An Indian multinational paint company engaged in the business of manufacturing, selling and distribution of paints, coatings, and products related to home decor, and bath fittings.

Manual Processes

This company depended on many manual interventions to correct purchase requisitions on a daily basis.

o9の支援

With o9, a Purchasing Work Bench was created to automate the entire process of monitoring coverage levels, generating and approving PRs. These were fully integrated with ERP (SAPS/4HANA) to generate POs.

Demand/Supply Matching

Tanker scheduling had to be synchronized
to the inventory levels at plants. These schedules had to be synchronized to align
raw material with demand.

o9の支援

With o9, the company was able to leverage
the heuristic solver to provide an efficient
way to create a schedule based on matching demand, supply and inventory levels.

Supplier Collaboration

There were instances where POs would unexpectedly be cancelled or sought to be amended by suppliers. This lead to potential revenue loss or delay.

o9の支援

With o9, the workflow was enhanced to allow collaboration with suppliers as part of the PO approval workflow. This led to improved planning and early visibility into supplier constraints.

実装したコア機能

The o9 Enterprise Knowledge Graph was used to get visibility, utilize o9-enabled workflows for procurement to approve PRs through appropriate hierarchy, and send them to SAP as POs. Moreover, a supplier check was enabled where suppliers could confirm their available capability.

リプレースしたシステム

Homegrown solutions and Excel.

成功要因―o9を採用した3つの理由

1. The flexibility of the platform to build workflows and connect to different data elements.
2. The ability to use o9’s open architecture to customize the solution to fit the organization’s needs.
3. Progressive mindset — collaboration and o9’s support on enhancements.

達成したKPI

1. Improvement in raw material inventory levels.
2. Reduction of revenue loss or delay for accounts due to shortages.
3. Increase in planner productivity.