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Case Study: industrial holding company in the construction area
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Industrial holding company specializing in the manufacture of building materials and solutions.
It has a network of more than one hundred companies and a presence in 43 countries throughout the world, with an important Latin American presence (Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Argentina and Chile).
Challenge
The company had a low level of standardization of practices and inventory replenishment policies in its various subsidiaries.
In addition, a high percentage of SKUs were slow-moving and had more than 52 weeks of inventory in stock.
Levers
- Classify the Inventory.
- Analyze the criticality of SKU’s, rotation and consumption frequency.
- Design a replenishment model for the determination of safety stocks, replenishment points and order size.
- Conclude on an inventory model for raw materials, finished product and spare parts, with optimal replenishment quantities.
Results
-37%
Total inventory, due to the optimization of the inventory model.
-39%
Inventory of raw materials.
-38%, -35%
Spare parts and finished goods inventory, respectively.