Cash Flow Turnaround at Latecoère

The Latecoère Group, founded in 1917 by Pierre-Georges Latécoère, is a supplier of aerospace equipment for global aircraft manufacturers such as Airbus, Boeing, and Dassault Aviation. Initially known for its transatlantic seaplanes and the creation of Aéropostale, the group has diversified into missiles and the subcontracting of aerospace parts.

Cash Performance Turnaround at Latecoère

Latecoère provides doors and fuselages to major aircraft manufacturers. Its financial situation is critical: high debt and low cash reserves.

Our mission

  • Definition of Targer Stock Parameters: Safety, lot sizes, cycles.
  • Questioning the practices of ERP usage.
  • Structuring management: roles, objectives, decision support tools, dashboards.
  • Training and coaching of purchasers and buyers.

Results achieved

  • €26M in supplier order book reduction, from €145M to €119M.
  • €14M in inventory and work-in-progress, resulting in a savings of €1.4M/year (ROI < 4 months).

Customer quotes

At the heart of our reconfiguration plan, the consultants helped us significantly reduce our inventory values, thereby allowing us to generate net cash flows.

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