SONIC MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES
For Sonic , which orders about a million parts per week , using an autonomous digital supply chain was the answer . ‘ If I run my MRP ( Materials Requirements Planning Process ) on Monday , within three to five minutes , over half my workload for the week will be on order , with a median delivery of three days , typically . That ’ s 500,000 parts on my dock by Wednesday .’ He adds : ‘ Automation just moves faster than humans .’
Accurate With a digital supply chain , Sonic can simply take a supplier ’ s own data , stick a purchase order ( PO ) number on it , and hand it back to them . ‘ By definition , that yields a near 100 % accurate purchase order ,’ David says . Forget the humans — prone to typos , delays , conflicting priorities and time off . ‘ Some distributors tell us that EDI has maybe a 70 % success rate . That means you ’ re rejecting
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