MRO Parts Inventory Audit
Case Study: Industrial – Automotive Manufacturer
An automotive manufacturer that produces, markets, and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts with 28 assembly plants across North America.
REQUIREMENT
The automotive manufacturer’s issues that required resolving were:
- The inventory of more than 6.5 million parts had an unacceptable accuracy rate
- All parts were located in automotive manufacturing plants spanning North America
- In-house employees could not be pulled away from other tasks to fix accuracy issues
- Due to union regulations, the cost could not exceed current, in-house inventory costs
SOLUTION
RGIS worked with the automotive manufacturer to complete the following:
- Experienced RGIS teams completed two proof-of-concept inventories, to meet union regulations
- The inventories resulted in lower costs and more efficient service
- Once the bid had been accepted, RGIS teams got straight to work correcting accuracy issues in the MRO inventory
- Inventories were completed at the auto manufacturing plants over the weekends, to avoid disrupting regular operations
RESULTS
By outsourcing the full MRO inventories to RGIS, the automotive manufacturer had:
- Completed full MRO inventories at 28 plants across the continent, at a lower cost than the in-house alternative
- RGIS auditors scanned 6.5 million pieces using pre-programmed handheld devices
- MRO inventory accuracy increased from a rate of 80% to a rate of 93%