Altcam: rigorous sustainability in the automotive supply chain
Altcam, an ISO 14001-certified TIER 2 automotive supplier, operates in a high-demand environment where environmental data traceability is as critical as product quality. Their clients — manufacturers and TIER 1 suppliers — increasingly require rigorous, verifiable sustainability data delivered quickly.
Before Manglai, Altcam’s environmental management relied on manual spreadsheets consolidating data from multiple sources: electricity and water invoices, material purchases, transport and logistics, fleet movements, and employee commutes. The result was a slow, error-prone process that was hard to defend before third parties.
The challenge: traceability above all else
The combination of environmental reporting requirements from automotive clients and the maintenance of ISO 14001 certification made it clear that the manual system could no longer scale. But beyond the workload, what concerned the team most was traceability: being able to demonstrate the origin and reliability of each piece of data, not just produce a number.
Added to this was the growing need to measure and report product carbon footprint — an increasing requirement from key clients — that the manual system could not address with the necessary precision.
The solution: automated calculation and centralized data sources
Altcam chose Manglai for its focus on operational environmental management and the agility of its support team. The implementation connected all data sources in a single platform and eliminated manual recalculation:
- Automated calculation: The system converts invoices and records directly into footprint indicators, without manual intervention or risk of error.
- Global impact visibility: For the first time, Altcam was able to quantify that most of its footprint is tied to specific raw materials and suppliers — something they suspected but could not previously prove.
- Agile, responsive support: The relationship with Manglai’s team makes it easy to continuously add new data sources and quickly resolve any queries.
Results: defensible data and audits without last-minute scrambling
- Full traceability: Every figure has its origin documented, giving confidence when presenting reports to management, clients, and auditors.
- Audit-ready at all times: Altcam now faces audits and client requests with data already prepared and verifiable, instead of reconstructing it at the last minute.
- Data-driven decisions: Visibility into impact hotspots allows prioritization of reduction initiatives with the greatest real potential.
- Credible sustainability narrative: In a market where sustainability is now a business requirement, having traceable data strengthens Altcam’s competitive position with clients and stakeholders.
Manglai: key partner for the automotive industry
The implementation of Manglai has allowed Altcam to move from reactive environmental management to a centralized, automated, and auditable operation. In a sector where the supply chain demands ever-greater environmental transparency, having data ready — not reconstructed — makes all the difference.
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