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Collier & Associates brand mark featuring the core services: Business Transformation; Enterprise Systems; AI-Enabled Execution.

Global 100 Marine Diesel Engine Distributor — 4 Projects Over 18 Months

Client Challenge

  • A revolutionary propulsion system (IPS) created a demand spike the company was unprepared for — critical engine shortages threatened market share

  • Annual model changes were exponentially complicating supply chain management and Order-to-Cash pricing

  • No formal SCM planning, no PMO, no inventory controls; corporate mandated global OTC/PLM standardization

Client Solution

  • Emergency Intervention: Stood up the PMO, implemented warehouse planning and control with KPIs, and designed the Customer Demand & Global SCM SIOP framework with a custom JDE bolt-on

  • Model-Change Fix: Year-over-year revision hierarchy via JDE multi-level BOMs; formalized global S&OP cadence with Sweden headquarters

  • BAS™ Audit: 2-week Order-to-Delivery audit identifying underutilized JDE functionality and PDM integrity issues across five systems

  • Strategy: Architected the company’s 15-year IT strategy map at CEO mandate

  • Organization: Created Inventory Manager and Planner roles with SOPs; educated the executive team on global SCM

Client Impact Results

  • Stabilization: Global engine SCM stabilized in under 2 months

  • Sourcing: Long-term sole-sourcing to OEMs secured in under 6 months via European supplier agreements and formal SIOP

  • NVA: Over $700K identified in 2 weeks (over $1M total annualized savings)

  • Pricing: Customer confusion and OTC pricing issues from annual model changes eliminated

Client Technologies

  • JDE EnterpriseOne 8.12 (PDM, Forecasting, DRP, MRP, Advanced Pricing, Supplier Scheduling)

  • BAS™ methodology

  • SIOP/S&OP framework

  • Custom JDE SIOP bolt-on

  • Global SCM and WMS protocols

Andy Collier was able to conduct a very comprehensive analysis of our Order-To-Delivery process. Using his Business Architecture System (BAS) solution, he 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. Andy's BAS solution built such detailed information about our processes and service costs, that we could start improvements right away. I recommend Andy's services to any company that needs to make fact-based decisions about their operations.

Mark Heller, Director Sales Operations

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