If you're under pressure from your OEM or Tier 1 customers to comply with the AIAG Materials Management Operations Guideline (MMOG), SupplyWorks has good news that will help you achieve compliance quickly.

In today's hyper-competitive environment, all manufacturers are striving to drive down the cost of parts and materials and achieve tighter control of their direct spend. But suppliers are asking:

- How can I use technology intelligently to meet MMOG requirements and improve my operating results within my own supply base, at the lowest possible risk and with the smallest possible investment?

- How can I avoid getting bogged down in a complex, expensive project that never quite gets to the payback point?

The answer is SupplyWorks MAX On-Demand. With SupplyWorks MAX, you can easily and quickly implement MMOG requirements such as sharing demand forecasts electronically with all of your suppliers, or providing your suppliers with a simple, no cost mechanism for creating AIAG-formatted ASNs to streamline your receiving and payment process.

SupplyWorks MAX On-Demand is designed not just to meet auto manufacturers' MMOG requirements, but to meet them quickly, with minimum disruption to current business processes and with minimal impact on suppliers.

MMOG Support

SupplyWorks MAX supports the following general MMOG concepts:

1. Electronic communication of material schedules
2. Advanced ship notices (ASN) for inbound shipments
3. Blanket order management
4. Requirements-based (push) replenishment
5. Consumption-based (pull) replenishment
6. Supplier scheduling
7. Continuous improvement of material procedures

Specific support is provided for Section 4.6 Purchasing/Supplier Management:

1. Sharing release data electronically
2. Transmission frequencies and planning horizons set uniquely by supplier
3. Supplier creation of ASNs
4. Integration to electronically update buyers' systems
5. Supplier performance reporting system which can include delivery, quality

Other MMOG compliant functions include:

1. Supplier contact information
2. Documentation of engineering changes and part revisions for suppliers
3. Unique identification of each receipt
4. Ability to handle shipments routed to external entities
5. Returned materials
6. Blanket order and contract management facilities
7. Automatic alerts notify buyers of any problems
8. Fab / Material / Firm time fences
9. Min/max and Kanban replenishment
10. Inventory metrics

SupplyWorks MAX On-Demand is a field-proven product which can meet immediate MMOG requirements with minimal deployment risk. For more information, including details on how well-known Tier 1 automotive suppliers are using SupplyWorks MAX every day to meet MMOG guidelines and keep their customers happy, contact SupplyWorks today.