Automotive consultants: An Overview

As an experienced Automotive Consultancy firm we have been involved in Supply Chain and Logistics for over 30 years. We have a successful track record and receive a high rate of repeat business from clients around the world..

For many, it is a real threat. For others, it is a real opportunity.

Driverless cars, electric vehicles and the end of the combustion engine? Well, they say it comes in threes. Electric powertrains will grow beyond all recognition over the next few years as demanded by the new emission standards. Price is already falling and increased customer demand will only lead to even lower prices.

The mobile phone means that, in effect, cars are already connected to the internet. That technology will be included in new car design ensuring consumers are fully connected at all times.  Increasing connectivity will give drivers and passengers a completely new experience to what they are currently used to.

The knock-on effect of these changes to manufacturing will ripple across the entire industry and the industries that support it. It is fair to say that customer loyalty can no longer be guaranteed. Electric power trains, driverless vehicles and vehicle connectivity now offer huge opportunities to everyone in this exciting sector.

Bisham Consultants have years of experience in automotive consultancy for many leading brands. Our extensive consulting services for the automotive business extend to experience working closely with:

• Automotive Manufacturing.
• Suppliers.
• Automotive Retailers.
• Technology Providers.

Our automotive expertise covers Inbound to Manufacturing Logistics and the all-important Aftermarket as well. This experience has been established over 30 years in operational management, solution design and supply chain consulting.

Having a trusted advisor can make a real difference in your performance. The automotive industry is now facing the biggest challenges it has seen in decades. Electric vehicles and autonomous driving are literally turning the industry on its head.

So, new market-leaders will appear very quickly. Traditional brands that we have all grown up with face an uncertain future if they do not change quickly.

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The Automotive Sector has always been a complex mix of global supply chains and high service requirements. So all automotive companies will always have the challenge of synchronising variable and volatile demand with supply.

The logistics challenge has certainly increased greatly in recent years. The automotive industry is constantly driven by the need to introduce new models more rapidly. It needs to retain production flexibility and adapt quickly to market changes.

So, in many respects, automotive consultancy remains a very challenging balancing act. This is as true of commercial vehicles as it is in the private sector.

The business challenges have never been greater.

We believe that our advisory services can make a real difference in this industry. This is in terms of both the quality of service and profits achieved.

Automotive Consultancy: Making a measurable difference to the automotive value chain.

Below are just some examples of our Automotive Consultancy at work.

• In-plant linefeed solutions to design and plan new more efficient linefeed solutions. So this involves part sequencing, kitting, sub-assembly, including lineside presentation poka-yoke error-proofing features.
• Automation and mechanisation initiatives. This covers automatic storage and retrieval systems, Automatic Guided Vehicles, deep storage shuttle systems and “goods to man” picking systems.
• Logistics centre or DC design and layouts. So our focus here is on sizing buildings, racking layouts, resource models and relevant key requirements in material flow capacity. We also look very closely at storage density, ensuring a safe working environment, operation costs, operation flexibility, and stock rotation.
• Business case preparation for supply chain change. This covers all aspects of business case preparation, design and presentation of new solutions, financial projections, and capital requirements.
• Project management of transformation change. This establishes the programme’s workstream structure and organisation. So we conduct risk assessments, creating and managing project plans, task/action and risk logs.
• Network review and re-design. Bisham Consulting reviews the effectiveness of the existing strategic network plan and accompanying tactical planning processes. We also look closely at operation management, business models and control processes. Network re-designs are done using Bisham’s transport modelling toolset.
• ‘Rapid Diagnostic’ automotive consulting operational reviews. So we will identify process, productivity and non-conformance issues within logistics operations. We also review the suitability of existing IT systems in delivering cost-efficient solutions.
• Management Consulting and our track record. You can read more about our automotive consultants here.

Bisham has worked with a number of major vehicle manufacturers so you know you are in very safe hands. We have also been actively involved with first-tier suppliers. This has been both directly and through their third-party logistics partners.

Details of our full range of services can be found here.

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Automotive Consulting Services: Automotive Industry Experts

Bisham’s consultants have conducted many optimisation projects for the auto industry in the UK, across Europe, US and globally. This is across a wide range of different market sectors. These projects have delivered the following benefits.

• Optimised supply chains in the automotive sector.
  • Optimised for the service/cost trade-off determined by the business.
  • A huge reduction in inefficiency and waste.
  • Improved cost performance and service level delivery.
• Improved flexibility and responsiveness.
  • Improved planning processes across all areas.
  • Automation of processes through improved IT.
  • Integration of operation processes and improved information sharing throughout the company.
• Improved, fact-based decision-making.
  • Supply chain models embedded in the business. For example “cost to serve”.
  • A Key Performance Indicator suite to drive continuous improvement of supply chain performance.
  • Ability to maintain optimisation level as the business changes. Something that is guaranteed in the auto industry.
    Also, very important to us, improved cost visibility.