Supply Chain

Supplier & Supply Chain Intelligence™

Every part has a purpose

Behind every finished product is a global network of suppliers, manufacturers, planners, buyers, logisticians and engineers working together. From raw materials to human impact™.

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Supplier Performance Index

88.5

+3.1

Weighted across 412 active suppliers

On-time delivery

94.2%

+1.8

Target 96% — gap costs ~$2.1M/quarter

Inventory turnover

7.4×

+0.6

$18.3M of working capital released

Materials at risk

11

-4

Of 240 critical materials tracked

Global Supply Chain Map™

Suppliers, plants, ports, rail, air cargo and customers

Select any node to see its materials, inventory, transportation, lead time, risk level and the community it holds up.

Container port at blue hour with gantry cranes loading a ship and a dockworker in hi-vis

Port · Netherlands

Rotterdam Gateway

Rotterdam quay, 05:40 — four days of buffer, and a hospital that doesn't wait.

Four days of buffer sit on this quay. When customs clears at 06:00, a hospital in Manchester keeps its Thursday scan list.

Materials

Containerised components, Project cargo

Transportation

Ocean → barge → rail

Inventory

4 days on hand

Lead time

6 days

Risk level44 / 100

Community impact · Shore power on berth 12 removed 380 t of CO₂ last quarter.

Supplier Performance Dashboard™

Twelve signals per supplier — and the people behind them

Precision bearings, bolts and turbine blades on an inspection bench with a machinist measuring

Pune, India

Kalyani Precision Forge

Every bolt and bearing here is somebody's twenty years without a breakdown.

92

Supplier Performance Index

Six-month trend

Performance index

92

On-time delivery

96.4%

Quality score

99.1%

Inventory health

84

Lead time

46 d

Supplier risk

34

Sustainability

78

Innovation

86

Cost trend

-3.2%

Forecast accuracy

91%

Relationship

94

Trust index

93

Employee story

Meera runs the forge line. She redesigned the die-preheat sequence and cut scrap by two-thirds — the change is now standard across three plants.

Community story

60 scholarships a year; three of this year's inspectors came out of that programme.

Recognition

Supplier of the Quarter — process innovation

Improvement opportunity

Dual-source the billet to cut exposure to a single mill.

Procurement Dashboard™

Spend, savings, availability and forecast

Where the money goes, what it saved, and how close delivery is to the target that keeps production whole.

On-time delivery vs. target

MarAprMayJunJulAug
Actual (%) Target

1.8 points off target. Closing the gap is worth ~$2.1M a quarter in avoided expedites and line stoppages.

Category spend mix

$1.12B

Annual spend

  • Castings & forgings412 t
  • Electronics268 t
  • Composites197 t
  • Logistics143 t
  • MRO & services96 t

Verified savings this year

Negotiated price reductions$18.4M
Road-to-rail freight shift$6.2M
Inventory released$18.3M
Expedite fees avoided$4.1M
Scrap & rework prevented$3.6M
Total verified saving$50.6M

Open purchase orders

3,418

212 flagged for expedite review

Supplier diversity spend

23.4%

Target 25% by year end

Contracts expiring < 90 days

37

9 cover critical materials

Forecast accuracy

88%

13-week rolling horizon

Inventory turnover against plan

Current 7.4 turnsTarget 8.5

Reaching 8.5 turns releases another $6.1M of working capital without putting a single critical material at risk.

Logistics Intelligence™

Every shipment, and what happens to people if it slips

Freight train and long-haul trucks crossing an illuminated logistics corridor at dusk

Ocean freight

Shanghai → Rotterdam

Road to rail on the A40 — the same steel, a fraction of what people breathe.

A shipment delay may affect production schedules. Cross-functional teams are coordinating recovery plans to minimise downstream impact.

Customer impact

Two nacelles slip unless the Duisburg buffer is released.

Community impact

A 3-week power date slip for 38,000 households if unmitigated.

Recommended action · Release Duisburg buffer stock; book air charter for the two long-lead housings.

Material Story™

What it is, why it matters, and what breaks if it's late

Engineers inspecting a jet engine on the apron at night

Material story

Nickel superalloy billet

Every turnaround saved is a reunion that happens on time.

What is this material?

A forged bar of nickel alloy able to hold shape at 1,100 °C.

Why is it important?

It is the only material that survives the hot section of a jet engine turbine.

Which product uses it?

High-pressure turbine blades

Which customers benefit?

Airlines, and the 4.2 million people who fly on them each month.

How it improves quality

Grain structure controlled to ±2 microns; every billet ultrasonically mapped.

How it improves reliability

Extends time-on-wing by 1,400 cycles versus the previous alloy.

Contribution to the product

Turns fuel into thrust without turning heat into failure.

If it is delayed

Blade machining stops in 11 days; 6 engine builds slip a month.

AI Risk Engine™ + Root Cause Analysis™

Risk score, impact, cause, confidence and the way out

Advanced GE manufacturing floor at night with robotic assembly arms and a technician

Single source · Capacity

Single-source dependency on tower flanges

Bengaluru plant, night shift — every machine here is somebody's livelihood.

Business impact

$6.8M revenue exposure across two projects this quarter.

Operational impact

One weld cell, 28-day queue, zero redundancy if it goes down.

Human impact

38,000 households wait an extra three weeks for their power date.

Root cause analysis · 91% confidence

Supplier capacity, not demand forecast: qualification backlog left one approved welder for a part with rising volume.

