The document discusses improvements at Ashok Leyland, the second largest manufacturer of vehicles in India. It describes problems they faced like budget constraints and lack of resources. It outlines the approaches they took like lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, and special management training. It details their OSCARS program which optimized the supply chain and rationalized sourcing through methods like a single window vendor. The results were that the supply chain became more robust and effective, with reduced time and costs as well as improved customer satisfaction.

1. Knowledge Management
Submitted to:Prof. Supratik Ghatak
Submitted by: Namitha Nair
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2. Ashok leyland
INDIAN AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURING
COMPANY
2ND LARGEST MANUFACTURER OF
VEHICLES IN INDIA
4TH LARGEST MANUFACTURER OF
BUSES
16TH LARGEST MANUFACTURER OF
TRUCKS -GLOBALLY

3. WHAT WERE THE IMPROVEMENTS
REQUIRED?
Reducing the defects,
Improving the efficiency,
 Increasing the productivity

4. PROBLEMS FACED:
Budget problems
Lack of availability of resources
separate sourcing team to work
dedicatedly to bring out the best out of
the suppliers
 Integrate supply chain management
 Reduce costs

5. What they do:
Continuos Improvement Process
Lean Manufacturing
Six Sigma
 Total Quality Management
Special Training to management in
required fields
Information Technology to reduce time
SCM Process:Oscars

6. OSCARS
Optimising Supply Chain and
Rationalising Sourcing
Oscar 1:inbound
Single window vendor
Commercial+ Technical knowledge
Creating single point contact
Oscar 2:outbound supply chain

7. Results
 More robust
 Better effectiveness
Reduced time consumption
Improved customer satisfaction
Reduced carrying costs
The rate of improvement :10 %.
Optimised supply chain.