Localization of Automotive Plastic Injection Parts With Local Suppliers

Abstract

Localization is an activity that creates opportunity for both consumers or end users, and to local suppliers or manufacturers. It creates a new business opportunity for the local suppliers or manufacturers, especially if the product or part is not commonly manufactured locally and needed to be imported. Although it is a common supplier, the customer company needs to ensure that the parts being produced and delivered must meet the standard requirements that is fixed. The objective of this paper is to complete the fabrication of plastic injection mould and checking fixture, achieve above 95% Off-Tool Sample for all 7 parts, and finally to reduce cost and save time. The process starts from selecting and finalizing supplier from Value Analysis/Value Engineering (VAVE), dispatching relevant data and drawings, then series of Supplier Parts Tracking Team (SPTT) Audits, and lastly Logistics and Packaging analysis. Finally, the conclusion of this paper is all the mould and checking fixture has been fabricated, Off-Tool Sample for all parts has been achieved and both cost and time has been successfully reduced more than 10%. Localization just not creates high profits, but also increases their possibilities to expand their business. For consumers or end users, it is one way for them to cut down cost and time to import those parts.