Battery Assembly in the Automotive Supplier Industry
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Company Details
Tier 1 | automotive supply industry
Sales p.a. > €5b
Employees > 75,000
Global footprint
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Situation and Challenge
Opening of a new site for the production of high-performance battery systems
Commissioning of production equipment and delivery of first products to OEM customer in sight
The automated production/assembly line installed by the equipment manufacturer is delivering defective products and is not on the required volume ramp-up curve
A potential legal dispute with the equipment manufacturer is on the horizon
OEM customer goes to escalation mode
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Objective and Task
Recording of all problems and processing according to priorities
Finding a pragmatic and solution-oriented way of dealing with the plant manufacturer
Solving all problems (especially quality and quantity) within a defined period of time
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Results and Achievements
All problems recorded and systematically dealt with
Legal dispute with the plant manufacturer avoided
Outputs are back on the required start-up curve
Scrap significantly reduced and in further reduction
An Atreus Manager is responsible for setting up a finance team and filling the position of commercial manager, and creates cost transparency by reorganising production controlling. The automotive group etsblishes a new HR concept and budget planning.
An Atreus procurement expert with profound market knowledge sets up a competitive call-for-tender system. He reduces costs and ensures uninterrupted supply in spite of global materials shortage. He leads the digital transformation of tender processes and builds a network of highly effective alternative suppliers. …
Atreus solves a classic bridging of vacancy during ongoing operations and very short-term takeover of a previous interim manager. His role was to smoothly handle typical day-to-day operations such as period-end closing, forecasting, weekly tracking, recurring analysis, etc. within the segment.