Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Limited (KFIL) Shutdown

Accelerating shutdown projects with Flow Principles​

After adopting a replenishment model of distribution, this gen-set manufacturer ensured that the availability of spares at service points increased to 96% while overall inventory fell by 49%.

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd (Spares And Services)

Vector’s unique solutions for auto OEMs and auto components manufacturers help them overcome constraints that hinder their organizational performance in new product development, manufacturing, distribution and sales.&nbsp;Over the years, Vector has worked with companies like Tata Motors – Commercial Vehicles (Spare Parts &amp; Services Division), Ashok Leyland, International Tractors Ltd. (Sonalika Tractors), Fleetguard Filters, JK Fenner (India) Ltd., TVS Motors and Royal Enfield to set new industry benchmarks in operational performance in different areas of business.

We offer consulting services to organizations engaged in manufacturing and distribution of automobiles or auto components. Our consulting methodology focuses on identifying the leverage point of an organization for intervention.

Auto OEMs & Auto Components Consulting Services

Auto OEMs, auto part manufacturers and auto aftermarket players constantly struggle with the auto industry's highly cyclical nature, i.e. an economic boom is generally accompanied by high sales, while sales usually suffer during economic downturns.

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Auto and Auto Components

Vector’s unique solutions for auto OEMs and auto components manufacturers help them overcome constraints that hinder their organizational performance in new product development, manufacturing, distribution and sales.&nbsp;&nbsp;Over the years, Vector has worked with companies like Tata Motors – Commercial Vehicles (Spare Parts &amp; Services Division), Ashok Leyland, International Tractors Ltd. (Sonalika Tractors), Fleetguard Filters, JK Fenner (India) Ltd., TVS Motors and Royal Enfield to set new industry benchmarks in operational performance in different areas of business.

Auto and automotive business consulting services from Vector Consulting Group can enable companies to grow profits consistently whether the industry is going through an economic boom or a downturn.

Automotive & Auto Part Business Consulting Services | Vector Consulting Group

See how Vector Consulting Group worked with Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd Spares and Services to offer guaranteed availability of critical spares.

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd-Spares And Services - Guaranteed availability of spares | Vector Consulting Group

Improve spare parts availability, parts sales, and after sales service while simultaneously reducing inventory in the entire supply chain management.&nbsp;

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Solution helps resolve the conflict between ensuring availability of large variety of spares to improve speed of servicing, while reducing overall inventory.

Industry Solutions

Lean Inventory Spares & Services Solution

Optimize spare parts and service operations with Vector Consulting Group's tailored strategies ensuring high availability and efficient delivery.

Spares & Service Management Solutions | Vector Consulting Group

KOEL adopted game-changing consumption-based operations, and they achieved 99% availability of engines at GOEMs and reduced the Order-to-Dispatch lead time of Gen-sets from 45 days to 7 days.

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd. (KOEL)

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd (PGBU) | Rapid engine delivery – Four weeks to one week

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Vector has developed bespoke solutions for equipment manufacturing or custom manufacturing companies to help them identify and address constraints in operations, sales, spares &amp; services, or new product development that limit consistent sales and profit growth.&nbsp;Working with companies like Laxmi Machine Works (LMW), Godrej Material Handling, RPG Raychem, Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd. Bajaj Electricals (Luminaries Division), amongst many others, Vector has helped clients bring about excellence in equipment delivery, turbo-charge their sales &amp; business development efforts and set new benchmarks in after-sales services.&nbsp;

An equipment manufacturing or custom manufacturing company’s ability to grow its sales and profits consistently is limited by constraints in the following areas like Operations, Sales, Spares and Services and New Product Development:

Consulting Services for Equipment Manufacturing Companies

Analyses of top custom manufacturing companies, including manufacturers of capital goods and custom manufacturers of machinery and equipment, which design a product and make to order, show that only a handful have realized healthy sales, profits & ROI in the last decade.

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Equipment Manufacturing

Vector Consulting Group helps industrial equipment manufacturing firms develop agile new product development, operations, sales and service to enhance ROI.

Industrial Equipment Manufacturing Consulting Services in India | Vector Consulting Group

Discover Vector Consulting Group's strategies with Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd, enhancing project output and significantly cutting lead times.

Kirloskar Oil Engines | New Product Development | Vector Consulting Group

Use 'pull' based inventory optimisation to achieve near-perfect order fulfillment of products with demand forecasting and lean manufacturing to improve supply chain efficiency.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Solution helps resolve the dilemma of having to face poor availability in spite of having excess inventory at the plants and at points of sale.

Pull Based Supply Chain and Distribution

Enhance supply chain with Vector Consulting Group's innovative strategies optimizing distribution networks to drive business growth.

Supply Chain & Distribution Excellence | Vector Consulting Group

Skipper Pipes' strategic shift from volume-based to consumption-based inventory movement delivered strong results for this late entrant in the industry: A 38% Y-o-Y sales jump and a retailer network increase of 3X.

Skipper Pipes Ltd.

