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Core Management

Core management is a process wihtin an active Remanufacturing program that starts with sourcing of broken parts (cores), and ends with collection and qualifying that products before forwarding them to the supplier. The process includes procurement, logistics, inventory and retrieval management.

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Your challenges

  • Significant revenue losses due to insufficient core availability

  • Lack of transparency regarding core locations and status

  • High costs for buying back or using core brokers to meet demand

Our solution

We develop a customized core management strategy aligned with your goals and challenges, making your core management more efficient to reduce costs and efforts. Whether you need sourcing, logistics, or sorting, we ensure your good and bad cores are returned to where you need them, supporting a seamless operation.

Customer benefits

Increase efficiency and leverage savings potential

Optimize your entire core sourcing process

Professionalize and industrialize core management

Assess and improve core program efficiency

Example

Reference:

  • 01

    CHALLENGE

    A remanufacturing portfolio of specific automatic transmissions was about to be cancelled due to unavailability of cores.

  • 02

    APPROACH

    We analysed sales and return data to identify potential issues for each part number, corresponding processes and markets.

  • 03

    SOLUTION

    We adaped deposit values to a more competitive level, as well as closing process gaps and monitoring the changes.

  • 04

    RESULT

    Realized additional revenue of over €2 million annually from increased core availability.

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Gunnar Jordan

Head of Core Management

Would you like to optimize your core management program? We will assess your current program and provide optimization recommendations or even do it for you. Contact me for an initial, non-binding conversation and let us explore how we can best support you in optimizing your core management.

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Core management in the automotive industry is important for several reasons.

Core management optimization with Encory

No matter if you just want to optimize your existing business or if you are seeking a partner to run your core management, we can help you on both sides.

Our experienced experts assist you in all measures to optimize your core management. We aim for a close and collaborative partnership with the people who know your on-site processes best: your employees. Together, we upgrade the processes of your core management to meet the challenges of the future – sustainably and on an equal footing.

We analyze and optimize the logistics of your entire automotive core management to ensure a smooth and uninterrupted supply chain for core components, from suppliers to the final assembly. The aim is to establish core management that seamlessly integrates into your automotive operations, allowing your team to focus on vehicle production and quality.

How can we improve your core management?

We first assess whether your processes and systems align with your internal guidelines and meet current state-of-the-art standards. Based on this evaluation, we develop recommendations for improvements. We can also examine your planned or ongoing projects under the same criteria, providing support in project definition and goal-setting for your initiatives.

In addition to ensuring the availability of all required materials at the right time and place, we also focus on eliminating cost drivers in material logistics. This includes reviewing supplier contracts, reducing inventory levels, or adjusting the product range. For this purpose, we collaborate closely with departments such as procurement management. Furthermore, we ensure that used materials are disposed of properly and efficiently, and packaging waste is minimized.

We also accompany system transitions in your organization or handle them entirely on your behalf. Additionally, we conduct audits of your internal processes or collaborations with external service providers based on economic, legal, and quality criteria, as well as in terms of fulfilling the management mandate.

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