Supply Chain
Asian Paints has harnessed the powers of state-of-the-art supply chain system using cutting edge
technology to integrate all its plants, regional distribution centres, outside processing centres and
branches in India. All the company's paints plants in India, two chemical plants, 18 processing
centres, 350 raw material and intermediate goods suppliers, 140 packing material vendors, 6
regional distribution centres, 72 depots are integrated.

The supply chain runs through a wide spectrum of functions right from materials planning to
procurement to primary distribution. It has played a pivotal role in improving operational
efficiencies and creating agile procurement, production and delivery systems. It has also
enhanced the flexibility of operations, lowered output time and reduced delivery costs, while
improving customer-servicing levels and profitability.

The Supply Chain Management is backed by IT efforts that help the company in demand
forecasting, deriving optimal plant, depot and SKU combinations, streamlining vendor
relationships, reducing procurement costs and scheduling production processes for individual
factories.