1. Towards World Class In-plant Logistics:
Hindustan Industries Limited
HIL is a major player in polymer & polyester industry
Its manufacturing plant was located in Bombay which
provided a major tax rebate
Roughly two thirds of its logistics related workforce was on
contract
Problem Statement
2. Current Practices
Production Planning
Marketing Interface
(Forecasting, Bagging, Labelling & Shifting
towarehouse) (DespatchingOrders&Deploymentoftrucks)
Documentation
Truck entry ticket Security Check
Pre & post weights
Loading & unloading Invoicing, Accounting, Up
dating & Legal formalities
3. Performance Measures
Truck Drivers:
Truck drivers had to interact several times in HIL & also wait for the
document generation or updating.
Truck Turnaround Time:
Total time spent in the system i.e. entry time, warehouse reporting time,
loading time & exit time
Truck Drivers Survey:
Survey conducted to find out possible changes in the system from truck
drivers point of view
Security & Logistics Interface:
Role of security staff in supervising, dealing with the truck operators.
prevention of material & traffic management.
4. Potential Areas of Improvement
Logistics Systems and
structure procedures
Transportation Material
Management Accounting
MIS & Speed of
Automation operations
Resource
utilization
