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Control Tower: Orchestrating Pan-India flow for an Automotive supplier

How a centralised Control Tower and optimised transport network enabled reliable supplier collections and lean inventory management for an automotive manufacturer.

#Transport
#Overland Transport
#Supply Chain Optimisation

The client

Our customer

Our client is a multinational automotive manufacturer designing, producing and selling vehicles in more than 130 countries, with manufacturing operations in 30 countries worldwide.

Context

At its manufacturing facility in South India, the client produces a wide range of vehicle models and variants. Maintaining continuous production requires the reliable collection of materials and sub-assemblies from a large network of suppliers located across India.

This created a highly complex logistics environment.

To avoid any disruption to production, the manufacturer required 100% on-time supplier collections and deliveries to the plant. Achieving this objective required real-time shipment monitoring, rapid response to deviations and strong contingency planning.

Key challenges included:

Coordinating supplier collections across a nationwide network
Ensuring strict on-time delivery performance to maintain production schedules
Managing transport disruptions and deviations in real time
Maintaining lean inventory levels at both plant and supplier locations

The objective was to create a logistics orchestration model capable of ensuring reliability, visibility and responsiveness across the entire supplier collection network.

Our contribution

#Transport
#Overland Transport
#Supply Chain Optimisation

We implemented a Control Tower solution to centralise transport management, provide real-time visibility and ensure proactive management of supplier collections across India.

Supply chain network design
We optimised the logistics network by analysing transport infrastructure, routes and transportation modes to design efficient supplier collection flows across the country.
24/7 control tower monitoring
A dedicated operations team continuously monitors shipments and collections in real time, ensuring strict adherence to transport schedules.

Proactive exception management
Automated alerts detect any deviation from planned operations, allowing the Control Tower team to trigger contingency plans and avoid disruptions to plant production.
Real-time supply chain visibility
Our proprietary technology platform provides the client with real-time shipment visibility at purchase order level, enabling improved decision-making and operational control.
Collaborative planning with the manufacturer
We work closely with the client to adapt the logistics network for new vehicle models and component requirements, ensuring the supply chain evolves with production needs.

Delivering reliable automotive supply chains:

Guaranteed production supply

Reliable supplier collections ensure materials reach the plant on time, preventing production interruptions.
Lean inventory management

Consistent delivery performance enables the manufacturer to maintain minimal inventory levels at both the plant and supplier locations.
Reduced logistics costs

Optimised route planning and system-driven transport management lower overall logistics costs per part.
Improved supply chain visibility

Real-time monitoring provides full transparency across supplier collections and shipments.
Greater supply chain agility

Proactive exception management enables rapid response to disruptions across the transport network.

Key numbers

100%

on-time supplier collection
≈ 8%

logistics cost reduction per part
24/7

shipment monitoring

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