Solution for automotive industry

Risks and challenges

Production of automobiles and their components is among the strongest industries with nearly a 15% share of the gross global product. There is a continuous competitive struggle and pressure on price reduction. Automotive suppliers must meet uncompromising customer demands on accuracy and timeliness of deliveries, their quality and labeling. At the same time, they are required to deal with constant changes in customer orders.
It is necessary to manage large logistical flows in terms of internal and external logistics. Companies capable of utilising proven processes for the planning and management of production, such as the Toyota production system, in combination with modern information technologies have an undeniable competitive advantage. Last but not least, it is important to transfer some pressure applied by the clients onto own suppliers.

Aimtec - partner to every fourth supplier from the automotive TOP100

The Aimtec corporation has for the last 14 years been developing and delivering such solutions to automotive industry customers that enable them to gain a competitive advantage. Our solutions are based on the best available applications and extensive experiences with automotive industry.

For our automotive industry customers we use the following software applications:

SAP - undoubtedly the broadest functionality in terms of automotive logistics and production
TradeSync Integration Manager - most widely used system for EDI communication in Europe

9 out of 10 Top Automotive suppliers use:

DCI+ - system for internal and external logistics, time and again proven in automotive

Our experiences in 5 key areas

We have implemented EDI communication for 40 customers with a total of 800 partners, from smaller clients with just a few partners, to the largest one with 250 partners. We carry out full integration into SAP as well as other ERP systems from different providers.

We connect our customers with all OEMs in Europe and all TOP10 suppliers. We have hands on experience of their method of communication, sending releases, labeling requirements, dealing with returnable packaging. We address JIS deliveries to assembly lines using the DCI+ system.

We have practical experience with EDI and WEB EDI to suppliers of large Tier 1 suppliers.

Our warehouse management system and barcodes, in large warehouses, record over a million transactions with an inventory level accuracy higher than 99,5%. We have have experience of deploying a barcode system in combination with kanban management in Japanese companies.

For automotive suppliers we implement production planning based on TPS principles, electronic system for production distribution, bottleneck management or combinations thereof.

Benefits of our solution

Customer communication

With us you can be sure of a fast and problem-free connection with any current or future customers:

• Connection to a customer is dealt with complexly from the technical set-up of EDI communication through to dealing with releases in the system. You receive everything with a guarantee from one supplier
• We have a prepared and proven solution for the processing of different incoming EDI messages (forecast, release, Toyota manifest, Pick-up Sheet, CALDEL, selfbilling, reports on inventory levels and transactions etc.) in variations per individual customer and in different standards (VDA, ODDETE, EDIFACT) 

Customer disposition

Our solution reduces labour consumption and error rate in customer disposition, at the same time increasing supplier reliability. The system provides:

• Immediate overview of changes to customer requests
• Quickly accessible overview of release and delivery history
• Simple generation of deliveries, delivery notes, immediate overview of current delays, sending of electronic delivery notes
• Easy management of consignment reserves at the customer
• Overview of returnable packaging, planning of returnable packaging
  

Dispatch

With us you will greatly reduce the number of logistics incidents.

• We ensure control over picking and dispatch using barcodes

Logistics

Our warehouse management system is sure to provide you with accurate on-line information about inventory levels and save storemen labour. Accurate inventory level information enable inventory reductions and are a prerequisite of correct planning:

• Barcode-based warehouse management system is very simple for storemen
• It is most flexible, easily adaptable to future changes of logistical processes
• Ensures simple demonstrability of FIFO and traceability
• Enables easy management and control of storemen's work

Planning

Planning system will bring you inventory reduction while improving supplier reliability, reduced production set-up time and saving of time spent through unnecessary operations - „fire fighting."

Planning carried out purely within the system (without supplemental applications or Excel) ensures immediate processing of customer request changes.

• The system enables quick replanning - whilst maintaining stability of the plan, and option comparison
• The system generates a warning in the event of a planning incident (insufficient material or capacity, jeopardised dispatch, planning error)

Production

We increase accuracy of production data.

• We use a unique functionality for serial production, which eliminates drawbacks of a standard custom production in an automotive environment (administrative burden), whilst maintaining its advantages
• Production booking is fully integrated with the logistical barcode system
• The system provides accurate information about deviations in material consumption

Finance, controlling

Aside from an extensive standard functionality in finance and controlling, automotive solution includes the following functionalities:

• Provides a fast and problem-free processing of selfbilling invoices
• Enables project cost tracking throughout their course

Main financial benefits

• Inventory reduction
• Reduced volume of scrap
• Increased production flowthrough
• Reduced defect rate and material consumption
• Reduced labour consumption in customer disposition and planning
• Reduced extra freight costs
• Reduced number of logistical incidents
• Reduced cost of returnable packaging
• Reduced purchase prices

Indirect benefits

Improve company image and increase chances of securing new projects:

• Easy verifiability of FIFO and traceability in an electronic form
• High supplier reliability

The automotive supplier testimony