Global Manufacturing & Supply Chain Solutions
 

WACAs Partner Associates has over 150 years of Fortune 500 company-level experience and Subject Matter Expertise (SME), with leadership, hands-on command and control experience to lead, project manage and execute our on the ground service activities in NA, India/SEAP and China in the Regions and Globally. WACA SME Associates on staff has the experience and expertise that covers the major commodities and engineering disciplines such as; castings, forgings, plastics, stamping, electronics, machining and assembly for product & tooling design and manufacturing processes, equipment and materials, production, quality control, and quality assurance systems to support our Business Development, Manufacturing Operations, Supply Chain; Sourcing and Supplier Quality & Development activities to help Improve Speed to Market, Waste Elimination and Achieve Cost Savings!

WACAs PARTNER ASSOCIATES over the past 15 years have developed & fine-tuned a Proven System of Processes, Methods, Approaches  and Tools that delivers results!

The System has been implemented in two large multi-national companies;

         Large scale Supplier Performance Improvement:

         Company 1: 10k plus global suppliers, over 5-year period from 10k+ PPM to < 150 PPM

         Company 2: - Tracked 225 suppliers to over 5k global suppliers, improved PPM from 2k+ to < 150 

                                PPM, in <6 years

                              - Moved Performance from 34% of suppliers in the 0 to 250 PPM range in 2012 to                                        94% in 2020

                              - Managed & executed an Under-Performing Supplier Improvement Program with 

                                over 75% of UP suppliers improving a minimum 50% year over year for 5 

                                consecutive years

                              - Designed & implemented a Supplier Issues Cost ID & Recovery System and

                                achieved over $3.5M in supplier issue cost identification and recovery over 3 years

                              - Supported on average over $20M annually in Cost Savings Projects via Resourcing,

                                Material cost-out and New Product Launch activities and projects

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WACA Services SME Team have executed, managed and achieved Superior Results as a Global Team for over 5 years;

          1. Average 1000+ APQP/PPAPs per year

          2. Conducted and managed 50+ Supplier Assessments & Audits on average per year

          3. Manage and Problem Solve on average 100+ Supplier Triage Issues (urgent supplier/customer

              plant quality issues)

          4. Manage and Execute 25+ Firewall Containment and Safe Launch Programs to Certify Material     

              before shipment or use

          5. Developed and approved over 250 LCR/BCC suppliers; castings, machined castings, plastic                          parts, electronics, stampings, powder metal, fabrications and sourced complete products, just 

              to name a few.

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