Systems Partner: One for All

Processes

From a coatings supplier to a systems partner: As a result of the new, extremely cost-conscious procurement strategies of the automakers suppliers are often taking on the role of systems partner.

This takes the following form at BASF Coatings:
BASF Coatings has a service team available around the clock to ensure efficient and guaranteed fault-free coating operations – in the interest of both parties. An undoubted benefit for the customer. Efficient material consumption, savings in staffing requirements in MRP, warehousing, and process engineering, reduction in the reworking rate, to name but a few. And as if that weren’t enough: A reduction in material use (less paint sludge and leftover materials) means that the systems partnership also makes a significant contribution to environmental protection.

Aspects of this concept can also include a different type of billing. Under the cost per unit billing system the automaker no longer pays for the quantity of paint supplied but for fault-free coated car bodies.

Last but not least, the partnership between customer and supplier becomes closer, with greater understanding and trust. The systems partnership thus offers a win-win situation to both the customer and BASF Coatings.