Transforming the Supply Chain through Digital Operations

Transforming Supply Chain through Digital Operations

Project Description

About the customer

One of India’s leading Direct Selling Companies offering products in the categories of personal care, color cosmetics & skin care, home care, laundry care, agriculture, auto care, nutrition, food & beverage and health & wellness.

Customer Challenges

32 Mn. decision nodes weremanually processed by one dedicated resource to create a replenishment plan based on supplier, product, quantity, location, transportation type & lead time. Manual process led to error, inefficiencies, delays and:

  • High Complexity
  • Longer TAT to create plans
  • No real-time visibility of critical stock
  • Managing the ageing of inventory
  • Stock out or Overstock at FCs
  • Critical Stock prioritization
  • Delayed replenishment of promo products
  • 70% capacity utilization of truck
  • Gap in planning vs execution (warehouse & manpower capacity)

 Impact on Business

  • Variance in demand vs stock replenishment
  • Loss of opportunity to sell
  • Financial losses due to ageing issue
  • Higher inventory holding cost
  • Longer lead time to replenish
  • Higher cost of operations

 Solutions 

  • Implemented VERDIS RAP (AI & BI enabled Replenishment Allocation Planning)
  • (Automated and optimized the replenishment planning
  • Enabled system-based stock analysis
  • Automated Dispatch Planning
  • Automated Transportation planning
  • System based recommendation of transporter and route
  • Dashboard view to make informed decision

Key benefits:

  • Demand-driven replenishment
  • Planning time reduced from 7 days to 10 minutes
  • 25 plans creation in 3 hours
  • Enabled advance planning option (7 days to 1 month)
  • Real-time visibility of stock
  • Delivery route optimization (the nearest supply origin)
  • Improved speed time to shelf
  • Increase productivity & efficiency
  • Higher product availability
  • Lower cost-to-serve

 Value Addition:

  • 10 mins to create 1 plan
  • 99% stock availability
  • 9% accuracy in allocation planning
  • 30% reduction in inventory days

Ready to transform your warehousing and fulfilment processes? Contact Us now at [email protected] to Get Started.

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Transforming Supply Chain through Digital Operations

Transforming the Supply Chain through Digital Operations