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Amulsupplychainfutureinitiatives 121011011853 Phpapp02 PDF
Amulsupplychainfutureinitiatives 121011011853 Phpapp02 PDF
Company Background:
The company is owned by 3.1 million proud Indian farmers and caters to almost 2.1 billion
consumers. Few companies have gone the distance in connecting the farmer with the consumer
in a seamless chain as Amul did. Their basic philosophy has been ensuring maximum returns to
the milk producer and makes “Value for money” milk products for its consumers.
Vision: Liberate the farmers from economic oppression and lead them to prosperity.
To implement this vision, a hierarchal network of co-operatives was developed which forms the
backbone of the strong Amul’s Supply chain and stretches from small farmers to most
fragmented markets. Amul developed distinct capabilities that would deliver competitive
advantage to its operations and leveraging on scarce resources.
But the fact is that GCMMF is directly responsible only for a small part of the
supply chain and a number of third party players are involved, such as milk
collection, distribution of dairy products, logistics etc. Managing this supply
chain is critical for Amul’s competitive position considering the low margin
business.
Product Portfolio:
Amul has got a diverse portfolio and thus follows umbrella branding strategy through this vast
network. The range of products is similar in production by the various unions it handles. Thus
with umbrella branding, Amul avoided inter-union conflicts and increased co-operation in
developing products.
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Following are the varieties of products:
1) Fresh Milk
This is the most basic product by Amul. There are around 9 further sub-products
available in various flavors.
2) Milk Products
This segment is the largest and most selling product for Amul. The company has added
further variety by providing them in various flavors and packaging.
3) Powder Milk
This includes varieties like Tea/Coffee whitener and milk for infants. There are around 5
sub-brands including Amul Spray, Amul Full Cream Milk and Amulya.
4) Cheese
It has various sub-products and caters mostly to Tier-I cities.
5) Bread Spreads
Amul butter is the most famous sub-brand in this
category and has almost 85% market share.
Below listed is the complete portfolio across various categories along with year of inception.
SWOT Analysis:
Strength:
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Reputation of being the largest food brand in India
Provides high quality varied product range at low/affordable price
Grading and packaging of all its products meets international standards
Robust distribution network: Amul products are available in over 500,000 retail outlets
across India through its network of over 3,500 distributors
It holds high confidence and loyalty in the minds of the customers since it manufactures
only milk and milk products which is purely vegetarian
Owing to heavy brand recall from milk and butter products, it can easily promote selling
of chocolates without fearing of losses and decreasing revenue
Weakness:
Potential high risk due to complex supply chain and weak infrastructure
Unorganized third party sector which can make the whole supply chain vulnerable
Capital investment is comparatively low
Demand supply mismatch as there is no control on the milk yield
Opportunities:
Rural segment, which covers a large area of its loyal and prospective customers.
Expand in other portfolios such as ice cream, processed foods, chocolates etc.
Can promote tie-ups with various food chains
Threats:
Brand loyalty may take a hit in the ice cream and chocolates business, due to changing
tastes and preferences
Threat of competitors who hold majority shares in market in other products
Potential threats from the unorganized sector for the milk vendors
Growing prices of milk and milk products
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The existing supply chain of AMUL
The distribution network
Amul products are available in over 500,000 retail outlets across India through its network of
3,500 distributors. There are 47 depots with dry and cold warehouses to buffer inventory of the
entire range of products.
GCMMF transacts on an advance demand draft basis from its wholesale dealers instead of the
cheque system adopted by other FMCG companies. This practice is consistent with GCMMF’s
philosophy of maintaining cash transactions throughout the supply chain and it also minimizes
dumping. Wholesale dealers carry inventory that is just adequate to take care of the transit
time from the branch warehouse to their premises. This just in time inventory strategy
improves dealer’s ROI. All the branches of GCMMF are engaged in route scheduling and have
dedicated vehicle operations.
Largest Cold Chain:
AMUL has the largest cold chain network in India (18000 refrigerators) as compared to any
other company. The chemical components of milk are water, SNF and solids. It is a perishable
product so it has to be consumed within 24 hours. In order to avoid wastage AMUL converts the
milk into SNF (Solids not fats) and milk solids by evaporating the water, which comprises of 60-
70% of the milk contents.
