By adopting Moglix’s vendor portal solution, the auto components maker has improved communication between users and suppliers, thus increasing productivity.

 

Uno Minda Group, one of India’s leading tier 1 suppliers of automotive components, has achieved digital transformation in its procurement process with vendor portal solution of Moglix, the Ratan Tata backed B2B commerce company. The automotive components manufacturer has showed a considerable increase in operational efficiency following adoption of the solution.

Uno Minda Group has more than 30 manufacturing plants and over 2000 BOM (bill of materials) suppliers across India. Prior to the company’s adoption of Moglix’s solution, the interaction between Uno Minda’s vendors and individual buyers was completely unorganised and offline, leading to excessive manual effort resulting in loss of time and information in transition. There have been multiple cases that led to mismatch in ledgers leading to delayed reconciliations and extra human effort by finance department and vendor’s team. Other challenges at Uno Minda Group included mismatching of invoices and inefficient means of supplier performance.

Uno Minda group also proactively identi?ed that post the GST regime, if a vendor’s ledger mismatches with their ledger, the Input Tax Credit (ITC) will be unnecessarily blocked in the system. ITC is typically 18 to 28 per cent of the working capital. With GST coming in, this was the perfect time for them to streamline and digitise the entire procurement interaction with their suppliers. To battle these challenges, Uno Minda Group successfully adopted the vendor portal solution that Moglix developed on SAP’s SCP environment and seamlessly connected the portal to SAP using HCI connectors.

 

“At Uno Minda, we are aggressively working to meet and exceed rising demands in technology, cost and quality. Adoption of vendor portal is a strategic move to achieve cost savings, by improving man-hour efficiency and ensuring a tighter control over inventory. Improved supplier communication has helped us receive just in time delivery, thereby, helping us in inventory control and faster new product development,” commented Rajeev Gandotra, Chief Procurement Officer, Uno Minda Group.

 

Parna Ghosh, Group Chief Information Officer, Uno Minda Group, added, “We have always been open to technological advancements and have been amongst the early adopters of technology solutions. Moglix has added to the technological progression in our company via its vendor portal solution. The digitalization of the interaction between our users and suppliers has increased productivity of the company and the overall business.”

 

The impact at Uno Minda Group

Uno Minda Group has successfully eliminated glaring loopholes in the procurement interaction with vendors leading to efficiencies. Earlier, the interaction was offline leading to excessive manual effort and loss of time. The procedure is now in real time. A supplier could now see the schedules or purchase orders against which he had to send the products. If there are any changes in schedules, the same is provided to suppliers in real time basis, and they can adjust their production accordingly.

The mismatch of invoices is taken care of through Vendor Portal. In case of any discrepancy in value, taxation, quantity, freight, amortization or any other charges, the system doesn’t allow ASN generation. Uno Minda’s quality department can efficiently monitor vendor quality performance and decide on supplier ratings as well as allocation of Share of Business (SOB) to the vendor.

“With the launch of the vendor portal, we have addressed the need of the hour following the implementation of GST in India. The solution has completely digitalised the procurement process at Uno Minda Group. The manufacturer’s entire procurement process has been eased and have become more efficient. As an industry leading automotive supplier, this adoption has not only benefitted the UNO Minda group, but also the entire ecosystem they operate in. It is a step forward in Moglix’s dream of a completely digitalized supply chain in India,” said Rahul Garg, Founder and CEO of Moglix.

 

With the launch of the vendor portal, we have addressed the need of the hour following the implementation of GST in India. The solution has completely digitalised the procurement process at Uno Minda Group.

Rahul Garg, Founder and CEO of Moglix