Today's competitive businesses need a structured mechanism to assess risk probability, measure potential business impact, establish risk mitigation strategies as well as sense and respond to disruptive events...
and remain ahead of the curve. The maturity journey of Infosys’ supply chain risk management provides a more systemic and predictive way to pro-actively mitigate impending disruptions at the highest level of maturity.
The increased complexity of manufacturing supply chains has led to extended lead times, increased pipeline inventory as well as the need to control...
both downstream and upstream logistics. Supply chain visibility can be a strong differentiator in such a scenario.
Most large organizations require global interactions on a day-to-day, if not hour-by-hour basis. The increasing complexity of such interactions leads to business delays and gaps in strategy. Organizations can facilitate immersive...
experiences by using virtual operations centers that leverage mobility and cloud computing. This will simplify complex, global multi-party interactions by creating a same-room effect and almost-physical collaboration.
Business intelligence systems - as they currently exist - are adept at gathering and analyzing data, but fall short of looking to the future. Infosys' business analytics approach ...
provides the processes, tools and expertise to maximize the business value of information investments.
Globalization has made supply chains grow exponentially with increasing complexity. While companies focus on optimization, recent events are exposing vulnerabilities in supply chains. This paper...
outlines a disciplined approach to manage risks in global supply chains. It explains how supply chain organizations can assess risk probability, measure potential business impact and establish relevant mitigation strategies.
Several factors are affecting innovation in the manufacturing industry - across processes, product development, outsourcing engagements, and even IT services. Among these factors are digital...
consumers in the automotive industry, the food and farming revolution, decision making using business intelligence (BI), cloud, supply chain, collaboration, and enterprise mobility.
A volatile marketplace and the ever-increasing complexity of supply chain owing to globalization and dispersed operations are making a slew of demands on manufacturers around the world. Manufacturers are turning to Cloud to...
gain a winning edge, majorly for the ability to drive innovation and growth. The Cloud has the power to change the way products are made, by accelerating the development lifecycle, enabling seamless collaboration and creating a smooth and agile supply chain. This paper discusses how Cloud computing - representing a paradigm shift for manufacturers who strive for a smarter IT organization and business processes - provides an answer.
Whether an organization manufactures or resells a product, the responsibility to comply makes the manufacturer and the reseller legally accountable. Product compliance is a constantly evolving ...
process, whose role is enhanced in product proliferations and complex supply chains. The recent increase in compliance-related penalties, fines, and recalls, has left no room for non-compliance. Manufacturers, retailers and suppliers are pressed to innovate quickly to not only create compliant products, but also to declare it ‘compliant’ by placing it on store shelves. Our expert presents perspectives on product risks and their changing dimensions, product compliance, and its declaration.
Smart organizations are focusing on increasing workforce flexibility and productivity by enabling information access for critical decision-making anytime, anywhere. While mobile solutions are imperative across domains and verticals, several parameters...
need to be considered while choosing a platform or middleware to implement the mobile solution. This perspective attempts at addressing the benefits of enterprise mobility. It explains how the combined approach of SAP and Sybase Unwired Platform addresses both the present and future needs of an organization
As business models continue to evolve, organizations realize that there is no single approach towards enterprise architecture. Business landscape, employees and their experience influence enterprise...
decisions. In this view point, our experts recommend a combination of approaches resulting in roadmap and effective roll out of Cloud Computing program towards realizing enterprise vision.
The manufacturing industry must comply with Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemical (REACH) regulation in the European Union. According to our experts, a holistic view of REACH requirements reveals that an...
integrated PLM backbone can achieve REACH compliance through its functionalities. They demonstrate how the Infosys PLM solution can be leveraged to achieve REACH compliance and eventually help organizations to reduce time-to-market and deliver process improvements during product creation.
Adopting the right sourcing model – captive center vs. vendor partner – can reduce the Total Cost of Ownership and provide long-term flexibility for engineering product development.
For large aluminum manufacturers with multiple furnaces and pot-lines, delivering ladles carrying the right quality of metal to the desired furnace and recording all in-process data for future analysis is a major challenge. This...
paper provides an approach to capture, display, store and analyze ladle-related information. It is designed to enable better execution of smelting and cast-house schedules and increase visibility of ladle movements, thereby improving coordination between smelting and cast-house operations.
This article first appeared in Aluminum World, May 2007, published by Sovereign Publications Limited. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
The critical nature of spare parts management in manufacturing and service operations cannot be understated. Factors such as demand unpredictability, part alternates, parts indigenization and tight control on spare parts...
inventory coupled with high service levels, demand decision support to accurately forecast spare part requirements and to optimize inventory. Meeting these objectives helps improve profitability and achieve strategic goals such as customer loyalty. The paper discusses various facets of spares and service management from a Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) perspective. It also examines the industry from an automation perspective and suggests viable solutions.
Advances in mobile technology have impacted the chemical industry. Their effects are felt on all components of the supply chain including procurement, manufacturing, distribution and selling. Organizations embracing mobility...
transform into lean, flexible and quick decision makers. Mobility enables you to stay connected in real-time, become more productive in the use of working capital, establish better links with suppliers and customers and offer employees a flexible work environment and modern lifestyle. However, the success of mobile technology depends on correctly identifying business requirements and needs as well as selecting and adopting the technology to meet these needs.
This paper was submitted to World Chemical Congress 2007, Glasgow.
In a cross-border trade and dynamic regulatory environment, you need a comprehensive sourcing decision support tool. The primary objective of the buyer is to buy the required product at the lowest total cost, inclusive of all material, taxes, transportation...
and resource costs. Modern tools available with buyers attempt to solve the requirements only partially. Procurement tools need to be capable of looking at the procurement activity with the objective of minimizing the Total Landed Cost at a desired service level. In addition to identifying the lowest cost sources of procurement, the tool must help the buyer perform lifecycle costing of the product, enable the buyer to identify 'potential' sources of procurement and also provide a platform for negotiation. This paper identifies the capabilities of a tool to help the buyer minimize the landed cost of procurement.
Industrial gas companies, which deliver gas to their customers, make huge investments in cylinders. However, the existing process and systems are unable to meet all the requirements of cylinder management systems. With RFID-enabled...
cylinder management systems, these companies can improve productivity, as well as quality, reliability and efficiency of the cylinder management process, making their investment in cylinder management worthwhile.
This article first appeared in Gas and Technology, Vol 5, No 1.All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.