Automotive

Automotive

The founder of ARGOSUS, Luciana Ciuchini, started her career in 1997 at Mercedes Benz with production engineering and finance degrees. She leveraged her background to give ARGOSUS a competitive edge in the automotive industry over our competitors. ARGOSUS’s primary goal is to provide our customers a lean manufacturing solution in the automotive industry with an efficient supply chain. Our services are “door to door”, from the manufacturing, kitting, assembly to consolidation of our customers’ supply base, inventory management and just-in-time delivery. Our global presence allows us to serve our customers and suppliers worldwide.

 

We are compliant with our customer as a diversity supplier, being recognized and certified by WBENC and NMSDC. We are ISO 9001:2015 and IATF16949 certified. We are also in compliance with the conflict of minerals.

Manufacturing

 

Our facility in Kentucky manufactures air filters for the automotive industry. We make kits and assemblies, reducing the BOM for our customers, allowing them to focus on the needs of their core business.

Sourcing

 

ARGOSUS sources manufacturers in low-cost regions, mainly concentrated in Asia, to provide more value to our customers regarding price efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Our engineering team develops parts with our customers and suppliers following the processes of PQAP throughout design review, first article inspection, ISIR, PPAP, and quality control.

Lean supply base

 

We offer our customers a lean supply base by consolidating hundreds of suppliers in the automotive industry with our main commodities being control cables, fasteners, labels, and lubricants.

Planning and forecasting

 

We are EDI capable, ASN, and we work with min/max inventory levels to cover any changes in our customer’s production line demands. We provide just in time delivery for all our customers in the automotive industry.