Case Study Of Logistics At Ambuja Cement

Mike Sadle is the owner of Mike’s Wrecker Service in Huntsville, Alabama. Mike has been providing tow services in the Huntsville and the surrounding areas for the past 20 plus years. During that span, Mike has experienced firsthand the growth and evolution of the towing industry. The purpose of this project was to help Mike identify an area in his business where a significant contribution could be made to increase the overall success of the company. The goal was to present Mike’s Wrecker Service with a telematics solution that will not only bring added value to the company but also provide a significant competitive advantage.

As the financial consultants of Catawba Industrial Company our aim is to determine the best course of action to pursue with respect to the introduction of the new proposed light weight compressor. This course of action must remain within the production capacity restrictions the company faces.

• Advanced warehouse and logistics solutions, including package management and support for both automated and complex delivery” (Lawson, 2012)

Due to the large quantity of freight and the long distance that it must travel to arrive to its destination exporters and importers alike have found logistic service providers essential to engage in international trade (Rodriguez, Comtois, Slack, 2013). While some Logistics service providers focus only on the area of transportation others specialize in freight consolidation, distribution management, and warehousing (Robinson, 2014). They have enough market knowledge, information and communication systems to offer supply chain solutions tailored to the specific needs of any company be it small or large (Rodriguez, Comtois, Slack,

All retailers have a common goal in mind, and that is to make a profit. Companies earn a profit by first connecting customers with products, which can lead to an exchange of product for money. Without the ability to connect customers with products, no money exchange is possible and no profit is earned. It is, therefore, immensely important for retailers to have the right products, in the right quantities, at the right locations, and at the right time. Inventory Management Systems provide companies like L.L.Bean with the necessary information to achieve just that. L.L.Bean’s advanced inventory management system (IMS) connects customers with products, irrespective of the location of the product or the customer (Hoffsess, 2015).

Secondly Road freight transport has advantages such as cheaper investment funds, high accessibility, mobility and availability. While its disadvantages are low capacity, less safety, and quite slow in speed. Thirdly and lastly the advantages of pipeline transport are high carrying capacity, lower effect by weather situation, cheaper operation price, and continuous conveyance while the disadvantages are very expensive infrastructures, harder supervision, goods specialization, and lots of normal maintenance needed. Too much usage of land transport might also brings many problems, such as traffic jams, pollution and also traffic collision. So In the future, if want to improve the land transport to make the transport efficiency and reliability, a revolution of transport policies and management is needed, for example like

Following considerable investment in new warehouse and carrier management systems the number and quality of delivery options had increased. Now delivery options include: same day, next day or standard delivery options that normally takes around 2-3 days. Also customers can set delivery date by themselves and if wanted can be notified via email or text alerts of delivery status. In addition 85% if orders are tractable

As higher demands continued to be placed on GMM’s production and distribution operations, its transportation network lacked collaboration. In effect, each operation was making individual logistics decisions, creating costly redundancies and inefficiencies throughout the supply chain. However, On-time delivery is critical in their business, and they consistently meet their customers' requirements. With cost, service and punctuality always at the forefront, consolidates shipments, manages carriers, and optimizes air, sea and ground routes. (Penske, 2010)

The catalyst of any effective logistics system is the ability to collaborate accurately and completely with key suppliers while also staying synchronized to the needs of the broader network it is part of. For Huffman Trucking, the challenge is to quickly ascertain which shipments need to be sequenced by delivery location, distribution and supply chain partner, and the costs versus profits of expediting or delaying one delivery relative to another. Just-In-Time (JIT) systems are a critical aspect of logistics and supply chain systems for a service providers' and manufacturing standpoint in that they can drastically reduce operating costs and increase inventory efficiency (Legner, 2005). JIT systems are indispensable for managing highly complex supply chains critical for ensuring manufacturing stays aligned to demand management requirements of their distribution channels and direct customers (Huin, Luong, Abhary, 2002). JIT functionality is a core component of many Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, which serve as the central coordination system of accounting, finance, logistics, supply chain, service in addition to many other functional areas of a company (Shi-Ming, Kwan, Yu-Chung, 2001).

Sainsbury’s once had six channels from supplier to Regional Distribution Centre. Now there are more than thirty including the Primary Consolidation Centres, and cross docking. As time goes by, managing the information flow through the Supply Chain was the responsibility of the Logistics teams. And, the physical storage and delivery of products was Distribution’s responsibility. But, nowadays, these two parts are working as a one-part in order to attain shared objectives and make the Supply Chain a truly flawless flow of information and products.

Westminster Company is one of the largest manufacturers of consumer health products, based in US. Their distinctive name and company logo are recognized throughout the world. Westminster was originally founded as a family-owned pharmaceutical supply business in 1923, the company has expanded, by virtue of aggressive new product development, into a global provider of health care consumer products. It consumes three wholly owned subsidiaries, manufacturing grocery product, drugs, and mass merchandise. Intense rivalry in the market, and distresses of having an effective supply chain, made the company evaluate its supply chain and logistics. The primary focus of its research was the key clients of the three companies. To understand logistics the company must first know what logistics is and how it works. Logistics is defined as a business planning framework for the management of material, service, information and capital flows (Logistics World , 2014). Logistics is an important function of the business and without a proper logistics system, all the manufacturing, marketing and other activities would fail, overall resulting with the company failing to reach its full potential. After thoroughly analyzing the case study of, Westminster Company, to improve their current logistic strategy, they would need to implement the following strategies: developing and analyzing a new system to focus on strategic effort to ship their products in a timelier, efficient and in a more accurate

(Bowersox, D.J., Closs, D.J., and Cooper, M.B. (2010). Supply Chain Logistics Management. (3rd Edition) New York, NY: McGraw-Hill/Irwin.

There was a need of new logistics processes to successfully manage this growing industry. In early days purchased materials were usually delivered via postal, freight network or parcel. Nowadays in the era of E-commerce the ways of operating logistics functions have been changed with introduction of Mega e-fulfilment centres, parcel hubs centres and parcel delivery centres. In first two centres the orders are sorted by post codes so that they can be dispatched to the correct delivery centres for final delivery at customer’s home. Primary advantage of E-commerce logistics system is real time tracking of materials as organizations can track current status of transit goods such as quantity, location and variety. This helps to improve the efficiency and also helps to operate logistics operations with low cost. Below graph shows the growth of online sales against In-store sales. In the era of online retail industry, logistics and supply chain management are key factors to

The variability of logistics performance is quite relevant. ALP has not been able to guarantee a reliable service to its customers in the last years. There seems to be a lack of organization when providing the service to the customers, in the sense of establishing priorities and

Forward logistics (or conventional logistics) is the regular distribution channel followed by the manufactures from time immemorial. Forward logistics concentrates on the products (goods or services) reaching the consumer end and deals with the line of flow from the manufacturer’s end to the consumer’s end. It deals with the very essence of Supply Chain Management and logistical activities of an organization. It has a significant impact on the primary operations carried out, which act as the basic revenue generating aspect of a business. In this logistical system, the flow is a “one-to-many” type and the forecasting or traceability is quite simple.