Customers:
India is still in the evolutionary stage with tremendous potential for high value products such as
variants of milk. The distribution network is quite reasonable with access to metros as well as
rural areas.
Suppliers:
A majority of suppliers are small or marginal farmers who are illiterate, poor and with liquidity
problems.
Third party logistics service:
There are ample deficiencies in the current infrastructure and the outbound logistics is taken
care by GCMMF coordinating with distributors. It also connects with unions for product mix,
product allocations and in developing production plans.
The key lies in matching supply and demand as the demand outstrips supply by a big margin.
Interlocking control:
The objective of interlocking mechanism is to ensure that the interest of the farmer is always
kept at the top of the agenda through representatives who constitute the Boards of different
entities that compromise the supply chain. Professional managers and farmers work together
as a team to strengthen the cooperative.
Coordination agency:
Objective of such an agency is to ensure the milk produced by the farmer is sold in the market
either as milk or as value added product.
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Existing Supply Chain of Amul:
GCMMF Manufacturing
Depot...1 Depot...n
Second leg
WD…1 WD…n
Third leg
Retail…1 Retail...n
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Downstream flow
Procurement Channel
GCMMF
Distribution
Heace
MU…1 MU...n
VCS…1 VCS…n
Village…1 Village…n
Upstream flow
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SCM AND MARKET LOGISTICS
The network
Milk is procured from the villages and collected at Village Cooperative Societies (VCS); from
there the milk is taken to manufacturing units where the milk is processed into various
products. The products are then transporters to the company Depots located in various parts of
the country. The products are then sent to Wholesale Distributors (WD) and from there to the
retailers.
Market logistics deals with the implementation of the SCM of the company. Upstream Channel
in which milk is procured from the farmers to the manufacturing units.
1. In the first step, the milk is taken to the VCS by the farmers on foot or bicycles in
small quantities
2. The second step involves the transportation of milk from the co-operatives to
the manufacturing units this is done in special trucks which are equipped with
tankers to carry milk.
Downstream Channel
It is the distribution part of the supply chain. From the manufacturing units to the retailers .
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First leg of transport is from the manufacturing unit to the company depots. This is done using
9 and 18 MT trucks any lesser quantity will be uneconomical to the company there fore is some
time the quantity ordered is lesser then club loading is done which means that the product
ordered is supplied with some other products.
Frozen food the temperature of these trucks is kept below -18˚C
Dairy wet the temperature of these trucks is kept between 0-4˚C
Second leg is from the depot to the WD’s, this transport is carried out in insulated 3 and 5 MT
TATA 407’s here a permanent dispatch plan (PDP) is prepared where the distributor plans out
the quantity of various products to be ordered on a particular date.
Third leg this is the flow of good from WD’s to retailers, a beat plan is prepared and
transportation is done on auto-rickshaws, rickshaws and bicycles.
Selection:
The company takes into consideration a host of factors while selecting the channel members.
This is because GCMMF believes that selection of channel members is a long run decision & the
rest of the decision regarding the supply chain depends upon the efficiency & coverage by the
channel members. The following are the host of factors considered by the company in selecting
the channel members:
Authentication is required by the regarding the identity of the channel members, which
includes the name & address, photograph of the location.
Proof of solvency which requires name & address of the channel member’s bankers.
Safety of the inventory, which means that the distributor/ dealer should get the stock of the
company insured.
Inventory or the perishable goods kept by the distributor/ dealer should be in good
condition which means a detail of storage space & Refrigeration facility is to be provided.
Refrigeration system should have deep freezers, cold room & walk in coolers.
Details of the delivery vehicle, which includes Light Commercial Vehicles, Matador, 3
Wheeler Van, Tricycle Van & Hand/Push cart. The number & model of each of the vehicle
needs to be furnished to the company.
GCMMF acknowledges the fact that it needs to be sensitive to the market demands. For this
it requires that a number of salesmen needs to be present on the field. The salesmen too
are divided into various categories like the Field salesmen & Counter salesmen. Also the
details of Clerical Staff & Mazdoors are to be provided. The technical competence of the
salesmen needs to be mentioned
Details of the product kept of other companies have to be provided. The annual sales of
these products too have to be mentioned. Also details of complementary products &
product lines need to be mentioned.
