SBS Investments views logistics as materials management – the ability to get the right number of parts to the Manufacturing / Repair site. Common to all logistics solutions is determining the short- and long-range flow of materials, SBS Investments uses our tools to establish the proper level of inventory to meet the customer’s demands. We also put in the ability to determine when more inventory is needed if the client requires.
SBS Investments uses information tools developed through the company’s experience of managing inventory for thousands of customers. In many cases for our clients we warehouse or store materials in a proximity hub. The customer handles the receiving and picking of the materials while the distribution handles all of the logistics of getting the parts to the production site.
As well as using the customer’s internal forecasts, SBS Investments also reads the market as a whole so the customer won’t get caught short if there is a sudden increase in demand for product. We have some capabilities to test the customer’s forecast. We’re testing and feeding information back to the customer to validate the forecast.
SBS Investments also helps customers manage their parts needs across multiple plants in different parts of the world. Sometimes we collaborate with our customers to determine an optimal configuration of parts, We get significantly involved with customers as they migrate their supply chains that collaboration can involve helping a customer move its entire materials pipeline to a new plant halfway across the globe. We often deal with customers that are moving their production. We formulate their global plants and get involved in the tactics needed as they seek global parts. We build pipelines of materials, then move that pipeline from North America to Saudi Arabia, Asia, UK, ETC.
