Consolidation of global raw material needs
- Identification of sourcing options
Step 2: Co-design of procurement scenarios
- Qualification and quantification of procurement scenarios
- Validation with Executive Committee
Step 3: Design and hand-over of raw material procurement management tools
Inparallel: Support to selected low-performing procurement processes
- Diagnosis of procurement issues,including audit of selected suppliers
- Proposal of corrective actions
Set-up of daily and weekly routines to correctly execute corrective actions over time
