Build to Order

Fulfilling consumer demand – one component at a time

Consumers are requesting more and more highly individualized and customized products, especially in complex industries such as automotive and electronics. This global trend challenges manufacturers as all types of products are increasingly made to order.

BTO for Automotive

Build to Order takes on special significance for Tier One automotive suppliers
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For example, in the automotive supply chain cars are increasingly made to order, with highly complex systems and modules being supplied order / car specific.

Automotive and other build-to-order suppliers must deliver zero-defect products on-time, made-to-order for OEMs to quickly respond to consumers’ unique requests and last-minute changes. An increasing number of consumer and high-tech options require late customization. Often the products are packed and shipped In-sequence (SILS/ILVS programs). The short lead-times require the supplier to respond to any change in real time, causing core production processes to become mission critical.

RedPrairie’s Build to Order solution provides unique flow control to reflect the processes required for each customized end product, including sequencing. Build to Order offers graphical tools to mirror and consolidate business processes, focusing on minimizing throughput times. This is achieved by saving only core, basic and preferably value-added operations, still maintaining flexibility for potential future changes.

RedPrairie Build to Order solutions have helped the world’s largest automotive enterprises implement in-sequence delivery, agile and lean manufacturing, and build-to-order processes. This has enabled suppliers to manage their production - from order to delivery, real-time, thereby gaining a competitive advantage through shortening lead times, reducing inventory costs and increasing delivery quality.