当制药公司施瓦比北美（NA）将其制造工厂从犹他州的斯普林维尔转移到威斯康星州的格林贝时，该公司不得不完全重组其制造机械的备用零件放养和订购流程。和...一起Bosch Packaging Services, Schwabe ran a stock optimization analysis, which has led to major improvements since beginning in August 2011. Schwabe is now able to anticipate future spare parts requirements, and has decreased lead by up to 90%.
Schwabe North America manufactures and distributes botanical brands, nutritional supplements, and vitamins under the labels Nature’s Way, Boericke & Tafel and Enzymatic Therapy all over the world. The privately held company headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany, draws on more than 140 years of experience in pharmaceutical development.
Schwabe supplies its products either directly to online buyers or to health and whole food stores as well as large supermarkets in more than 50 countries. Over the last 10 years, the pharmaceutical company doubled its sales and production volume in the U.S., leading to a considerable increase of production capacity and machinery.
New spare parts strategy
2010年，Schwabe NA将其制造业从斯普林维尔的自然界设施转移到了绿湾新近获得的酶促治疗网站。除了采取行动所带来的后勤挑战之外，这还意味着重新考虑备件采购。
Schwabe had 10 Bosch GKF capsule-filling machines at its Utah site and benefited from the close proximity to the Bosch spare parts warehouse in Lindon. Many parts were available the same day. However, infrequently used and specially manufactured parts had to be ordered directly from Germany, which sometimes took up to four weeks because of the delivery time.
“我们面临着一个问题，即如何获取零件而不会浪费宝贵的生产时间。明尼阿波利斯最接近的博世工厂现在已经超过300英里。” Schwabe NA的维护，维修和运营买家Dave Hoffman说。
为了解决这些供应问题，施瓦布北美与长期合作伙伴Bosch联系了新的解决方案，以优化威斯康星州新网站的放养和送货过程。博世包装服务售后销售经理戴夫·伯特利（Dave Bethel）说：“在生产搬迁后，采用先前的库存概念。”“通常，有必要仔细研究所有影响因素。这正是我们为Schwabe所做的。”
Individual stocking solution
博世提出了库存优化分析，该分析迅速显示了改进的潜力。伯特利解释说：“在项目的开头，我们分析了施瓦贝的购买历史，从2009年3月至2011年7月。”Bosch与Bosch的股票覆盖范围信息以及定期订购的零件和订单频率的详细信息一起，通过特殊开发的软件生成了Schwabe的单个备件配置文件。所有数据均在结构化报告中记录，并作为进一步评估的基础。
伯特利说：“挑战不仅包括定义永久备件库存的数量，而且还包括找到较少有序零件的解决方案。”“根据我们的分析，我们建议将来需要定期获得施瓦贝的哪些部分。”
为了避免从海外的长时间交付时间，施瓦比和博世确定了可以在明尼苏达州的博世仓库中存放的零件，以及应该存放在施瓦比自己的网站上的零件。“以前，我们没有预料到不久的将来我们需要哪些部分。我们只需在需要时订购零件即可。这有时会导致较长的交货时间。现在，我们拥有了自己的股票平衡系统，并从博世订购。”施瓦贝的霍夫曼说。
一天中的任何时间订购
这种新的主动库存解决方案由Bosch包装服务的E-Portal（E-Portal）支持。它包含自定义和特定于机器的备件数据，并提供了最新信息和购买的结构化概述。
霍夫曼（Hoffman）和他在Schwabe NA的同事已经熟悉该平台，现在可以更有效地将其与公司优化的库存和订购程序结合使用。他说：“电子门户对我们的新备件策略进行了补充。”“我们可以随时调查备件的成本和可用性。”
For Hoffman, the main asset is the portal’s 24/7 availability. The ordering process takes less time to quote and required parts can be ordered whenever needed.
Reduced lead times
As a result of the cooperation, Schwabe and Bosch identified improvements on both sides. Bosch used the information of the stock optimization analysis to adapt the stock of its Minnesota facility to Schwabe’s needs. Bosch can now anticipate future spare parts requirements from Schwabe and reduce delivery times for these parts. In return, the analysis helped Schwabe to build up an individual and efficient stocking and ordering process at the new Wisconsin site.
霍夫曼证实：“我们可以使用符合我们的要求的备件库存系统，并帮助我们通过最少的库存来实现最高的可用性。”因此，交货时间减少了90％。我们对快速转变时间从最多四个星期到一两天的快速周转时间感到特别满意。”
绿湾设施的改进过程仍在继续。在现场库存和通过电子门户订购之间的单独量身定制的平衡有助于改善计划程序，并减少停机的风险。
“At the beginning, the reorganization required quite a learning curve. We had to define the most important spare parts and determine when we would need to place our orders. But now that we have internalized all the information, the work pays off,” says Hoffman. “Bosch’s stock optimization analysis helped us considerably in customizing our spare parts handling after the relocation.”
