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Driving digitisation in auto industry
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Driving digitisation in auto industry

By OEM Update Editorial June 29, 2017 6:13 pm

Digitisation for automotive component manufacturer can do wonders in area of Connected Supply Chain and Industrial IoT.

At present supply chain management in automotive industry is driven by text messages, WhatsApp messages and phone calls. There are few OEMs having correct information of supplier’s raw material, work in progress and finished goods inventory and that too due to hard and late hour work of their over efficient aggressive supply chain managers.

Implementation of digitisation techniques like Inventory Bar Code Scanners system throughout the manufacturing process linked with ERP system can resolve serious issues of line stoppages at OEM end. Since OEM has bigger stakes of line stoppages and revenue losses thereof, they expect timely information on shortages of raw material which may stop production process at supplier end, also awareness of breakdown of machines which may stop flow of material and issues with logistics which stop finished parts to reach OEM assembly lines.

Digitisation techniques can help in a big way to maintain smooth supply chain, ensure smooth manufacturing and avoid show stopper. Raw material coming in suppliers stores with bar code stickers reduces manual intervention and inventory can be updated immediately in ERP system. This online inventory can be accessed by all internal stakeholders to take decision and customer to check if the inventory is falling in line with his production schedules and requirements or not. Same bar codes with Kanban can ensure on time material availability on various production stages. On time information of shortages can trigger actions to mitigate the risks and leads to big savings in manufacturing process. Digitisation can create big value in supply chain management system in automotive manufacturing industry. With new vehicle tracking and issue reporting techniques OEMs can estimate time of receipt of automotive parts dispatched by long distance suppliers and accordingly plant their production schedule.

Internet of Things (IoT) is another wonderful technique of digitisation where one device speaks to internet and provides information of its condition and probable failure coming in future. Concept is getting popularity as ‘Things’ are talking to ‘Things’. This concept is already being used at different domains of manufacturing facilities. Maintenance department uses IoT for predictive maintenance of motors and other mechanical equipment. IoT can also be used to foolproof manufacturing system which is called PokaYoke. The machine producing bad parts in a production line can inform next machine to stop using bad parts thus saving rejection losses. With this information Production Manager can decide to change production strategy for the day.

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Vivek Anand, Head Marketing and Programs, Windals Auto

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