6-Feb-2021
Indian cement majors ACC Limited and
Ambuja Cements Ltd., the two Indian cement manufacturing units of
LafargeHolcim, recently announced that they have chosen Blue Yonder®, the
world’s leading, end-to-end, digital supply chain platform provider, for their
supply chain transformation and digitalization.
Both
ACC and Ambuja Cement have implemented Blue Yonder Luminate Planning. Luminate
Planning will help the two leading cement manufacturers in India improve Sales
and Operational Planning (S&OP) with integrated planning and execution by
gaining visibility into daily demand, production and dispatch plan to better
predict demand fluctuation, scheduled maintenance, and improve logistics and
transportation capabilities. With improved supply chain optimization, ACC and
Ambuja Cement can better align the least cost service locations, reduce
delivery costs and create a service network to meet and exceed customer service
levels.
"We
chose Blue Yonder as our partner for SCM digitalization because Luminate
Planning will give us greater visibility into our combined supply chains,” said
Rajeev Mehta, chief logistics officer, ACC and Ambuja Cement. “The objective of
this project is to improve the customer experience and service levels, yet
profitably grow by tapping into the synergies of our supply chains, thus
maximizing capacity utilization and minimizing overall cost.”
The
Blue Yonder Luminate™ Planning portfolio is a powerful set of solutions that
continuously provides insights into a customer’s supply chain to allow for
smarter, more actionable business decisions. Luminate Planning is built on Blue
Yonder’s Luminate Platform, which is powered by Microsoft Azure and combines
rich internal and external data from across a customer’s digital supply chain
assets.
“As
the leading cement companies in India, ACC and Ambuja Cement needed the ability
to tap into their supply chains synergies,” said Vishal Dhawan, vice president,
APAC sales, Blue Yonder. “With the end-to-end visibility afforded by Luminate
Planning, the companies can better optimize their network and improve S&OP
creating a more efficient supply chain.”
Ambuja
Cements Ltd, a part of the global conglomerate LafargeHolcim, is one of the
leading cement companies in India with about 29.65 MT cement manufacturing
capacity in five integrated cement plants and eight cement grinding units
across the country.
ACC
Limited is India's foremost manufacturer of cement and ready mixed concrete
with a countrywide network of factories and marketing offices.
Blue Yonder
with offices in over 40 locations and 5000 associates are part of a diverse global
community. Blue Yonder headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona and has offices in
major cities in the United States, Asia Pacific, Canada, Latin America, Europe,
Australia, and the Middle East. Blue Yonder is the world leader in digital
supply chain and omni-channel commerce fulfillment. Their intelligent,
end-to-end platform enables retailers, manufacturers and logistics providers to
seamlessly predict, pivot and fulfill customer demand. Blue Yonder services
help in making more automated, profitable business decisions that deliver
greater growth and re-imagined customer experiences.