AMBE CREDENTIALS - CASE STUDY: LARGE-SCALE SUPPLIER CAPACITY AND CAPABILITY ANALYSIS
Ambe deployed 14 consultants, all knowledgeable of OEM-specific requirements, to evaluate 60 suppliers in 6 weeks
Client Description
- Automotive
- OEM
- 59 suppliers
- United States and Mexico
Key Challenges
- OEM needed capacity analysis on ~60 suppliers
- Initial timeline of 3 mos. compressed into 6 weeks
- OEM required pre-existing knowledge of processes
Approach
- Ambe amassed two teams of 6 consultants with 2 dedicated project managers to help the consultants meet deliverables and timing
- Worked with the OEM to leverage their existing assessment templates and improve them with additional elements (detailed excel evaluations, by functional category, one-page tear sheet summary by supplier)
- Quantified vehicles at-risk by program
Results
Ambe’s rapid response with a large team of experts that matched all client criteria helped quantify vehicles at risk and helped the OEM develop a proof of concept.
59
Suppliers
~4,000
Vehicles per week identified as at risk of missing parts
<6
Weeks
60%
Suppliers identified as "high-risk"
