Case Study #1

Client designs, develops, and markets IT application delivery infrastructure solutions worldwide.

Client Objective:

Assess the current environment and provide recommendations for improvement to the Client’s Supply Chain Management System as it relates to the areas of Reverse Logistics and Non-Commercial Units.

NGC solution:

Northrop Grumman’s objective was to thoroughly document the Client’s current processes via a combination of interviews, onsite visitations and review of internal documentation.
 
Information gathered from these sources, enabled Northrop Grumman to determine how successful current operations were performing and if changes should be made to improve the processes. NG compared Client procedures to best of breed practices and introduced many recommendations that may serve as a constructive measure to improve the overall supply chain performance.

Case Study #2

Client is a non-profit association of North American companies in the steel industry.

Client Objective:

Client needed to provide high-quality, value added products to meet customer demands and:

• Lead the world in innovation and technology.
• Produce steel in a safe and environmentally friendly manner.
• Increase the market demand for North American steel in both traditional and innovative applications.

NGC solution:

Northrop Grumman Corporation designed, built and implemented the SteelPartner program to support the client’s member companies in the value added business. The transaction based SteelPartner program was developed as a business solution to track steel producer material at outside processor and warehouse locations.

Case Study #3

Client is a major service center with several locations that provides a material gateway for major automotive companies.

Client Objective:

The client was interested in managing their service center business and supply chain with a state of the art IT architecture that would allow them to emerge as a leading competitor in the market place.

NGC solution:

Northrop Grumman Corporation implemented OpenTrac™ software and e-commerce system helping the company manage its business, update its technology and processes and reduce operational costs. Northrop Grumman’s Web-based OpenTrac ™ software is an enterprise resource planning solution that helps control the supply chain, and links communication between a business and its trading partners.  We also provided the client networking, systems, software support, security, engineering, data, training, management, integration, and comprehensive support services.

Case Study #4

Client is a Fortune 500 company and major commodities producer.

Client Objective:

Enable market expansion of value added products for all Client plants by implementing a corporate wide solution that presents 'a common face' to both customers and processors. Specific requirements of the Supply Chain Management system were:

• Develop and implement a standard set of EDI transactions.
• Integrate with legacy manufacturing and financial systems at the various plants.
• Support best business practices such as management by exception and auto payment for services.
• Enable market expansion with current staffing levels.

NGC solution:

Northrop Grumman developed a web based application to manage a portion of the Client’s business. The OpenTrac system has allowed the Client’s plants to quickly adapt to new markets. Client has realized significant cost savings, improved inventory control and customer service since implementation.

Case Study #5

Client is an independent supplier of components and structures to the aircraft and aerospace industries.

Client Objective:

Client was looking to develop and execute a strategy to update their systems architecture and:

• Leverage these technologies to provide them with a market advantage going forward.
• Simplify support models to complement Client’s business strategies.
• Offer scalable and flexible solutions tailored to meet site specific needs and support the enterprise vision.

NGC solution:

Northrop Grumman’s objective was to analyze the current process to recommend specific infrastructure and service solutions tailored to the clients needs. Highlighted areas of improvement included:

• Manage the supply chain with the OpenTrac Procurement ERP solution and integrated EDI capabilities.
• Propose a new MRP Work Bench engine that integrates Master Scheduling, Production Planning and MRP functions.
• Develop a new Data Warehouse scheme that is more integrated with source systems to provide reporting using scorecards and dashboards.
• Disposition all data stored on the mainframe to be migrated, archived or purged and ultimately remove them from the system architecture.