Centralized Management of Procurement Logistics through a Control Tower
End-to-end procurement management for multiple suppliers, synchronized with production planning.
Customer：Automobile Manufacturer
Challenge (Before)
The customer procured parts from a large number of suppliers and supplied them to manufacturing plants across multiple countries. However, managing orders, inventories, and transportation status had become increasingly complex, placing a significant operational burden on the responsible departments.
In addition, to ensure stable parts supply, there was a growing need to visualize and manage procurement logistics in an integrated manner—covering pickup, warehouse operations, and international transportation—based on order information linked directly to production plans.
Solutions
NX Solution
- Through its LLP services, NX optimized logistics planning and management for parts procurement on behalf of the customer.
- Based on production plans for manufacturing plants located in multiple countries, NX handled ordering operations to each supplier.
- Acting as a “control tower” for procurement logistics, NX centrally monitored and managed the progress of procurement-related activities.
- Key performance indicators (KPIs) were continuously monitored to improve quality, delivery performance, and cost efficiency.
Benefits
Benefits (Results)
By using order information linked to production planning as the starting point, the customer achieved integrated management of the parts procurement supply chain, ensuring a stable supply of components.
Furthermore, by outsourcing procurement management operations—including ordering—to the NX Group, the customer significantly reduced internal workload and was able to reallocate resources to core production management activities.