Skipper Pipes Ltd. | Building loyalty in markets with low product differentiation

Vector’s Consumer Goods &amp; Retail consulting practice offers expertise to consumer-packaged goods (CPG) companies involved in the distribution and retail of their products. These strategies help expand market range and reach, create market pull through influencers, and enhance overall supply chain and distribution efficiencies.&nbsp;With path-breaking solutions in Sales &amp; Distribution, New Product Development, Inventory Planning, and CRM programs, Vector has delivered significant business results for companies such as Bajaj Electricals (Consumer Products), VIP Industries Ltd., Godrej Interio, Polycab, Pidilite, Godrej Security Solutions, and many more.

Organizations producing, distributing, and making products available at retail points can be consumer goods companies or consumer packaged goods companies (CPG). Such companies could develop a constraint in areas like Internal Operations and Distribution, External Distribution, Sales Bandwidth, Retail Operations and New Product Development.

Consumer Goods & Retail Consulting Services

Much as they may wish otherwise, most Indian consumer good companies find that they have no consistent “Reach” into almost 65% of the country’s population (especially in rural, rur-ban areas) since they believe that this spread out population would be ‘cost inefficient’ to service.

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Consumer Goods & Retail

Vector Consulting Group provides consumer good and retail consulting services to help increase sales by exponentially improving availability of products across the country.

Consumer Good and Retail Consulting Services in India | Vector Consulting Group

Read about Vector Consulting Group's partnership with Skipper Pipes, ensuring product availability in the market and increasing sales.

Skipper Pipes - Increase sales growth | Vector Consulting Group

Boost sales team effectiveness. Increase the capacity of the company to generate new business by freeing the sales team from transactional activities in sales.&nbsp;

Solution helps release capacity of sales team and enhances their effectiveness.

Sales Process Transformation

Explore Vector Consulting Group's  sales process transformative solutions that leverage R&D insights to streamline operations and reduce lead times.

Enhance Sales & Reduce Lead Time in R&D | Vector Consulting Group

After a company-wide implementation of TOC, the company enjoyed a CAGR of 25% in the last ten years

Fleetguard Filters Pvt. Ltd.

Fleetguard Filters Pvt. Ltd. | Ten years of TOC implementation

Discover how Vector Consulting Group partnered with Fleetguard Filters Pvt Ltd, achieving remarkable improvements in financial and operational performance.

Fleetguard Filters | Improve operational performance | Vector Consulting Group

Reduce production lead time, improve delivery reliability, and increase plant output by using hidden capacity in plants.&nbsp;

bahasa Solution helps resolve the conflict of capacity utilization and need to deliver specific orders for customers in the shortest lead time.

High Velocity Custom Manufacturing

Solution helps resolve the conflict of capacity utilization and need to deliver specific orders for customers in the shortest lead time.

Enhance efficiency and precision in specialized industries by implementing Vector Consulting Group's custom manufacturing solutions.

Custom Manufacturing Solutions | Vector Consulting Group

Filtrum's tooling development lead times reduced by 25%, and on-time delivery improved to 90%.

Filtrum Tools

Discover how Vector Consulting Group aided Filtrum Tools in reducing overall lead times and enhancing on-time delivery performance.

Filtrum Tools - Reduced overall lead-time | Vector Consulting Group

Tractor availability at 99%, inventory down by 25%, and production doubled with the implementation of 'pull'-based systems in operations.

International Tractors Ltd.

International Tractors | Improved productivity & reduced manufacturing lead time

International Tractors Ltd

Learn how Vector Consulting Group collaborated with International Tractors Limited to boost manufacturing productivity and reduce lead times.

International Tractors | Improving Productivity | Vector Consulting Group

Address chronic delays and poor output in research and development, reducing lead time and alleviating employee stress.&nbsp;

BAHASA Solution helps resolve the conflict between expediting individual projects and protecting delivery requirements of other projects.

BAHASA Rapid Flow Research and Development

Solution helps resolve the conflict between expediting individual projects and protecting delivery requirements of other projects.

Rapid Flow Research and Development

Unlock the potential of R&D strategies with Vector Consulting Group's solutions that harness innovation, streamline operations, and drive sustainable growth.

Enhancing R&D for Strategic Growth | Vector Consulting Group

JK Fenner transformed its operations by providing higher availability (>90%) of its products as well as faster and more reliable delivery (98%).

JK Fenner (India) Ltd

JK Fenner (India) Ltd. | Operational Excellence using 'Pull' Manufacturing

Vector Consulting Group's case study on work with JK Fenner on building an agile supply chain to improve delivery reliability and product availability.

JK Fenner (India) | Improve product availability | Vector Consulting Group

The company embraced a distribution revolution: Same-day order fill rate zoomed from 50% to 80%, and inventory reduced by 25%.

Lucas Indian Service Ltd.

Discover how Vector Consulting used TOC principles to help Lucas Indian Service achieve an 80% same-day order fill rate, reduce inventory by 25%, and boost dealer sales by 45%.

