Revolutionizing Manufacturing and Supply Chain Operations at Jaguar Land Rover

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Jaguar Land Rover Has Been Putting In A Lot Of Effort To Upgrade Its Manufacturing And Supply Chain Operations To Meet The Industry 4.0 Standard. At The Recent Automotive Logistics And Supply Chain Digital Strategies Conference In Germany, Paulina Chmielarz, The Industrial Operations Digital And Innovation Director At JLR, Talked About The Company’S Digital Strategy For Product Lifecycle Management. She Emphasized The Importance Of Cross-Functional Collaboration And The Use Of High-Quality Data Across Supply Chain, Procurement, And Manufacturing Teams.

Jaguar Land Rover Has Introduced A New Digital Unified Bill Of Materials (BOM) System, Which Is Built On A Solid Foundation Of Data Architecture. This System Relies On A Modular IT Landscape Connected By APIs. Chmielarz Highlighted The Significance Of A Lean Core IT System That Can Deliver Transactions And Records To Business Applications And AI. The IT Infrastructure Gathers Information From Various Components In The Assembly Plant And Relies On Extensive Cabling To Support Wi-Fi Connectivity.

The Core Applications Built On This Infrastructure Include A Large SAP-Based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Tool And A Product Lifestyle Management (PLM) Tool From Dassault Systems. With The Core Infrastructure In Place, JLR Can Focus On Digital Platforms And Applications. Chmielarz Stressed The Importance Of Balancing Digital Products With Core Systems And Highlighted The Collaboration Across Teams At JLR, Including Supply Chain, Engineering, Industrial Operations, Product Information, And Sales.

Jaguar Land Rover Is Transferring Legacy Data Into The Unified BOM On A Subscription Model, Ensuring That All Relevant Supply Chain Personnel Have Access To PLM. Chmielarz Emphasized The Importance Of Reengineering And Modularizing Master Data To Ensure Constant Updates In The Product Lifecycle. She Encouraged Providing Tools To Manage Data And Allowing People To Focus On Their Other Tasks While The Production Release Is In Progress.

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