PwC wins MCA Project of the Year and Commercial Excellence Award for Rolls-Royce global logistics transformation
Setting the scene
This year, we won the prestigious MCA Project of the Year Award for our collaboration with Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc to deliver an 18-month strategy-through-to-execution transformation project.
Rolls-Royce is one of the world’s most famous names in aerospace and defence engineering. A leading producer of engines for large civil aircraft and corporate jets, it is also the world’s second-largest provider of defence aero engines.
Its shift from physically selling engines to a ‘total care’ business model has dramatically increased the importance of a flexible and responsive supply chain. Every hour an engine is not available to fly now hurts the company financially; the supply chain must support its efforts to focus on the customer.
“The Project of the Year with Rolls-Royce demonstrates the huge commercial and business benefits of working closely with a strong consulting team, particularly at a time of disruption and economic pressure."
How we helped
Rolls-Royce wanted to transform its future global logistics services to support the business as it shifts to a total care model. We embarked on a journey to deliver an 18 month strategy-through-to-execution transformation project, to design a flexible and responsive supply chain. We worked collaboratively with Rolls-Royce to negotiate multi-million pound contracts, better service and risk management, resulting in outcomes that exceeded the targets for both cost reduction, improved service levels, application of digital technologies and rigorous quality control.
Making a difference
“This project has truly transformed the function for logistics, putting in place new contracts with major third-party providers, whilst also generating significant cost-reduction and operational improvements.
The PwC team have worked very closely with us throughout the project, and have developed deep levels of trust with client stakeholders at all levels of Rolls-Royce. The PwC team were very comfortable dealing with ambiguity, and showed agility by quickly changing gears based on shifting client requirements. We particularly valued the way PwC challenged us and our thinking throughout the programme to ensure that we developed the most appropriate solutions and did not simply maintain the status quo. The PwC team have gone above and beyond what we expected of them, and this was reflected in recognition at our recent supplier awards.”
Dean Fell, Head of Procurement, Rolls-Royce
“Without the expert industry know-how and deep analytical models from the partnership with PwC, Rolls-Royce would have been unable to achieve this level of return.”
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