Automotive & Suppliers

How a Tier 2 supplier eliminates duplicates and budget surprises

Tier 2 automotive supplier (480 employees, 2 factories), subcontracting for Tier 1 for 3 European OEMs. Annual CAPEX budget of €4.5M focused on tooling, industrial maintenance and compliance. Lean fi…

D+0 available CAPEX balance known at all times

0 duplicate since deployment

×2 approval cycle reduced from 3 weeks to 10 days

1st closing without budget surprise

Context

The challenges before CAPEXIA

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Untraced oral approvals Investment decisions were made in weekly management meetings, without formalized files. Approval was oral, untraced.

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Duplicate projects Two tooling projects had been committed in duplicate across both sites — discovered 6 months later during annual consolidation.

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No in-year budget visibility No visibility on the real budget balance during the fiscal year. The CFO discovered overruns at closing.

The CAPEXIA solution

Deployed in 3 weeks. Simple 2-level workflow (workshop manager + CFO). Business case template adapted for small amounts: operational justification, simplified ROI, preferred supplier.

Each commitment recorded from the decision — the budget balance is visible in real time.

D+0 available CAPEX balance known at all times

0 duplicate since deployment

×2 approval cycle reduced from 3 weeks to 10 days

1st closing without budget surprise

We could not afford a complex tool. CAPEXIA was operational in 3 weeks, without an IT project.

— CFO · Tier 2 supplier

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