The Service Business

ACAL Supply Chain Limited, a leading independent provider of service parts supply-chain solutions in Europe selected The Service Business for the implementation of MCA’s software to improve its business processes; allowing it to offer a more flexible, agile and scalable inventory planning solution to customers.

This Article was Published in Aerospace Manufacturing NOV09. Waste inventory in the supply chain is undesirable regardless of the sector the business operates in. But in today’s troubled economic (and politically sensitive) climate, such inefficiencies in the aerospace and defence industry can cause serious repercussions.

Maintaining visibility of spares in the field with each engineer is fundamental to improving efficiency. With knowledge of the volume and type of product in the field at any one time, and a prediction of the time of its return, the requirement to purchase new stock will become more accurate.

This article written by Graham Best director and co-founder, The Service Business was published in SM Online and Supply Chain Europe Magazine. Lean’s time has come. It’s been a long while in the making but with the current economic climate placing increasing demands on businesses, the time to trim the proverbial fat that’s existed in the service supply chain for decades is nigh.