Security Classification ES4C9 Supply Chain Management ~ Improving and Developing Zoe Maxwell
Jan 17, 2016
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ES4C9 Supply Chain Management~ Improving and Developing
Zoe Maxwell
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Delphi
Mission statement
“To be the global leader in automotive systems and related product lines. We must work together with employees, suppliers and stakeholders to profitably provide high value solutions to our customers.”
Delphi Diesel Systems• Design & manufacture high performance fuel systems• Technical Centres• Manufacturing sites• Customer support centres
Stonehouse Manufacturing site• Heavy duty systems for commercial vehicles• Fuel Pumps• Injectors• Common Rail systems Image 1: Diesel Injector retrieved from
www.delphi.com
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Use a Material Requirement Planning (MRP) system– Input of Customer requirements– Create internal production plan– Output Supplier orders
External Supply Chain Management
Delphi Stonehouse site
DelphiSudbury site
Other Suppliers
CustomersDelphi
Corporation
Delphi London Technical Centre
Other Stakeholders
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Internal Supply Chain Management
Offices
Assembly & TestingStore
Component Manufacturing Lines
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• MRP system for production planning & stock control • Pull system • All product is moved by a Tugger via bus stops• Kanban triggers e.g. card/empty box
Image 2: Internal Tugger
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Improving Supply Chain Management
Global– Delphi as a whole pushing for continuous improvement– Further inter-site relationships and collaboration
Delphi Diesel Systems - Stonehouse
External– “Supplies” department improve supplier relationships– “Marketing” & “Supplies” improve customer relationships– Packaging improvement projects
Internal – Supply Chain Improvement Projects (SCIP) team– Focused projects on specific areas within the factory– Change agents & cross functional project teams– Quarterly stock check to review
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Supply Chain Management Internal Projects
Assembly and Test Stock Accuracy Project• Improve Stock Accuracy on MRP system• Control flow of stock in the area• Improve capture of inventory information
Process• Improved personnel knowledge of stock control• Training & documentation• Removed an unnecessary MRP booking point• Segregated area for “out of process” parts for Engineering trials
Results
Measure Pre implementation Project Target Post implementation
Inventory Accuracy
+4%Between -0.5%
and +1%-0.1%
Non-Value added time
36.7 hours 50% reduction12.3 hours
(66% reduction)
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Image 3: Triple bottom line diagram retrieved from www.greengirlinc.com
Future Improvements
Sustainability & Triple bottom line theory
• Transport– Improve efficiency
» Fleet management » Reduce packaging size further» Use own highly efficient injectors!!
• Sourcing– Move to local suppliers
• Ethical trade– Fair trade suppliers
• Reverse Logistics– Minimal returns approx. 20 ppm
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