The company sealed a multi-year agreement with Storeroom Solutions (SSI) to deploy an integrated supply chain service model for maintenance, repair and operations material requirements.
The deal will unify all operating site locations and aggregate the total spend under a single enterprise Management Services Agreement.
SSI, a US provider of indirect materials management and independent 3PMRO supply services, offers a sourcing, inventory management and storeroom operations service model.
“The SSI agreement is another example of Aerojet’s Supply Chain/Materiel Management strategy of enterprise-wide supply agreements,” said Aerojet supply chain vice president, Hal Martin.
He added that a benefit provided by the agreement is SSI’s leveraged buying power, as well as the efficiencies that will result from using “significantly fewer suppliers”. Additional benefits include reduced material costs, improved inventory management and improvements in productivity by moving parts closer to work areas (point of use).
Starting in January, Aerojet’s Sacramento site will integrate into the MRO programme. Early in the first quarter of 2013, the MRO programme will be implemented simultaneously across the company’s US sites including Arkansas, California and Washington.
