Increased Productivity through Automation
Customer Company Size
Large Corporate
Region
- Asia
Country
- India
Product
- Blue Yonder’s Factory Planner
- Blue Yonder’s Supply Planning solution
Tech Stack
- Inventory Management System
- Supply Chain Management System
- Production Planning System
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Cost Savings
- Productivity Improvements
- Customer Satisfaction
Technology Category
- Functional Applications - Inventory Management Systems
Applicable Industries
- Chemicals
Applicable Functions
- Discrete Manufacturing
- Procurement
Use Cases
- Inventory Management
- Manufacturing System Automation
Services
- System Integration
About The Customer
Asian Paints is a leading paint company in India. The company's decorative division produces more than 1,600 standard paint product stock-keeping units (SKUs) and many made-to-order (MTO) formulations. The company faces a dynamic production environment that requires a sophisticated and robust supply chain. Asian Paints applies advanced master planning technologies to decide which products should be produced at which manufacturing plants, incorporating variables such as cost and demand volume, capacity, current inventory levels, environmental requirements and other factors. The company's goals were to reduce inventory levels and manual processes, while improving service levels, productivity, overall production and safety stock planning.
The Challenge
Asian Paints’ decorative division produces more than 1,600 standard paint product stock-keeping units (SKUs) and many made-to-order (MTO) formulations. This dynamic production environment requires a sophisticated and robust supply chain. Asian Paints applies advanced master planning technologies to decide which products should be produced at which manufacturing plants, incorporating variables such as cost and demand volume, capacity, current inventory levels, environmental requirements and other factors. Asian Paint’s goals were to reduce inventory levels and manual processes, while improving service levels, productivity, overall production and safety stock planning.
The Solution
Asian Paints uses Blue Yonder’s Factory Planner to manage a wide range of variables, such as the inflow and use of raw materials among multiple possible alternates across multiple alternate vendors and possible production routes. The company typically experiences a “hockey stick” variation in monthly demand for its products and also sees an annual upsurge in demand during festival seasons in various parts of India. Asian Paints utilizes a sophisticated distribution planning system from Blue Yonder to address this variable demand and to move product smoothly to this complicated and dynamic marketplace.
Operational Impact
Quantitative Benefit
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