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Dealers of the company must carry a good reputation. This is due to the fact that the
company believes reputation of the dealer affects the clientele.
Market coverage by the distributors needs to be defined which includes details of
Geographic coverage & Outlets per market area.
The company also requires the dealers to furnish any Advertising & Sales initiative
undertaken by them on behalf of the company.
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The Retailers
Trade schemes: these are undertaken by the company only for the hard selling items e.g. Ice
creams, flavored milk etc. for these the company raises the margins by 2%, also schemes like
good packaging incase of butter and cheese is undertaken by the company. However this is only
a short-term initiative to push the products of the company.
Glow boards: the company puts up glow boards at the retailer and pays the major portion
of the cost.
Schedule of the salesmen: they provide the retails with this schedule so the retailers can
pre estimate the quantities of the various products needed.
Infrastructure facilitation: the company facilitates the retailers to buy freezers and fridges
by formulating an easy payment program and a commitment to buy back the equipment at
a reasonable price when the value of the equipment has depreciated.
TQM in Amul:
Amul has benefitted at all levels due to TQM, to develop leadership, operational and
strategic capabilities in entire network.
Friday Departmental meetings: Every Friday the network organizes departmental meetings
to discuss issues related to quality and policy.
Training for transformational leadership so that individuals are able to coordinate in a
better way a carry out their responsibilities in one’s life and surrounding environment
Retail Census: GCMMF undertakes a census of all retail outlets (over 500,000) to evaluate
customer perceptions and distribution efficacy of their network. Interestingly, this is being
done by wholesalers in their respective territories at their own cost. This information is used
for policy deployment exercise.
E-initiative:
The GCMMF – Amul has taken the initiative of installing the AMCUS – Automatic Milk
Collection Unit Systems at village societies to enhance the transparency of transaction
between the farmer and the Co-Operative Society. These systems not only ensured the
transparency but also gave Co-Operative societies a unique advantage by reducing the
processing time to 10 percent of what it used to be prior to this.
The success of AMCUS prompted the GCMMF to aggressively go on using Information
Technology to capture the end-to-end data. GCMMF planned to cover all aspects of the
value chain. The Dairy Information and Services Kiosk (DISK) is another initiative that is
started with the help of IIM (A) by GCMMFL.
Various things like Enterprise wide Integrated Application Systems (EIAS) to integrate the
Distribution side of the Supply chain, DISK – to upgrade the application at the Milk
Collection Centers and to connect them to the Internet to access a specialized dairy portal
with content delivered in the local language have already started giving the fruits to the
rural poor, which has persuaded the rural folks to actively participate in IT Revolution of the
dairy industry.
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Issues and Recommendations for AMUL SUPPLY CHAIN:
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We recommend that AMUL should aggressively open more retail stores inside big
residential societies and also more outlets per locality/area to cater to increasing
demand. Also, they need to understand the importance of NCR market as it is the
largest consumer of pouched milk in India due to its population strength. AMUL also
needs to tie up with other retail stores, multi stores and superstores like Big Bazaar,
Easy day, etc. to improve demand projection and volume selling.
3. Investing in high yield cows/buffalos for existing farmers using a Micro finance model:
Another issue which AMUL has faced over decades and which is also inherent in
dairy farming in India is the yield per cow. The yield per buffalo for Indian cows is
almost 1/3 times lower than that of any Hybrid or American cows like Jersey.
Focusing on another backward integration technique, we will suggest improving the
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quality of buffalos by either introducing hybrid or pure breed, specialized
technological equipment. Factors such as fodder, environment, space available/head of
cattle etc. you need to mention that too as it may be less expensive for the farmers or for
the AMUL owned dairy to keep. We suggest use of another option too by the farmers who
cannot afford to go commercial dairy farming instead of the present village dairy farming
for milking higher yields. Since a majority of sourcing is done by marginal farmers
who lack the capital for acquiring the costlier Hybrid breeds, AMUL could look at
provision of micro-financing to these farmers. We keep in mind that the farmers will
resist to any such move and think that as a cannibalization effort of their current
supply and burden on themselves, but with AMUL’s highly competent training
centers and Anand Institute of Management set up by AMUL, educating these
farmers and unions would not be a difficult task.
