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mjunction CEO Mr Vinaya Varma create a cost-efficient cement industry accomplish the ‘Make in India’ dream
New Delhi: The cement industry in India is driven by the enormous growth in housing and commercial sectors, infrastructure development, and construction of transportation eco-system. mjunction was established to help redesign and improve business processes of a supply chain or an industry. India, being the second largest cement producer in the world and with infrastructure projects getting a tremendous boost, this industry is a priority sector for the country right now.
Challenges faced by the industry –
The cement sector is plagued by certain operational problems related to distribution and distribution channels, procurement and thus requires streamlined, effective processes to address these. mjunction, through its basket of services, provides key benefits and solutions to these using innovative digital technology to bring in efficiency and transparency. mjunction CEO Mr Vinaya Varma said, “We contribute to the operational excellence of the sector, helping create a cost-efficient cement industry which henceforth leads to a quicker realization of the ‘Make in India’ dream.”
Loyalty solutions –
A major challenge for the cement sector lies in engaging with trade partners and gaining mindshare, as most purchase decisions are influenced by opinion leaders and product differentiation is negligible. Building a database of this critical segment, and capturing the performance data to objectively reward, are not only cumbersome but also often ineffective in terms of actual and timely implementation. Hence a favourable, friendly and motivated distribution channel is a key need of this sector.
mjunction, using its analytics capabilities, enables in improving the channel performance by up to 7% by designing, implementing and managing a structured loyalty and gifting programme for the re-sellers. A leading cement company, which wanted to make its existing loyalty or recognition programme more effective for its influencers such as engineers, dealers and contractors, engaged mjunction for the same. The company said that mjunction digitised its programme completely, bringing in greater efficiency and reducing cost. Using digital technology to capture real time leads, this completely online solution already has almost 60% of the company’s dealers and nearly 50% of its influencers under its ambit.
A spokesperson of the company said, “mjunction’s programme is all-encompassing. Recently, they conducted a tambola game completely online for 2,700 of our dealers. This was a part of the loyalty programme. For the winners, gifting will also be sourced from their online portal. For us, these programmes are marketing efforts that recognize the contribution of the channel partners and reward them to encourage loyalty behaviour. mjunction is helping us to do it in a streamlined and structured manner,” he added.
Cost Reduction –
Procurement of key cost drivers such packing bags, which comprise a lion’s share of the distribution cost, was a huge headache earlier for cement companies. e-procurement supplemented by mjunction’s knowledge intensive e-sourcing strategies, have made it seamless, efficient, cost-effective and transparent process. Also, logistical concerns such as the shortage of railway wagons and inadequate rail links, makes the roadways a preferred mode of transportation. Hence, identifying the right logistics provider who will provide the service at optimum cost is important. Coal and other raw materials lack adequate number of vendors and hence the production cost of cement usually goes up. mjunction aids procurement of these as well as non-critical items. Through e-tendering and outcome-based dynamic e-negotiation strategies, the company aids cement companies in finding the optimum vendor.
“mjunction’s live bidding platform eliminates the involvement of intermediaries, ensuring that the price arrived is completely market driven,” said a cement company. This leads to savings and reduction in the time cycle for sourcing of materials. For the cement companies, it cuts down on both the manual negotiation process as well as the time taken to do that. Using this service, mjunction has facilitated the procurement of PP bags for leading cement companies and has delivered savings of up to INR 5.63 cr. It has also procured raw/washed coal for a cement major resulting in up to 8% savings.
Value maximization
India produces 300 million tonnes (mt) of cement annually, with a forecast capacity of 550 mt by 2020. Massive capex spends amounting to Rs 300,000 crore have been planned for replacement of old plants. Expansion plans and production increase is inevitably accompanied by generation of idle assets, which includes decommissioned units, and scrap. Disposing them is a time-consuming and arduous process, which begins with manual tendering, speaking to each buyer, negotiating with them and finally arriving at a price. For the buyers too, it means frequent travel, involving time and cost, due to which the entire process had become cumbersome.
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