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Mining & Engineering
Cleaning the Parts Catalogue of a Global Engineering Client
Industry
Mining & Engineering
Capability
Supply Chain & Data Management
Challenges
The starting point.
Following several changes to its IT and logistics environment, the company faced significant data quality issues across its parts and equipment catalogue. Inconsistent records, duplicate items and inefficient catalogue management processes were delaying procurement cycles, affecting operations and increasing the risk of stock shortages.
Actions Taken
From strategy to action.
- Assessed the catalogue to identify data quality issues, supplier complexity, duplicate SKUs and incomplete records.
- Designed an IT-based catalogue cleansing solution combining automation and robotic search tools to validate and update item data.
- Redesigned the process for identifying and resolving duplicate items, automating activities wherever practicable.
- Conducted targeted manual and physical checks to resolve exceptions and validate critical catalogue information.
Results
Measurable outcomes.
80,000
SKUS CLEANSED
50,000
ITEMS NORMALISED
−19%
CATALOGUE SIZE
- Reduced procurement cycle times from weeks to days.
- Delivered a cleansed catalogue containing 80,000 SKUs.
- Normalised 50,000 items with poor-quality data using an approved standard.
- Resolved 4,000 duplicate SKUs and reduced the overall catalogue size by 19%.
- Trained materials management teams to operate the new processes effectively.
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