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OEM Supply Chain – Chassis Products
Background
- Division of Global Casting, Machining, and Assembly Company
- Company closed overseas divisions with intent to consolidate operations
Key Business Issues
- Resource-Constrained; Financial, Capital, Assets, People
- Launching New Product
- Huge OEM exposure for major vehicle platforms
- Company Filed for Bankruptcy Protection
- Full Business Restructuring
Results
- Initially - Single OEM Focus: Throughput improvements mitigated 80K vehicle exposure; Manufactured additional 200K units in order to decontent and exit facility
- Led Coordinated effort for all OEMS; stabilization efforts mitigated > 300K vehicle exposure; efforts resulted in time to decontent facility
- Combined Risk Mitigation efforts resulted in over $7.0B of potential lost OEM profits
By the Numbers
> 7.0B
Mitigated OEM profit Risk > $7.0B
> 40.0M
Premium Freight reduction > 40.0M
9 months
Decontent, Business Transfer, Launch, PPAP from NA to China to 9 months