Recommended mitigation

Qualify a second source in Bilbao and co-fund a second weld cell in Monterrey.

Alternative suppliers

Bilbao Forjas (12-week qualification) · Chennai Heavy (18 weeks)

Expected recovery time

12 weeks to dual-source; 4 weeks for interim buffer cover.

Owner

Sourcing Lead — Structures · Critical priority

Supply Chain Story™

Say it the way a person would hear it

Instead of

PO delivered

Display

Critical materials arrived on time, allowing production to continue and supporting customers, hospitals, energy infrastructure and aviation operations.

Instead of

Container delayed

Display

A shipment delay may affect production schedules. Cross-functional teams are coordinating recovery plans to minimise downstream impact.

Digital Factory Connection™

Traceable from raw material to family story

Precision bearings, bolts and turbine blades on an inspection bench with a machinist measuring

Every bolt and bearing here is somebody's twenty years without a breakdown.

01

Raw material

Nickel billet, remelted and mapped

Precision bearings, bolts and turbine blades on an inspection bench with a machinist measuring

Every bolt and bearing here is somebody's twenty years without a breakdown.

02

Supplier

Kalyani Precision Forge, Pune

Advanced GE manufacturing floor at night with robotic assembly arms and a technician

Bengaluru plant, night shift — every machine here is somebody's livelihood.

03

Manufacturing

Bengaluru assembly, night shift

Technician in safety gear reading a tablet beside heavy machinery

The person who acts on the number — with the data in their hand.

04

Quality

100% inspected, 99.1% first-pass

Advanced GE manufacturing floor at night with robotic assembly arms and a technician

Bengaluru plant, night shift — every machine here is somebody's livelihood.

05

Assembly

Nacelle closed every 41 minutes

Container port at blue hour with gantry cranes loading a ship and a dockworker in hi-vis

Rotterdam quay, 05:40 — four days of buffer, and a hospital that doesn't wait.

06

Distribution

Rotterdam → Duisburg → site

Wind turbines silhouetted at dusk with a technician walking at the base

Oaxaca wind farm at blue hour — the power that keeps the lights on after dinner.

07

Customer

Utility commissioning in Oaxaca

Family sitting together at a warm, lamp-lit kitchen table in the evening

The end of the chain: a warm kitchen, lights on, everyone home.

08

Community

142,000 homes with power after dinner

Supplier Collaboration™

What the AI recommends we do together

Supplier recognition

Award Sanwa for 14 quarters with zero quality escapes.

Joint improvement project

Second weld cell with Aceros del Norte — clears $6.8M of exposure.

Innovation workshop

Recyclable blade shell with Nordwind, scaled to the 6 MW platform.

Quality review

Re-audit HS code documentation across the last 90 days of shipments.

Forecast alignment

Move Kalyani to a 13-week rolling forecast.

Capacity planning

Model 2026 volume against every single-source part.

Sustainability initiative

Extend shore power and rail conversion to two more lanes.

Knowledge sharing

Publish the die-preheat change from Pune across all forging suppliers.

Executive Supply Chain View™

What leadership needs on one screen

Top supply risk

Single-source flange

$6.8M exposure · 38,000 homes waiting

Critical materials

11 of 240

4 fewer than last month

Inventory health

76 / 100

$18.3M working capital released

Financial exposure

$9.0M

Mitigation cost $1.4M — approve to clear 76%

Executive boardroom at night with glowing data screens above a city skyline

Executive review

Measured in lives, not just line items

Where the decision is signed — measured in lives, not just line items.

Recommended executive actions

  • Approve $1.4M of dual-source investment against $9.0M of exposure.
  • Sign the Monterrey capacity co-investment before the Q4 build wave.
  • Set a board-level target: no critical material with a single approved source by 2027.
  • Fund the consignment stock model at Rotterdam to release $6.1M of working capital.

AI Action Center™

Every issue, assigned — with an owner, a clock and a human outcome

Immediate

Release Duisburg buffer stock against the two delayed housings.

Logistics Manager

Today

Procurement

Issue an emergency PO for interim flange capacity in Bilbao.

Sourcing Lead

48 hours

Supplier

Run a joint capacity review with Aceros del Norte and agree a second weld cell.

Supplier Quality

This week

Engineering

Approve the alternate flange drawing revision for dual-source qualification.

Design Authority

2 weeks

Quality

Correct the HS code template and re-audit the last 90 days of shipments.

Trade Compliance

72 hours

Logistics

Book the AMS→BLR charter and lock the rail slot for four cycles.

Freight Ops

Today

Manufacturing

Resequence the Bengaluru line to the 3 MW build for 9 days.

Plant Planner

Tomorrow

Leadership

Approve $1.4M of dual-source investment against $6.8M of exposure.

VP Supply Chain

Next review

Communication

Brief the Oaxaca customer with the recovery plan before they ask.

Programme Director

Today

Expected business impact

$9.0M

Exposure cleared for $1.4M of mitigation spend, with recovery inside 12 weeks.

Expected human impact

38,023

38,000 households keep their power date, 23 patients keep their scan slot, and 214 passengers make tomorrow's connection.

Final philosophy

Every bolt. Every bearing. Every shipment. Every supplier. Every warehouse. Every truck. Every engineer, planner, buyer and operator. Every customer, community and family. Is part of one connected story.

Because every supply chain delivers more than materials. It delivers possibility.

Every Number Has a Human Story™