Precision Parts Fulfillment
These types of operations are specific to managing the entire front end supply chain for industrial manufacturers that support their parts supply into their manufacturing plants, repair centers or after-market parts and services to their customers. These operations include extensive parts management, piece picking, bagging, standard kitting, shadow kitting, labeling and consolidation services.
These facilities may be embedded, co-located or even within shared facilities, all dependent on the most strategic geographical location. They are highly customized to meet clients’ specific needs and many times require unique leadership skill sets to successfully implement and execute on an on-going basis.
Crescent's experience in this arena goes back to the early 1980s and continues today with one of the world's most admired companies.
Benefits are:
- Consolidating manufacturing and/or service parts to a centralized operation
- Reducing inventory and cycle time, while increasing flexibility to optimize the front-end supply chain
- Reducing client's labor costs by outsourcing non-core plant activities, while increasing flexibility for volume peaks and valleys
- Increasing plant's flexibility in seasonal peaks, creating variability in cost structure where appropriate
- Reducing base labor costs, utilizing transparent labor metrics to drive productivity improvements
- Increasing visibility and transparency of operating costs and metrics, using Lean Sigma methodology for process improvements
- Using Lean Sigma principles to reduce overall operating costs on an on-going basis, setting firm annual reduction targets
- Consolidating all activities at the site with one strategic partner, delivering innovative solutions to support on-going operations
- Using client's Technology platform or a combination of client's and Crescent’s systems
- Investing in CapX to support operations, freeing up the client's capital for other strategic initiatives
