Success Stories
Soucing - Developed a system to integrate vendors in the supply chain for better visibility in PLC
Customer
A dynamic Indian Retail giant engaged in the retailing business operational across India
- Client’s current system was not able to track, identify and retrieve PO’s by vendors
- Status of an order could not be assessed
- Delivery date slippage leading to stocks-outs or over stocking
- Sourcing problems also impacted quality teams checking routine during mfg cycle
- No access to stock volumes across chains across India-leading to wrong sourcing decisions
- Identify all entities involved in the Supply Chain
- Differentiate key business from moderate (revenue basis)-prioritize sourcing
- Integrate vendors into clients sourcing process
- Reengineer processes to shorten PO Lifecycle
- Set in Vendor Collaboration
- Establish visibility in the PLC
- PO generation & placing cut from 3 to 1 day
- Vendor response time on order acknowledgement reduced from 7 to 2 days
- Online Vendor Request for Change in delivery date is accomplished within 2 days from 7 days
- Achieved stable OTIF levels of 97%
- Vendor-Vendor collaboration resulted in 100% delivery (Time & Qty) from tier 2 vendors
