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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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Project Specs |
Project Head:
Jitendra Mahana
Group Manager – ITLocation: Gurgaon
Team Size: Four
Tech Used: J2EE architecture, IBM
WebSphere Application Server, IBM DB/2 UDB version 8.2, Domino version 6.0,
Java Beans, JavaScript, Servlets, Domino connectors NCSO.jar to connect to
Domino server using CORBA architecture and DIIOP service of Domino, SAPJCO
for interfacing with SAP
Hardware: IBM AIX Servers
Expected life: Forever
Implementation
Partner
Dinesh Rampal Systems Lifecycle Pvt Ltd
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