Supply Chain Management

Thanks to lean structures and proven procedures, we are able to act quickly and present solutions even on short notice. THOMCON lightens the stress in the production of our partners to overcome capacity bottlenecks, to produce parts which are not part of their core competencies, or to produce spare parts which would otherwise interfere with the production volume.
We use an EDI and ERP-system for the control of delivery schedules, purchase orders, production orders and cross-border deliveries. We also manage to use the IT tools of our customers on request.

MATERIAL AND INFORMATION FLOW

Reference project «VIAGGI»:
We receive forecast and delivery schedules via an EDI-system from our customer, a ‘1st tier supplier’ in the automotive industry. The requests are processed and consolidated by us and then forwarded to our partner in Italy, who then produces the parts. As a small company the factory has no EDI-system for its order processing system. The delivery dates are coordinated and any problems are discussed together in the weekly Skype conferences. We plan and coordinate the transport logistics and the trucks for pick up and manage the customs clearance in the triangular transaction business. The carriers receive labels from our ‘1st tier supplier’-customer, before the parts are directly shipped to the OEM in Germany or France.
We are personally present on site and take responsibility for the quality assurance and the initial sample process and that continuously; not limited to the production start. We complete our total care package for our customers with regular visits to the production sites for process audits according to VDA 6.3 to ensure that our partner can deliver.