A Web-based supply chain collaboration system is paying dividends in reduced costs and improved quality for this Tier One automotive component manufacturer -- as well as for its suppliers.
Automotive customers are more demanding than ever -- challenging manufacturers around the globe to produce superior quality products at a lower cost, while delivering innovations at a faster pace.
That puts the pressure on automotive component and systems suppliers such as Garrett Engine Boosting Systems (Torrance, CA), a unit of Honeywell International. Garrett, a provider of turbocharging technology, must look for ways to improve operational efficiencies, while at the same time meet the challenge of managing an increasingly complex and diverse network of manufacturing partners. Achieving simultaneous optimization of cost, quality and speed requires new approaches to collaboration across the supplier network.