Sector · Automotive

Reporting for the automotive industry

Your performance is measured at your suppliers as much as on your own lines, and your customer expects figures in the format they set. A model that serves internal steering and customer reporting at once is designed for both from the start.

Expert consultants: 11
Projects delivered since 2019: 100+
Of scoping workshop, free: 2 h
Saint-Priest, and the whole region: Lyon

Where the figures come from

The systems we connect in this sector

The ERP and production scheduling

Delivery schedules, production orders, bills of materials, stock and work in progress between stations.

Exchanges with the customer

Delivery calls, rolling forecasts and acknowledgements, received by EDI or through a portal.

Quality

Inspections, rework, scrap, supplier incidents and customer complaints, with the serial or batch number kept.

Logistics and transport

Shipments, service level, special freight and the costs that go with it, often the first signal of upstream tension.

What you follow

The indicators these companies really watch

These are the ones we find from one project to the next. Your list will differ at the edges, and refining it is the work of the scoping workshop.

Service level to the customer

Quantities delivered on the requested date, against the most recent schedule. It is the figure your customer watches, and it gains from being followed with their rule rather than yours.

Build rate held

Production achieved against the theoretical rate, by line and by shift, with the causes of any gap classified.

Quality in parts per million

Defects against volume delivered, by item and by customer. The unit is the one the sector uses, and it makes comparisons immediate.

Supplier performance

Delays, missing quantities and quality incidents by supplier, crossed with the line stoppages they caused.

Special freight

Count, cost and cause. Its curve is the best summary of the health of a supply chain, and it speaks to the board without explanation.

The cost of poor quality

Rework, scrap, sorting and penalties, set against the revenue of the item concerned.

What calls for care

The points where these projects are decided

They come back almost every time in this sector. Knowing them in advance changes how the project is run, and the order in which things are done.

Frequently asked

What people ask us about this

Can we produce the reporting our customer expects?

Yes, and it is a frequent request. Once the customer’s calculation rules are set in the model, the report is generated from the same foundation as your internal steering. You gain consistency between what you send and what you follow, which makes performance reviews far calmer.

Our quality incidents are entered in a separate tool, is that an obstacle?

No, as long as the tool exposes its data or allows a regular extract. The matching is done on the item and the date, and it becomes precise when the batch or serial number is present on both sides. We look at that point during the scoping workshop.

Can production be followed hour by hour?

Yes, on the lines that send their counts. A shop-floor screen gains from refreshing within the hour, whereas a board report reads very well with yesterday’s figures. Freshness is decided use by use, because it changes the architecture and its cost.

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