Three of the places manufacturing teams lose time — and what we do about each.
These are just examples. Every business is different — your discovery finds the jobs specific to yours, wherever the time is really going.
Trouble is spotted too late
When a supplier two steps back in your chain has a problem, it often doesn't reach your planning desk until the shortage has already hit the line. By then, rushing the order through at extra cost is the only option left.
A7E's team sets up AI that keeps a constant watch on suppliers, logistics and the news right across your chain, and checks anything unusual against your parts list the moment it shows up — giving your planners weeks of warning instead of a same-day scramble.
Reordering reacts instead of planning ahead
Stock levels get set once and left alone, so plants swing between running out of the parts that matter most and having too much of everything else.
A7E keeps stock levels and reorder points up to date against real demand and supply, for every part you stock, and puts the recommended reorder in front of a planner to approve before any cash gets tied up on the shop floor.
You can only see your closest suppliers
Buying teams keep a close eye on their direct suppliers but know almost nothing about the suppliers behind them — which is where most problems actually start.
A7E maps your whole supplier network, not just the first layer, so a plant outage several steps upstream shows up against your production schedule long before it ever reaches your direct supplier.
an indicative figure for fixes like these. Yours is worked out from your own numbers — before you commit to anything.
Our own people set it up with your team and stay until it’s working — and teach yours to run it as we go. You keep the final say on anything unusual. And if we don’t save you real time and money, you don’t pay us.