ArvinMeritor - Customer-Driven, a leadership style
ArvinMeritor was created in 2000 out of the merger of two companies with complementary product lines, a strong presence in the worldwide automotive industry and the technological tradition of almost 100 years: Arvin Industries Inc. and Meritor Automotive, Inc. The company developed a unique way to manage and run its businesses, by anticipating and exceeding its customers’ needs, and fostering excellence and job satisfaction. With an expressive universe of resources and technologies, it seeks to become the main player of a wide range of products and services in the automotive industry.
As a global provider of integrated automotive systems, modules and components, with 120 facilities in 25 countries, ArvinMeritor provides original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and replacement markets with advanced technological solutions for small vehicles, trucks, buses and off-road vehicles.
Challenges
» Substitute old application for a more secure and reliable system
» Keep a technological infrastructure based on the best practices
» Upgrade of Oracle E-Business Suite Applications, from version 11.0.3 to 11i.
» Interfaces of Oracle E-Business Suite Applications with the Legacy Systems of the company
Solutions
» Reduction of expenses by eliminating redundancies, rework and waste.
» Restructuring of staff allowing more productivity and agility in the processes
» Facility to extract information and more reliability and security of information
» Improved stock management, reducing errors and saving resources
» More reliability and quality of data by utilizing new tools for decision-making.
» More control and increased management capacity.