Supply Chain Management in L&T (ECC Division)
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Case Details:
Case Code : OPER045
Case Length : 9 Pages
Period : 1990-2004
Organization : L & T
Pub Date : 2005
Teaching Note : Available
Countries : India
Industry : Construction
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Excerpts
L&T's ECC Division
ECC handled turnkey industrial and infrastructure projects in
civil, mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation engineering and it also
offered turnkey construction services. Headquartered in Chennai and with more
than 50 years of experience and expertise, ECC commanded a leadership position
in the industry...
Supply Chain Management Strategy in ECC
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ECC structured itself into seven regions in order to handle the complexity in
terms of stage of completion, size of project, and the geo-political situation.
Each region catered to the demand of specialized construction services in that
region and had its own materials department.
The materials department of ECC got itself ISO-9002 certified, indicating the
level of importance it gave to the management of its suppliers. ECC adopted a
sound and efficient Supply Chain Management Strategy in order to keep the supply
chain costs to the minimum. Its quality policies emphasized minimum landed
costs, transparent practices, and optimum inventory levels.
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The Challenges
One constant challenge that ECC faced was in integrating and collaborating
its supply chain participants. The root cause of this challenge was the
construction industry itself. The project sites being spread out at various
locations and the large supplier base made it difficult for ECC to minimize
its supply chain cost...
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Supply Chain Management Solution
In order to handle the complex challenge of implementing an effective supply
chain management (SCM) system in the company, L&T ECC opted to implement a
web-based SCM solution built on Microsoft technologies - SQL Server 2000 and
Windows 2000 Server in early 2000. The system worked on an
on-line-order-off-line-delivery strategy. The company could now streamline
its entire vendor network. ECC also arranged a proper training program for
its vendors in order to familiarize them with the functioning of the
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Exhibits
Exhibit I: Business Units of ECC
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