We offer the ideal solutions to digitalize the metalworking industry's Supply Chain. And we can prove it.

Dynamic bottlenecks, expensive tooling and strategic inventory.

Every industry has a set of very challenging production constraints. The metalworking sector is no different, whether serving the automotive, agricultural, construction or other segments. With high supplier volatility and increasingly competitive service policies, the Supply Chain and PPCP areas must ensure a good service level at the lowest viable cost.

Companies served in this sector:

Neo supports your entire supply chain planning, from the long to the short term, addressing sector characteristics such as tooling, equipment and labor constraints, heat treatments, painting, strategic inventory and synchronization between operations of countless items with their assemblies and packaging.

Challenges in this industry:

Dynamic Bottlenecks

Since it usually has a variable production mix, the production bottleneck shifts from sector to sector at every moment, making a single Lean and ToC approach difficult.

Synchronization and WIP

Due to the multiple components required for a finished product, controlling synchronization between operations becomes complex and generates machine stoppages and excess WIP.

Frequent Maintenance

An unexpected machine stoppage or an urgent order received by sales causes enormous rework for PPC.

Tooling and Setups

Many stoppages and delays caused by tooling constraints and their high setup rates, which add no value to your customer.

What to expect from our projects:

Inventory Reduction

Better synchronization between operations enables a lead-time reduction, which lowers your WIP and also lets you reduce finished-goods inventory, since replenishment is faster. The solution's agility also allows reacting quickly to demand changes to avoid unnecessary inventory.

Productivity Increase

The scheduling rules will group similar items together, reducing setup times that don't add value. Better synchronization enables a reduction of wait times, generating more value directly to the product and making better use of the company's assets.

Delay Reduction

Visibility, scheduling agility and greater plan accuracy make it possible to reduce delays and stockouts, since they are identified in advance, allowing simulations to take preventive actions and eliminate them — all with scenarios that ensure availability without harming service.

Greater Agility

Harder than planning is replanning. A machine breakdown, rework on a component or a change in an item's demand can trigger a cascading effect to reschedule the whole factory. Responding to that reality quickly and with a good plan lets PPCP work be more analytical and decisive, rather than operational.