With more and more services being globalized across various industry sectors, automotive industry too has seen the benefits of implementing ERP systems across their operation units to streamline cross-departmental business efficiencies. The introduction of ERP in the vertical has enabled the business to embrace innovative management systems, which are real time and scalable. Synchronized EDI’s between production scheduling and billing renders the business processes transparent and hence, accountable for its performances.
Globalization in the domain automotive manufacturing since the last decade has contributed to the adoption of ERP systems by the automotive OEM’s, thus enabling them to become “online” with their unit partners.
How has this actually happened? The structure of the automotive industry became reorganized over the years and the following aspects came into light. Large automobile manufacturers, who had already adopted and implemented ERP systems in their respective units, evolved their management methodologies in line with the best practices.
The quest for further streamlining their workflows and efficiencies forced them to identify the gaps in data feeds, which were essentially supplier dependent. Thus it became inevitable to align the suppliers too (ancillary units) through a kind of an ERP system, that could talk with their own systems and provide just in time updates and reports.
The ancillary units, who are invariably SME’s, have a few realities before them. Being SME’s, such companies are smaller in turnovers and consequently they do not possess the capacity neither the bandwidth to invest and maintain large ERP packages, at par with their global customers. The growing business demand, coupled with management requirements compelled Automotive SME’s to adopt ERP concepts in their Customer Relationship and Supply Chain Management tools.
The requirement of low-cost and ERP systems with full automotive supply chain functionality became the standard practice in the industry today.
Consultants at ATNA Technologies have been providing implementation services to the automotive OEM’s, and have been suggesting requirement-specific solutions, that addressed the common management challenges optimally.
We offer initial ERP implementation initiatives which are open-ended for eventual modification in the business practices. Our consulting expertise in the automotive vertical has enabled us to design ERP implementation models for the automotive industry. The automotive ERP models are based on the best business practices, that comply with the automotive supplier business standards and requirements instituted by organizations such as the AIAG [Automotive Industry Action Group].
The customization of such ERP models to suit a specific organization in the automotive space is an essential component of our consulting service that incorporates our customers’ ongoing business requirements as well as the business practice changes. Our consulting methodologies render our customers through a seamless transition experience in the various phases of ERP implementation without having to modify or carry out major business processes reengineering up front.
We have successfully addressed some of the key challenges that are specific to the automotive industry,
implementing Microsoft Dynamics solutions for automotive vertical and our customers have benefitted
from the following fully customizable in-built features of the product. Some of them are:
ATNA’s consultants have extensive ERP consulting and implementation experience in automotive industry. Our consultants have worked with automotive clients like Ford, Johnson Controls, Visteon, Automotive Axles etc. The velocity of part movement in the automotive sector is very high and our consultants position the right solution by identifying the optimum data capturing points to ensure part flow and data flow are in sync.
Microsoft Dynamics NAV is well positioned to handle the challenges of the automotive industries. It allows you to focus on your business.
Some of the key modules that are available in NAV are as follows:
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