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Global 100 Marine Diesel Engine Distributor — Project 3 of 4 · 2-Week BAS™ Audit at Corporate Mandate (2006), plus the 15-Year IT Strategy (2007)

Client Challenge

  • Global 100 corporate office mandated lean, standardized Order-to-Cash and Product Lifecycle Management processes for global rollout

  • The American division needed an evidence-based current state in weeks, not months

Client Solution

  • BAS™ Audit: 2-week Lean Complexity Value Stream Mapping of Order-to-Cash and PLM

  • Findings: Underutilized JDE functionality (Forecasting, Supply/Demand Inquiry, Inventory Commitments, Kitting, DRP, MRP, FAS, Supplier Scheduling, Advanced Pricing); unclear demarcation between MTS, BTO, ATO, and PLM processes; PDM integrity issues across five systems (PMI, Sales Guide, JDE, Excel, TeamCenter)

  • Recommendations: New PLM process, PDM centralized in JDE, BOM effectivity dates for MRP/SCM, an Engineering Change Order process, and Advanced Pricing for complex package configurations

  • Follow-On (2007): Architected the company’s 15-year IT strategy map at CEO mandate — financial goals, KPI targets, and IT organization and operations roadmaps

Client Impact Results

  • Over $700K in non-value-added task cost identified in 2 weeks (testimonial-corroborated)

  • Future-state OTC and PLM architecture delivered for global rollout

  • 15-year IT strategy map delivered to the CIO and executive team

Client Technologies

  • BAS™ Solution; Complexity Lean Value Stream Mapping

  • JDE EnterpriseOne 8.12; PDM integrity assessment across PMI, Sales Guide, JDE, Excel, and TeamCenter

Within two weeks, [Collier & Associates] was able to conduct a very comprehensive analysis of our Order-to-Delivery process. Using the Business Architecture System (BAS) solution, they not only identified $700,000 in non-value-added tasks, but provided us with the data we needed to make sound, short and long-term operational business decisions. [Collier & Associates’] BAS solution built such detailed information about our processes and service costs, that we could start improvements right away.

Mark Heller, Director Sales Operations ~ Volvo Penta of the Americas

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