A foolproof procurement process is a like a white whale. You could spend your whole life searching for one because procurement is always tricky. Everything seems easy in the beginning; we identify what goods and services to procure, complete purchase orders and agree on delivery timeframes and methods. But, because forecasts for a project can’t be 100% accurate, jobs can turn into a rollercoaster from there. Once a project is up and running, adjustments, like the criteria, requirements or the amount of a product that is needed often have to be made right in the middle of the job. Having a flexible system in place is the only way to ensure a would-be rollercoaster ride goes smoothly.
Without an MRP Suppliers Invite Chaos into a Project
Because monitoring and planning has to be done in real-time to support changes on evolving jobs, projects require a well-designed automated Material Requirements Planning (MRP) system. At Premio, we developed an iterative planning and execution process with real-time visibility, which provides the necessary data to react to shifts in demands, customer order changes, material disruptions and other changes. Without it we would be unable to respond to adjustments and re-plan when necessary.
The important components of an automated MRP system:
Data collaboration: Suppliers need to have as much data from their customers as possible, including forecasts, sales history and all aspects of the supply chain.
Forecast monitoring and updating: A High quality demand signal from a customer is absolutely essential to reaching forecast accuracy.
Fit-for-use process: This process manages deviations in demand/supply and quickly responds to unexpected changes.
A Tailored, Customer-Specific Approach
On top of the procurement MRP system, Premio provides customers with their own custom approach, designed by our in-house IT team. As you might imagine, the complexity of each approach is based on a customer's unique needs and requirements. By doing this, we provide our customers with visibility into:
- Inventory
- Order status
- Shipment status
- Tracking numbers
- Quality data
- Engineering change
- Forecast & history analysis
- Online RMA management.
Automated solutions for procurement eliminate manual processes and, once products are standardized, clerical errors are reduced dramatically. In the end, the goal is always to make the system work efficiently so procurement professionals can make more intelligent purchasing decisions.
One of the many advantages of Premio’s Virtual Factory Management system is a web‐based manufacturing management tool which we offer free of charge to our customers as a digital extension to Premio manufacturing plants.
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