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Service Parts Management

Deliver required service levels at minimized costs

No Part, no Service! You may have the best Service Engineers or Service Centers in your organization, but if the Service Parts do not arrive at the right place, the right time, quantity and quality as required, your service organization will fail. The two critical success factors are the need to provide superior service levels to customers and own Service Engineers, while minimizing the operating expenses associated with procurement, logistics, and inventory. The most successful companies maintain a constant focus on these critical success factors, and combine them with sound marketing and pricing strategies. In order to achieve this, best in class processes supported by best in class technologies coupled with the guidance of industry experts are mandatory.

Being responsible for the Service Parts Business means being able to cover various activity areas and to cover various activity areas and challenges:

Key targets for Service Parts Managers:

  • How do I increase revenue while reducing supply chain costs?
  • How can I fulfill required service levels while minimizing the inventory?
  • How do I make my service parts operations more transparent and efficient?
  • How do I ensure standard best in class processes on a global basis?

With highly qualified consultants and many years of operational and IT experience, we can help you to profitably manage your Service Parts Business, by designing and implementing state of the art Strategy-, Operation- and IT-Solutions, covering Key Business Processes in Service Parts Planning, Service Parts Logistics, Service Parts Warehousing to Service Parts Fulfillment.
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Westernacher is able to help you achieving your goals with the following expertise:

The chart shows up key processes, strategy-, operation- and it-solutions, covering key business processes in service parts planning, service parts logistics, service parts warehousing to service parts fulfillment. The first key process is service parts planning, the implied strategies are supply chain strategy and design, network and inventory optimization and strategic key performance indicators and reporting. Operational solutions are product life-cycle management, supersession, demand and forecasting optimization. Supporting IT in this case is SAP-SPP. The second key process is service parts logistics, the implied strategies are strategic sourcing, what is subdivided in make, buy or repair, supplier strategy and development and strategic key performance indicators and reporting. Operational solutions are operational planning, replenishment and distribution, reverse logistics and repairs and warranty management. Supporting IT in this case is SAP-EWM, SAP-ERP, and CRM-Service. The third key process is service parts warehousing, the implied strategies are determination and sizing of locations and strategic key performance indicators and reporting. Operational solutions are warehouse management systems, inbound, outbound or cross-docking, internal warehouse processes and value added services. Supporting IT in this case is SAP-EMW and SAP-ERP. The fourth and last key process is service parts fulfillment, the implied strategies are sales and marketing strategy and strategic key performance indicators and reporting.  Operational solutions are order management optimization, transportation and customs handling, claims and warranty management, held-desk and escalation management and the last operational solution track and trance. Supporting IT in this case is SAP-CRM-service and SAP-ERP.

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