First, a formal Program and Project Management methodology was used based on Project Management Institute (PMI) principles and concepts. We then organized a cross-functional team composed of sales, finance, and materials and operations management in order to standardize all parts to facilitate cross-plant planning and transfers.
After standardization was completed, our team worked with the client to identify the existing barriers to moving materials. Some of these barriers included: material cost standards, multiple quality standards, part number variation for common parts, and organizational competition for materials between manufacturing, maintenance/repair, and sales orders.
Finally, we designed an ERP Solution within SAP to enable automatic plant-to-plant transfers based on MRP requirements.
