One call to emergency logistics specialist Evolution Time Critical has saved a major vehicle manufacturer more than €1 million in lost production. The firm’s global operations team kept the lines running by resolving a compound failure, where a supply chain process experienced two consecutive faults.
Following a communications breakdown in the supply chain, Evolution was called in to collect vehicle components from a supplier in France and deliver them to the manufacturing plant in the UK in time for production requests the next day. The situation was then further complicated by a production failure at the Tier 1 supplier, which only became apparent when the company was contacted by Evolution to confirm the collection schedule. This compound failure appeared to make it impossible to get all the necessary parts to the UK in time to keep the lines running.
Calling on its expertise in automotive industry processes, Evolution devised a solution that provided the supplier with the necessary time to produce the parts while also ensuring the vehicle manufacturer’s production was not interrupted. A production and delivery schedule was agreed that prioritised production in the sequence required for vehicle assembly then Evolution arranged three charter flights at three-hourly intervals met by light-vans to deliver each batch of components through the night.
“This was a situation where a great deal of ingenuity was called for; no amount of money would have bought the time needed to get all the parts to the UK, so we needed to think laterally which is where our experience and industry knowledge proves invaluable,” said Brad Brennan, managing director, Evolution Time Critical. “Knowing that situations like this can be successfully resolved is allowing our customers to lean their supply chains even further, helping them to make welcome additional savings in these highly-competitive times.”
| Evolution Time Critical
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