With Incora™ CMS, the OEM Regained Full Control of Its Chemical Inventory

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Business Challenge

A large aircraft OEM managed its own chemicals purchasing for multiple manufacturing sites.

Given the complexity of its enterprise platforms and data management systems, the customer struggled to gather a comprehensive view of total chemical usage. This led to a series of stock-outs that resulted in machine downtime.

The customer was challenged to:

  • Reduce chemical management and inventory carrying costs
  • Attain a consolidated view of chemicals across sites, including coolants, adhesives, sealants, cleaners, solvents, hydraulic fluids, and other chemicals
  • Utilise technical data to support life cycle management, inventory optimisation, and robust forecasting
  • Gather constituent data for environmental compliance
  • Continuously reduce the use and cost of chemicals

 

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Incora Solution

Incora’s integration of the tcmIS™ Data Management Platform and a multi-year CMS contract provided the customer with:

  • Chemical gatekeeping/approvals
  • Inventory planning, purchasing, and forecasting
  • Quality Assurance inspection
  • Off-site inventory control
  • SDS management for 3,000 documents
  • Drop shipments
  • Just-In-Time replenishment to point-of-use
  • Consolidated invoicing to one monthly bill

Incora deployed barcode scanning equipment to securely track chemical movement to multiple sites, ensured appropriate inventory levels were maintained, and minimised shelf-life expiration. Incora’s solution also provided accurate financial and environmental reporting.

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Results

Incora’s integrated solution provided notable cost savings and efficiencies for the customer:

Efficiencies Gained

  • Consolidation of 98% chemical spend across multiple sites
  • 90% reduction in chemical storage footprint
  • 96% OTD rating over 4 years (from 82%)
  • 0.45% scrap rate over 4 years (from 10%)
  • 2-day order cycle time (compared to 5–7 days)
  • 1 week average inventory turn (compared to 4 months)
  • Accurate environmental and financial reporting
  • Reassignment of internal resources to higher-value workflow

$3M Annual Cost Savings

Reduced costs across multiple departments, including:

  • EHS Labour
  • Purchasing
  • Use and distribution
  • Logistics
  • Waste disposal
  • Chemical purchasing

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