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Plants
28
Pieces
6,500,000
Improved
Accuracy
An automotive manufacturer that produces, markets, and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts with 28 assembly plants across North America, required the support of RGIS.
THE CHALLENGE
The automotive manufacturer’s issues that required resolving were:
- The inventory of more than 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
Why RGIS?
Customers rely on RGIS for MRO parts inventories because our trained teams deliver accurate, fully documented counts across critical maintenance components, improving visibility, reducing downtime, and supporting stronger operational reliability.
Our Solutions
RGIS worked with the automotive manufacturer to complete the following:
Experienced RGIS teams completed two proof-of-concept inventories, to meet union regulations
RGIS auditors scanned 6.5 million pieces using pre-programmed handheld devices
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:
The inventories resulted in lower costs and more efficient service
MRO inventory accuracy increased from a rate of 80% to a rate of 93%
Conclusion
Completed full MRO inventories at 28 plants across the continent, at a lower cost than the in-house alternative with an increased accuracy of 93%.
