“DIGITAL ARCHITECTURE FOR MASTER PRODUCTION SCHEDULING" by Ashok Leyland wins an award in 2021

In the growing complex business scenario, with more competitions in the market, providing differentiated and reliable solution will sustain our presence. We are the first Commercial Vehicle (CV) player in India to provide sales configurator-based vehicle selection and vehicle order confirmation for the customers. The background planning and execution process after vehicle ordered by the customer is very crucial, the vehicle order generated from the customer should be planned properly and ensure the vehicle delivery date to the customer. This process is called “Order Fulfilment” process, for this process a robust MPS Optimization software is required.

Project Goals & Strategy

Ashok Leyland's Project Objectives were to achieve improved delivery commitment to the customer for Made To Order orders and more reliability in the production plan.

Process Architecture

Business process Models were created for Operations, Sales & Marketing, Manufacturing, Logistics in support of the above strategies.

System Architecture

System Architecture was developed to support the above Business Processes by creating system functions for Plant Simulation, MRP Planning.

Technical Architecture

Technical Architecture was created enabling the System Architecture for components such as Sales Planning, Production Planning, Sequencing, Sourcing and Supply Chain.

Implementation Model

Implementation of the Technical Architecture was achieved through products including Technomatix Plant Simultion Software, SAP ECC with MRP function, SAP PI for Integration.

Operational Models

a. Lead time reduction in overall all production planning process (16Hrs to less than 2 Hrs.)

b. Customer service level improved for 66% to 85%

c. MTO Service level – 90% of the MTOs billed less than 10 days’ time

Ashok Leyland's "“DIGITAL ARCHITECTURE FOR MASTER PRODUCTION SCHEDULLING APPLICATION TO OPTIMIZE MADE TO ORDER AND MADE TO STOCK ORDERS IN COMMERCIAL VEHICLE INDUSTRY" Program won the Award - Best Digital Architecture in Automobile Category.

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ICMG Architecture Ratings: https://www.architecturerating.com

Winners 2021 : https://www.architecturerating.com/global-winners-2021