ACC Limited Innovates Logistics Management

 

In March 2012, India's cement manufacturer ACC Limited, one of the top cement producers in the country, launched an RFID based vehicle tracking system called ÔÇ£SPEEDÔÇØ with the objective of developing a new logistics management system that would stimulate efficiency and productivity along with saving on freight costs and reducing the detention time of vehicles at its cement plants.

 

SPEED was initially implemented in ACC's Tikaria plant located in the Amethi district in the state of Uttar Pradesh (U.P.) in northern India. Following the success in Tikaria, the company subsequently adopted the program in two more plants ÔÇô Damoder Cement Works in West Bengal and Thondabhavi Cement Works in the State of Karnataka. The company plans to roll out the system to all of its 16 plants in two years.

We spoke to ACC's Logistics Director-North, Mr. Deepak Gulati to learn how the project has helped the company to improve the performance of the distribution fleet and what ACC sees as the biggest logistics challenges the Indian cement industry will face in the future.

Read the rest of the article in the latest edition of CemWeek Magazine.