Relocation
of a production plant to the East of Europe
- 135 suppliers to the previous location
- 80 European suppliers are maintained with the goal to
reduce them to 40 suppliers over the next three years
Amongst the 80 suppliers, 7 are strategic and supply the new plant 3 to
5 times each week, 25 have a weekly frequency, the 48 others are either
twice a month or once a month.
Thanks to Beauvais international the new plant got under control the
whole of their West European supplies,
knowing day after day the collections are made with the correct
quantity per reference, and the required date of delivery depending on
the effective need of the production.
The new location transfers the electronic order book to Beauvais
International.
The 25 and 48 suppliers are regulated by a twice a week programme which
consolidates them in respect of the orders.
The 7 strategic suppliers are delivered daily.
The production plant decided to use the default slower speed offered by
Beauvais International, and using the higher speeds only to compensate
the non anticipated needs, or the delay of some suppliers.
The costs are under control, the needs of flexibilty are achieved
without using any dedicated vehicles.
For information, the accelerated flows represent 12% of the annual
orders.
Case of a
German production plant, with a set of 10 French suppliers
The previous organisation was subcontracted to a haulier with a low
cost price, having to
collect the 10 suppliers once a week to deliver to the German plant
every Monday.
The statistical diagnostic made by us : in 70 % of the cases, the final
delivery was made on the Tuesday and not on the Monday.
The détail of the references and quantities collected was
known only at the offloading on the Monday or Tuesday:
This non visibility produced hidden costs :
- 25% of added cost for emergencies (dedicated vehicles)
- 8 days of stock instead of 3 days.
50% of the received orders are wrong.
We offer our Beauvais International solution for two months.
The German company decide to work with us because of a line stoppage
caused by the
previous haulier.
Solution put in place :
A programme to put under control the suppliers, with pre-validation of
the conformity of
the references / quantities collected in regards of the production
plan,
with guarantee of the delivery day, and at disposal the acceleration
capacity of our organisation to compensate the delay of some suppliers.
This solution increased the direct costs by 5%, but cancelled all the
hidden costs,
plus any risk of line stoppage.
Conclusion :
the French suppliers are under control with an important decrease of
the total cost.
