The cement industry plays a crucial role in fostering sustainable development and can be viewed as a foundational element supporting overall progress and growth. It serves as a fundamental pillar for development initiatives. Its influence resonates not only in the physical structures it helps create but also in the broader economic and societal development it underpins.
Use Case – Supply Chain Planning
The Company
An Indian cement company and affiliated with a prominent Group. The Company is the largest manufacturer of gray cement, ready-mix concrete (RMC) and white cement in India with an installed capacity of 116.75 million tonnes per annum.
- ~$6B Revenues (Yearly)
- 5 Business Verticals
- 30+ Manufacturing Units
- 5 Countries
- Inefficient Stock levels across storing locations leading to Storage cost increases at some and Sales loss in others.
- People driven approach rather than data driven decision making
- Inefficient utilization of Working Capital
- Sales Loss even with optimized production plan
- Inventory Plan without consideration of Margin / Profitability
- Difficulty to track Stocks across 1000’s of combinations
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Demand Forecasting
Identifying expected demand levels for the product or service with multiple subtle changes that add up over time and change the trajectory of demand.
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Operational Planning
Transforming a strategic plan into a detailed roadmap, delineating precise actions the team will undertake on a weekly, and at times, a daily basis.
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Capacity & Production Planning
A dynamic evaluation process to ensure that the production capacity aligns seamlessly with the evolving demands for products.
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Procurement Planning
Identifying and streamlining requirements while establishing the timelines for procurement, with the goal of acquiring them precisely when needed.
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Management Reporting
Internal reports used to run the organization, make business decisions, and monitor progress to make more accurate, data-driven decisions.
- Implemented Anaplan in line with business requirements
- Two way integration with SAP ERP (Bi-directional Integration)
- Data Mart/ Data Model setup
- Query Builder Setup
- Dashboard Design
- System Driven Safety & Target Levels
- Stock Simulation & Suggestion basis Demand, SLA, ABC, FMS, XYZ analysis
- Monitor daily stocks across SKUs with respect to the target, buffer penetration, and run multiple what-if to Increase/Decrease levels
- Optimized Distribution of Stocks to avoid – Sales Loss, Overstocking, Dead Stocks
- Easy to leverage executive interactive dashboards to monitor Inventory levels focusing on business critical SKU combinations
- Significant improvement in working capital and effective utilization of capital locked in excess inventory