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Asian Paints enables growth through improved planning
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Asian Paints is India's largest paint company and is ranked among the top 10 decorative coatings companies in the world. When the company needed a competitive edge in the challenging Indian marketplace, it found a clear advantage in establishing a leaner, more agile and cost-efficient supply chain. Its management chose i2 solutions for solutions for supply chain master planning, materials and distribution planning, production scheduling, and change management. Since the implementation, the company has reduced its average days of finished goods inventory on hand from 56 to 30 and achieved an 87-90 percent service levels for SKU sales at the location level, which puts the company well ahead of competing firms in the marketplace.
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