Apollo Tyres Ltd : Transport Management System

A logistics automation solution that assists supervisors at different stages of the logistics chain to keep a tab on goods movement

Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Idle inventory, be it of raw materials or finished goods, is dreaded by all shop floor supervisors. One of the major reasons for this is the lack of co-ordination amongst the various blocks of the logistics chain-right from the procurement of raw materials to delivery of finished goods. Process automation goes a long way in reducing the mess by arming supervisors with information at all critical checkpoints.

The company handles more than 200 trucks a day and controlling their whereabouts was a nightmare. So, it decided to automate its logistics operations through a tighter coupling with the already deployed SAP ERP backbone and added facilities such as sending SMSes to transporters to send trucks, including transporter freight contract management, road permit management indents.

The solution integrates complex packages such as SAP, APO, DOMINO and SMS gateways. An important benefit has been the immaculate control over the truck ordering process and in minimizing the hold time of the vehicle inside the factory. Another benefit has been the automation of Stock Transfer Orders and Delivery Challan generation.

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