Solution Characteristics and Benefits




About the Auto Parts Manufacturers’ Industry

Industry Trends and Pain Points Failure to deliver products on time to client’s assembly lines, which leads to loss of business Carrying high inventory levels to avoid penalties or failures Unbalanced client demand vs. plant capacity Poor integration leading to inaccurate planning, accounting, costing, etc. Management distracted to focus on “putting out  fires” and client’s changes Large obsolete inventory due to unsynchronized engineering changes Difficulty in keeping with increasingly demanding supply-chain requests

Key Business Requirements

• Repetitive manufacturing for subassemblies, components, and OEM parts
• JIT and PPU (product at point of use) parts supply to auto makers’ facilities
• Long- and short-term planning for manufacturing and capacity plans
• End-of-year model supply-chain management
• Correct management of engineering changes
• Total inventory-ownership management along the supply chain
• Lean manufacturing management
• Automotive EDI management

Then… JIT Supplier Automotive ^TM

Product Description

JIT Supplier Automotive ™ is an All-In-One Solution based in the latest SAP Base Line release R2R. This is a world-class solution and a fully SAP-configured product that upgrades the performance of the auto parts manufacturers and helps them respond to the increasing challenges of the automotive industry. Key client benefits include:

Improvement of JIT delivery based on total logistic synchronization among auto parts manufacturers and car makers Increased internal resource productivity Reliable, on time, and accurate inventory information Mirroring (Plant – SAP) of materials flow and operations Increased effectiveness in manufacturing and materials planning Reduction in product shortages  Improvements in cost, quality, and information Reduction of cycles from new car designs to go-to market   Enhances business image and credibility

JIT Supplier Automotive reflects more than 20 years of industry experience added on top of SAP’s leading technology, resulting in a solution that provides key competitive factors and benefits:

Integrated EDI Industry documents management.  Document # 830 / releases  Document # 862 / Shipping scheduling  Document # 856 / ASN Integrated planning and simulation: MRP, CRP, MPS Repetitive manufacturing management including initial samples Easy-to-use production planning balance tool (from the MPS sheet) Product Master Data management: BOM, Routings, Drawings Standard product costing, cost centers, and internal orders

• Integrated access to additional key functionality:
• Key Performance Indicators (LIS & FIS)
• Bar coding printing labels and RF functionality enabling
• SAP totally extended functionality available: PLM, BI, CRM, SRM, APO …
• Turn-key solution, out of the box and easy to use
• Lowest  market TCO (total cost of ownership)
• Built-in knowledge and industry best practices
• Fixed and quick-time implementation: 20 weeks - including 4 weeks Go-Live support
• Fixed cost: from $396,000 
• Not a generic ERP implementation; it is a specific tool for auto parts companies
• Developed and supported continuously by VTEC Group’s unique Knowledge and Technology Transfer Center  (CT2)
• Full Web Project Management Tool integrated; ready to use for quality and processes certifications -- PMTool™ based on ASAP Focus methodology
• Full payback within the first 8 months of operation.

• Implementation project 16 weeks
• Go-Live support 4 weeks
• Client MUST be committed with a dedicated internal team (key users)
• Before quoting, we recommend a 1-day on-site assessment to verify scope and client profile qualification (All-in-One Baseline Prospect Qualification tool)
• Timeline can increase depending on client’s final scope

Value Proposition of JIT Supplier Automotive JIT Supplier Automotive, an SCAi-SAP qualified solution, is an ERP application that improves the performance, increases revenue, and lowers cost, enabling clients to meet and exceed the key challenges of the industry.

JIT Supplier Automotive out-of-the-box functionality includes:
A review with the qualification SAP team will help to define a better fit for your needs.

	Basic Version	2nd Phase
Manufacturing and Supply Management
Integrated planning and simulation: MRP, CRP, MPS	X
Full EDI Industry documents management (GM, Chrysler, Ford, Others):
Document # 830 / releases	X
Document # 862 / Shipping scheduling	X
Document # 856 / ASN	X
Production planning balance tool (from the MPS sheet)	X
Operational Manufacturing planning (MPS) & short-term capacity planning (CRP)	X
Balance planning simulation models based on critical resources (prog. sheet)	X
Supplier / Client contracts and release management	X
MRP according to customer requirements: Annual, Monthly, Weekly, Daily	X
Long- and medium-term planning (SOP) and long-term capacity planning (RCCP)	X
Manufacturing Execution
Final product operations and assembly management	X
Discrete and make-to-order (for prototype, try outs) manufacturing		X
Repetitive manufacturing management (high-volume manufacturing)	X
Repetitive manufacturing for initial samples and first-run production	X
Advanced working capital management for: Inventories, raw materials, components, subassemblies, and finished product	X
Bar coding printing labels (GM, Chrysler, Ford, Others)	X
RF functionality		X
Finance and Controlling
Standard product costing	X
Advanced finance integration on manufacturing operations	X
Automatic accounting and posting on transactions of materials and production	X
Standard accounting and end period defined by the user	X
Data Master (Product and Process Engineering)
Product Master Data management: BOM, Routings, Drawings	X
Line functionality according to the process and facility layout design	X
Product configuration (BOMs) management related to engineering changes or end-of-model year		X
Advanced engineering product and processes management for BOMs, Routings, drawings …		X
Business Intelligence
Basic information and analytic (LIS & FIS) KPI´s	X
Key Performance Indicators based on SAP BW visibility		X
Extended Functionality
SAP totally extended functionality availability: PLM, BI, CRM, SRM, APO  …		X