Manufacturers today are faced with a myriad of challenges and opportunities including global competition, workforce retention and development, product variability, and increased reliance on technology.
In order to address these challenges, manufacturers need to fundamentally rethink their strategy, optimize core business processes, and implement fully integrated enabling technologies. InfoWorks has innovative methods to help our clients meet these objectives.
InfoWorks guides manufacturers through the development of transformative strategies, redesign of business processes, and organization and technology changes that deliver measurable financial benefits. This is accomplished through our proven methodology: Discover → Redesign → Implement.
Fortune 500 consumer product manufacturerSituation:Multi-billion dollar company needed to enhance compliance with FDA regulations. Warehouses had stock-outs, poor warehouse layout, a lack of receiving and put-away policies, and limited visibility for on-hand inventory causing expired materials and increased cost.Impact:Improved inventory visibility which enabled FIFO and led to decreased stock-outs and end-to-end inventory traceability. Also brought down total inventory costs while being fully compliant with the FDA.Solution:Process and Workflow Improvement
Fortune 500 steel manufacturerSituation:International competition was eroding market share for a division of this global manufacturer. This company struggled due to their long lead times and high prices. Sales had been decreasing, year-over-year, for five consecutive years.Impact:Sales, Inventory, and Operations (SIOP) project that better aligned customer demand with production capabilities including inventory policy simulations and optimized business processes. We developed a plan to deliver $9M of incremental revenue while reducing production lead times by over 60%.Solution:Business Transformation, Process and Workflow Improvement
Fortune 500 automotive supplierSituation:Global automotive manufacturer was starting an offshore manufacturing plant.Impact:Fully implemented Systems, Applications, and Products (SAP) solution including various modules: General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Inventory, Purchasing, Manufacturing Requirements Planning, Manufacturing Production Systems, Plant Maintenance, and Quality Management. Also, implementation included integration with existing manufacturing systems and data migration.Solution:Business Transformation, Data Warehousing, and Systems Integration
Large multi-national automotive providerSituation:Our client needed program management support for an internal initiative which consisted of designing, developing, and deploying a standard compensation framework. This initiative enabled talent movement and aligned to market competitive pay practices.Impact:InfoWorks' Management Solutions team provided leadership across the following work streams:- Collected HR compensation data for all US employees
- Managed the selection of the vendor who implemented the compensation framework
- Developed requirements and provided guidance on IT involvement
- Provided support for teammate and executive communications
Solution:Business Transformation, Package Selection, and Implementation
Expansive tire and rubber manufacturerSituation:Our client needed a new company-wide intranet site that supported corporation best practices and allowed teammates to get the necessary information to do their jobs effectively.Impact:InfoWorks' engagement began as an assessment of market options, then a future state roadmap was created, followed by detailed requirements gathering, and then successfully managing vendor selection and implementation to create the new intranet. InfoWorks helped to realize the following value:- Wrote RFP and managed the RFP process with Procurement
- Streamlined communication through one entry across all business entities
- Provided "one stop shop" for all employee self-service needs
- Created collaboration spaces in centralized location
Solution:Package Selection and Implementation
FEATURED CONSULTANTS
Will Bangham has over 20 years of consulting and technical management experience focused on solving complex business problems in the manufacturing, distribution, and retail industries.
Matt Dolson is an Advanced Prosci Change Practitioner and Project Management Professional (PMP), with a proven ability to deliver exceptional programs for high-performing teams in the healthcare, pharmaceutical, education, and manufacturing industries.
Stephanie Morrison has experience in project management, development and maintenance of project schedules, training guidelines, and process analysis, with capabilities including analytics, documentation, facilitation, and financial management.