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Materials Department - Strategic Sourcing Department

  Presently procuring materials for 72,000 tractors per annum.
  Present procurement value over US$ 30 million.
  Production will rise to 100,000 tractors per annum in 2 years.
  Procurement value will rise to almost US$ 45 million in that period.
  Presently 387 suppliers of which over 95% are India domestic.
  Advantages of low costs of materials in India.
  Items procured are:
   
  Castings
  Forgings
  Machined Parts
  Proprietaries
  Sheet Metal
  Hardware
  Major initiatives are:
   
  Consolidate and rationalise our vendor base
  Capacity planning to deal with large increase in volumes planned
  Rationalising cost of ownership
  Strengthen Supply Chain and Manufacturing Requirements Planning
  Cost reduction and Value Engineering programs
  Adopt e-sourcing for a growing volume of our procurement