Warehousing & Material Flow
We free up tied-up capital.
Through solid inventory and process optimization.
Our Services for Warehousing and Material Flow
Efficient inventory management is a key success factor for companies in regulated industries. CRAB Analytics' specialized aerospace consulting provides sustainable solutions for typical problems such as excess stock, missing parts management and working capital optimization. With optimized warehouse strategies and efficient processes for your material flow, we support your corporate goals and sustainable value creation.
Resource shortages, inefficient production processes and a lack of flexibility. These are common problems in production planning and control. The experts at CRAB Analytics introduce efficient planning and control systems in companies, optimize processes, develop flexible production strategies and support the introduction of monitoring and control methods. For a sustainable increase in efficiency and cost reduction.
YOUR CONTACT PERSONS
Our warehousing and material flow experts will be happy to support you in optimizing your warehousing and material flow processes and developing sustainable strategies. With their specialist knowledge and experience, they are at your side to develop and implement suitable solutions for your challenges.
Senior Associate
Medical Device & Pharma
commercial aviation, OEM & Supplier Industry
Insights & Solutions
Here you will find some reports of successfully completed projects. These show examples of how our experts can support your company in the area of warehousing and material flow. Would you like further information or a non-binding exchange of ideas? Feel free to contact us at any time!
Obsolescence Management for Procurement Parts
ProjectA medium-sized aircraft manufacturer is planning to relaunch a successful short-haul aircraft in turboprop and jet versions. Where possible, existing structures are to be retained. However, these are to be brought up to the latest state of the art with modern materials, components, equipment and parts. Existing supply chains are only known in the case of maintenance.
The aim of the project was to find out which components in the current development are obsolete without the explicit support of ERP and PLM systems. By creating a generic “bill of material”, the experts from CRAB Analytics were able to quickly obtain an overview of the critical components.
In a second step, the client placed particular emphasis on a self-sufficient approach and a results-oriented hands-on mentality in our support. A clearly understandable score card showed the progress made and solutions found. Our explicit market knowledge enabled us to make targeted contact with the required partners in order to quickly solve the identified problems.
Production reliability through improved material availability
ProjectThe challenge was to improve material availability as quickly as possible and stabilize the production flow. An additional difficulty arose from the post-corona situation: limited stock buffers and a lack of available skilled workers met with increasing customer demand.
Thanks to our consultants' many years of practical experience, CRAB Analytics was able to intervene immediately at an operational level as well as provide targeted support for planning at material number level in order to relieve the planning processes. In addition, sustainable approaches were developed and introduced to stabilize the low-price segment in the long term via stock buffers. Finally, the high-price segment was successfully optimized through the introduction of an improved forecasting system and more precise material planning.
CRAB Analytics succeeded in sustainably improving material availability by 80% compared to the initial value. It is particularly noteworthy that all measures were accompanied by training so that the customer's material planning department was able to work independently on continuous improvement.