Client Challenges
Manufacturing supply chains are under pressure to cater to global demands using optimally structured networks in a cost-effective manner to drive down operations costs. Manufacturers face the following challenges in such an environment:
- Enabling LEAN supply chain processes and reducing costs by building a collaborative value stream
- Managing global order management and global sourcing
- Driving improvements in “throughput” and “flow” in the value chain to increase inventory turns and fulfill perfect orders
- Coping with the high level of risk in global supply chains
- Contending with the increasing importance to have real-time supply chain visibility
What TCS Provides
We, at TCS, provide a comprehensive set of
solutions across the supply chain including consulting, program management, package implementation, analytics and BPO.
Our wide array of offerings aligned to the SCOR™ framework helps you achieve the desired business benefits.
Our Supply Chain Management (SCM) offerings include the following:
Supply chain audits and assessments
A SCOR™-based supply chain assessment provides you with prioritized, ranked and detailed recommendations about your supply chain.
- Detailed industry and SWOT analysis, coupled with inputs from key stakeholders, are carefully analyzed which help in the identification and prioritization of supply chain challenges.
- Performance attributes are identified for benchmarking.
- A structured as-is process understanding is taken up and to-be process models are developed.
- Finally, prioritized, ranked and detailed recommendations are provided on the basis of transaction analysis / defect analysis and process mapping / modeling.
To Top
S&OP Orchestrated LEAN Value Chain
We help establish a single plan through our S&OP Model driven by scenario building capability for the entire value chain, laying the foundations for an enterprise-wide supply chain transformation.
Our offerings include the following:
- S&OP maturity assessment
- Re-engineered S&OP
- S&OP digitization
- Application evaluation and deployment
These solutions help reduce inventories and reduce lead time, thus providing business agility and unison across functions.
To Top
Sourcing and vendor management
TCS’ sourcing solutions help you achieve substantial savings and assist in the development of a robust supplier base, providing you with a collaborative supply network and increased speed of development.
Our solutions span the following areas:
- Global sourcing
- Procurement
- Supplier quality
- Spent analysis
- Suppliers portfolio management
- Zero-based “should costing”
- QMS / OEM certification
- Compliance audits
- Supplier development
- Performance improvement
To Top
Global supply chain transformation
We help transform your supply chain using LEAN and Six Sigma process principles to establish cost leadership by driving away “muda” in terms of inventories and lead times while enhancing competitiveness through agility and flexibility.
Our services include the following:
- Supply chain / plant assessment
- SCM process reengineering
- Supply chain maturity assessment
- LEAN charter definition
- Supply chain audit
These help you drive improvement in throughput and flow in the value chain to improve inventory turns and perfect orders.
To Top
Supply chain analytics-driven decision support enablement
TCS helps build a single view of the enterprise value chain performance, integrating the shop floor operations with supply chain decisions to align with business expectations.
Our offerings include the following:
- Dashboard design
- Supply chain analytics
- Predictive analytics
- Sales, service and warranty analytics
These lead to reduced operations costs, perfect order execution, quality compliance and a LEAN value chain, helping you make intelligent decisions across the entire enterprise value chain.
To Top
Warehouse and logistics
TCS helps you with the following:
- Define a LEAN warehousing and logistics value chain to drive down inventory costs
- Improve network throughput with an innovative application of pull-based process design and Theory of Constraints (ToC) solutions
Our expertise in LEAN process modeling, product evaluation, application blueprinting and development and rollout helps optimize your warehousing and logistics network capacity considerably.
To Top
Inventory, order management, planning and scheduling
TCS helps you integrate disparate operations and systems through a structured EAI platform to create global inventory visibility and order promising capability.
Our offerings include the following:
- Assessment
- Solution conceptualization
- Systems architecture
- Development and rollout
These lead to reduced inventory cost, increased order fill rate, increased market share and optimized networks.
To Top
SCM transformation framework
TCS’ SCM transformation framework 
equips you with a Six Sigma approach toward end-to-end supply chain transformation including the following:
- Concept
- Strategy
- Execution
- Benefits management
- Sustenance
To Top
The supply chain execution framework provides you with the skills and techniques to execute engagements leveraging TCS’ proprietary models, assets, tools and alliances.
Download TCS’ Supply Chain Management Offerings (PDF, 484 KB)
Business Value
Our innovative solutions help you differentiate your supply chains in the market space. Our SCM solutions help you stay connected with your suppliers, partners and customers.
Leverage the power of IT, application integration and integration of disparate operations and systems through a structured Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) platform.Transform your supply chain with LEAN and Six Sigma principles to achieve the following:
- Cost leadership
- Reduced “muda” in terms of inventories and lead times
- Enhanced competitiveness through agility and flexibility
- Superior multi-channel distribution networks
- Enhanced global inventory visibility
- Improved order promising capabilities
- De-risked and sustainable supply chains
Our powerful analytics and decision support systems monitor and analyze key parameters, ensure visibility and help mitigate risks in your supply chains.
To Top