About the client
Magna Heavy Stamping, part of the global Magna International Inc., is a leading manufacturer in the automotive supply industry specializing in the production of heavy stampings and components for the automotive industry. Magna International, headquartered in Aurora, Ontario, Canada, is one of the largest automotive supply companies in the world, offering a wide range of products and services, from body and chassis systems to drive systems and electronic solutions.
Magna Heavy Stamping is distinguished by its ability to produce high-quality, complex stamping and forming parts used in the manufacture of vehicle bodies and other structural components. The company serves a wide range of customers, including many of the world’s leading automobile manufacturers, and is known for its technical expertise, quality, and reliability.
With state-of-the-art manufacturing technologies and a deep understanding of engineering and materials science, Magna Heavy Stamping can develop innovative solutions that improve vehicle performance, safety, and efficiency. The company places great emphasis on sustainability and reducing environmental impact, both in its manufacturing processes and in the products themselves.
Our shared success story
Challenge
- Delivery of complex vehicle parts to different production locations
- Attention to customer calls
- Include inventory levels, both at source and destination
- Production plan
- Range control at the customer’s minute level
- Complex 3D loading
- Load security
- Consideration/integration of external storage
Initial situation
- Manual planning in Excel
- Manual range control
- Approximate formulas for trotting sport utilization (play Tetris in Excel)
Our solution
- Transport optimization
- Automated range control at the minute level
- Fully automated transport planning
Benefit for customers
- Silo mentality in the company broken open
- Less trotting
- Higher trot sport utilization
- Cost less