Bart Huthwaite
Principal, Operations and Supply Chain Practice
RSM US LLP
Bart has more than 20 years of experience providing insights that drive quantifiable business value. He primarily serves the automotive industry and has experience serving both domestic and international OEMs and suppliers. Bart also has experience serving automotive aftermarket, aerospace and defense, and other industrial products companies.
As a member of RSM’s Operations and Supply Chain Practice, Bart is focused on assisting clients to address challenges and opportunities across the value chain, including procurement, demand planning, integrated business planning (IBP), manufacturing, assembly and distribution.
In the product life cycle management space, Bart has transformed the resource allocation and management processes and systems at a global automotive manufacturer, dramatically reduced the cycle time and cost of new product development at a major commercial aircraft manufacturer, transformed the program management processes at an automotive supplier, and improved innovation management on several Defense Department programs.
Bart is well-versed at leveraging advanced analytics, ERP and disruptive technologies to help clients transform their businesses. Leveraging robotic process automation, he’s helped clients automate the mundane to enable team members to focus on more value-added tasks. He’s proven the validity of blockchain in the automotive industry and has experience with several supply chain and ERP solutions.
PRE-EVENT WEBINAR
A Plan for Every Part: How to Survive Supply Chain Disruptions
Globalization and the never-ending drive to reduce costs have resulted in highly efficient, but not always resilient, supply chains. The global automotive supply chain is a prime example. Supply chain disruptions from the pandemic continue, and there have also been ripple effects from other recent anomalous events, such as February’s deep freeze in Texas, the massive cargo ship that got stuck in the Suez Canal in March, or the fire at Renesas Electronics’ chip factory in Japan that same month. Developing a so-called “plan for every part” (PFEP) is one way automotive OEMs and suppliers can ensure their supply chains are stable and resilient as the economic recovery accelerates. The concept essentially defines the demand for each part, how each part is purchased, received, packaged, stored and delivered to its point of use. This webinar will explain the concept and how to implement it.