Discrete Manufacturing - Auto Components Manufacturing

Indian auto industry is one of the most promising and growing auto industries across the world. It is in fact looked upon to be the largest in the world, while being the second largest manufacturer of automotive components. The auto industry currently exports about 15% of its output, and is expected to grow at the rate of 30%. Despite being posed with tremendous opportunities for growth, the Indian auto industry is also flummoxed with various challenges in terms of resource planning and processing.

Business Challenges

• Reduce forecast error
• Reduce environmental impact of products
• Produce energy efficient products
• Improve time to global markets
• Compete with increased competition from alternative transport methods
• Improve the efficiency of global product delivery
• Manage component requirements
• Manage a large number of component suppliers
• Control component inventory
• Manage labor

RODE Benefits

• Enterprise-wise production planning
• Multiple Production Calendars for different factories
• Multiple levels of Bill of Materials
• Demand planning
• Mixed-mode manufacturing (high-volume repetitive and batch process)
• Tracking of Work in Progress stock, to better maintain the inventory
• Sale to dealers, and transfer to consumers
• Better pricing, promotions management and planning
• Automatic supplier orders, which are generated based on sourcing logic
• Centralized and localized purchasing

RODE Features

• Concept Control Units, which bring in Data-Level Security in the Production Planning and Shop floor production reporting
• Individual Production Calendars mapped to every resource; this gives the benefit of planning based on the calendar availability of each resource
• Provisions to create a Product Structure, which is a single-level Bill of Material. Any number of Production Structures can be linked one below the other to form multiple levels of Bill of Materials
• Enhanced demand planning module, which generates demands based on the buckets and quantities defined in the forecasts
• MRP and Repetitive Schedules, to generate supplies for demands
• Comprehensive reports, to track the WIP Stock
• Consignment sales
• Pricelists and promotions like loyalty points
• Provisions to conduct centralized and decentralized procurement