The client’s fractional horsepower division is spread across 4 plants and 14 warehouses in Mexico and US. This division used multiple disintegrated legacy systems for forecasting and managing processes ranging from order management to manufacturing.

The client wanted to seamlessly integrate all major internal business processes by streamlining the company’s internal supply chain, procurement, shipment and warehouse management systems. This would be followed by integration of the supply chain with the extended enterprise comprising customers and suppliers. Core processes like customer management, order entry, manufacturing and warehouse operations would also be streamlined and automated.

This initiative was intended to help achieve improved forecasting accuracy, reduced inventory turnaround time and lowreoperation costs.

Our expertise helped define core manufacturing and quality processes on the shop floor. Wipro consultants were involved in understanding current (as-is) operations and also in recommending future business processes (to-be).

The solution framework involved implementation of 20 modules of Oracle 11i application across functions like Forecasting & Scheduling, Quoting, Order Management, Release Management (RM)/ Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Supply Chain, Distribution, Manufacturing, Warehouse management & Shipping, Core Manufacturing, Costing etc.)

We designed and deployed SeeBeyond middleware for EDI and real time integration to existing legacy systems. Bar coding and third party label printing systems integration was implemented to support warehouse processes like receiving, put-away and shipments. This reduced plant and warehouse operation time.

By the deployment of Demand Planning, Quoting, Order Management, EDI/RM, Supply chain planning, Distribution/logistics, financials, procurement and core manufacturing solution using Oracle 11i application suite, the client was able to streamline their entire supply chain including customers and suppliers.

We also provided a solution for a complete "configure to order" scenario through a guided selection in i-Store (Online sales module of Oracle 11i application suite) and integration of i-Store solution with Web-sphere as a pilot.

Currently the solution is live at one plant with staggered go live for the remaining in 2005.