Aside from having its own dedicated fleet of trucks in transporting milk, Amulhas already
considered integrating their transport system with railway cooling units to improve transport
cost and its supply to Delhi. It has tied up with Adani Logistics to have a dedicated train to
transport milk daily from Dudhsagar Dairy of Mehsana to the city. The annual transport cost of
MehsanaDairy is Rs. 40 crore via road tankers for 120,000 liters of milk daily from
Dudhmansagar plant in Manesarto Delhi. According to Mehsana Dairy's chairman Vipul
Chaudhary, with the milk train transport system which would use 50 wagons with a capacity of
24,000 liters each to cater to the same volume, 50% would be saved on transport
cost.1Computing for the cost savings would give us Rs. 0.46 per liter.
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Assuming milk train system is applicable throughout Amul supply chain and ratio of
transportation cost to liters is the same, then the company could save Rs. 1,000,000,000 per
year which is .7% of its expected revenue of Rs. 150 bn for 2012-2013.
In addition, if we consider GCMMF expansion plans to set up two milk processing plants
in Delhi, one each in Kolkata and Mumbai, and four in Gujarat, to boost milk processing capacity
from 14.5 to 20 million liters per dayii and apply the milk train system, then total transportation
cost savings assuming Amul can utilize maximum capacity would be as follows:
Therefore, if Amul can implement this transport system throughout applicable dairy
plants in India, then the company’s billion savings in Rupees may be used to invest in their
expansion to increase the supply and their distribution network, or to lessen the Rs. 1-2 price
hikes by 25-50% due to transportation cost. With either of these moves, Amul would benefit
inrevenue and increase in market share over other competitors especially in Delhi and NCR
region.
Aside from the above mentioned, using the railway cooling units can prevent the risk of
accidents on the road. Therefore, this can reduce wastage, vehicle maintenance cost, and
hospitalization expense. This alternative can also avoid delays in transportation due to traffic
on roads which is very crucial for Amul’s business since goods are perishable.
2. Reduce transportation time by choosing nearer dairy sites in their expansion plans
Currently, Amul’s plant inManesar is around 49 kilometers (or 49 minutes drive) away
from Delhi. Amul’s major competitor which is leading in the region, Mother Dairy, also sources
nearby but from more than one plant. Dairy plants they source from are Noida, Ghaziabad, and
Meerut which are 30, 46, and 91 minutes away respectively. Therefore, Amul’s plan in opening
2 more plants in Delhi would be best since it could be more responsive because it would have
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more lead time in catering to the demand in the region. Also, if we have our source of raw milk
nearby, then transportation from the source would decrease drastically because in their current
set-up, tankers would have to travel 700 kilometers from Gujarat. Therefore, Amul should
consider creating farmer cooperatives near Delhi. This will make GCMMF’s daily procurement
of 12-15 lac kilo liters outside Gujaratiii to increase to an additional of 12 lac liters per day if
thinking of increasing current market share in Delhi to 60%.Having this plan, zero stock-out in
stores can be maintained because delivery of goods can be done immediately. With its
proximity to the dairy plant, the distributors will be able to maintain just-in-time practices with
their inventory thereby reducing costs and improving return on investment.
Currently, out of the demand of 115 lac liters of milk per day in India’s national capital
and adjoining areas, Amul supplies 20 lac liters of milk per day, Quality Dairy about 1.25 lac
liters per dayiv, and Mother Dairy supplies around 30 lac liters per day.vIn order to take the lead
over Mother Dairy, Amul has to increase its distribution network after increasing its supply by
more than 50%. If Amul increases its reach now to Delhi and NCR, say by 60% to ensure lead in
market share, then a portion of Mother Dairy’s current market share may be eaten up since the
brand is said to be top of mind in India and probably also eat up a large chunk in the other dairy
brands.
With the expansion plan of Amul for the next 5 years, the two plants which it will add in
Delhi could increase their supply by an additional of 40 lacs per day. Hence, Amul should
already start increasing its retail outlets, and supermarkets to increase reach and utilize their
plants’ capacity increase and dominate the market.
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Report on supply chain management of Amul by Institute of Management and Technology (India)
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