American Axle & Manufacturing in Detroit has selected a new generation supply chain as a service managed solution provider, aThingz in Southfield, and its DAKSA AI platform, to support its digital transformation strategy.
A global Tier 1 automotive and mobility supplier, AAM designs, engineers, and manufactures driveline and metal forming technologies to support electric, hybrid, and internal combustion vehicles.
The new digital capabilities will enhance network visibility, fortify in-week execution, and drive process improvements across all operational AAM segments, the companies report.
AAM will leverage aThingz’ autonomous master data management capabilities to continuously cleanse, harmonize, fortify, and standardize all data sources into a master data set required to drive AAM’s cost improvement goals.
“The depth of the aThingz platform will enable AAM to combine our logistics master data management, spend management, and network optimization initiatives into a single unified key initiative,” says Ana Lucia Ochoa Lorenzini, global director of supply chain management at AAM.
Vijaya Neela, CEO of aThingz, says “AAM will significantly increase operational planning and financial visibility to accelerate cost efficiencies, explainability of variances, and to predict logistics spend accurately. This process innovation will help further optimize cost to serve.”
Instead of multiple systems integrated together in a sequential, linear fashion, aThingz reports it simultaneously synchronizes and orchestrates planning, execution, finance, and performance management into a single continuous process, creating the very first S&OP (sales and operations planning) framework for logistics and transportation.
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Headquartered in Detroit, AAM operates more than 80 facilities in 18 countries.
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