Automotive parts supplier boosts stock reliability to 96%. BRABANT ALUCAST Challenge European automotive parts manufacturer Brabant Alucast worked with a legacy ERP system that was only partially automated. The fork truck drivers in their Oss and Heijen plants recorded all dislocated stock on paper and their logistics department processed the information manually into the computer system. This process was prone to clerical and typing errors. To ensure accurate stock records, Brabant Alucast had to perform manual stock checks every month that were still fraught with inaccuracies. If the company had more stock than expected, it was wasted overhead. But if Brabant had less than expected, this created bigger problems because the automotive industry has very tight restrictions w

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