Lucas Indian Service - Distribution Transformation | Vector Consulting Group

Parag Foods implemented the 'Pull' distribution solution and achieved: 56% increase in average sales per day and a 200% jump in outlets billed.

Parag Milk Foods Ltd.

See how Vector Consulting Group helped Parag Milk Foods improve daily sales by expanding points of sale across various locations.

Parag Milk Foods - Improving availability | Vector Consulting Group

JK Files and Tools experienced a 30% increase in output from existing capacity in 6 months with the High-Velocity Custom Manufacturing solution.

JK Files And Tools

JK Files and Tools experienced a 30% increase in output from existing capacity in 6 months with the high velocity custom manufacturing solution.

Vector Consulting Group's case study on the work with JK Files and Tools to increase output

JK Files and Tools | Increased output | Vector Consulting Group

The company put in place robust mechanisms to effectively manage its portfolio and its product mix in stores

Landmark

Vector Consulting Group's case study on Landmark on implementation of innovative TOC solutions to ensure sales growth and high inventory turns.

Landmark | Consumer Goods & Retail | Vector Consulting Group

Improve stock freshness at the point of sales, increase sales rate, and free up capital for store expansion.&nbsp;

The solution helps enhance same store sales growth by reducing inventory while simultaneously improving availability and ensuring freshness of merchandise.

Solution for Retail Success

Explore Vector Consulting Group's solutions that enhance customer experiences, optimize supply chains, and boost operational efficiency.

Advanced Retail Management Solutions | Vector Consulting Group

Using the Solution for Retail, Liberty Retail increased sales by 30% and reduced store inventory cover by 50%.

Liberty Retail Revolution Ltd

Using the solution for retail, Liberty Retail increased sales by 30% and reduced store inventory cover by 50%.

Explore Vector Consulting Group's effective strategies with Liberty Retail Revolution, reducing store inventory and driving a 30% sales increase.

Liberty Retail Revolution - Improved store inventory coverage & sales | Vector Consulting Group

Using High-Velocity Custom Manufacturing, this integrated textile company saw its OTIF increase to 90%, and profits go up by 55%

Pratibha Syntex Ltd

Pratibha Syntex Ltd | Transforming Textile & Garment Manufacturing Using TOC | Vector Consulting Group

Textile manufacturers, garment manufacturing firms or fashion garment retailers could develop a constraint in Operations, Sales, Retail operations or Sampling. Vector’s Textile &amp; Garments consulting practice offers unique solutions to help these organizations to overcome these constraints in in Operations, Sales, or Sampling management. The firm has collaborated with Blackberrys, Westside Retail, Arvind Fashions, and Raymond’s, among others, to enhance their On-Time-In-Full (OTIF) performance, ensure high availability at the retail store level, and reduce overall inventory and working capital deployed in the business. Some of these clients have set new industry benchmarks.

Companies in this domain are export houses which undertake garment manufacturing for large retailers as per fabric or garment designs given to them. They could also be fashion retailers who design, source and sell garments under their own brands in addition to selling other garment company brands. These two types of companies (textile manufacturers or fashion garment retailers) can develop a constraint in Operations, Sales, Retail operations or in Sampling.

Textile and Garments

Traditionally, India’s textile businesses enjoyed lower labor costs and significant government support (capital subsidy, duty drawbacks etc.) However, things have changed in recent years, and the industry is now losing its edge to countries such as Bangladesh and Vietnam! Find out how Indian companies can regain their superiority in the global markets

Textile & Garments

Vector Consulting Group provides consulting services to textile firms to drastically reduce lead time in operations and sample making, increase capacity utilization, reduce lead time and improve sales.

Textile and Garments Consulting Services in India | Vector Consulting Group

Explore how Vector Consulting Group enhanced OTIF and reduced working capital requirements for Pratibha Syntex through strategic initiatives.

Pratibha Syntex - Improve profitability | Vector Consulting Group

This textile company built a Decisive Competitive Edge with existing resources, they achieved: OTIF at 95%, production lead time down by 25% among other wins.

Raymond Luxury Cottons Ltd.

Discover how Vector Consulting helped Raymond Luxury Cottons reduce lead times and improve delivery performance by implementing TOC solutions, boosting sales and profits.

Raymond Luxury Cottons - Enhancing Delivery Reliability | Vector Consulting Group

A leading global producer revolutionized their operations in just 8 months! Results: Month-end spikes eliminated, and on-time delivery up from 30% to 95%!

A Major Vertically Integrated Linen Exporter

Vector Consulting Group's case study on the work with a major vertically integrated linen exporter to improve on-time delivery by implementing the pull manufacturing method

Major Vertically Integrated Linen Exporter | Improve on-time delivery | Vector Consulting Group

This leading electrical cable and wire company achieved remarkable speed in project execution by seamlessly aligning purchase/material delivery to site requirements: 66% faster PO completion, and delivery lead times slashed by 57%.

KEI Industries Ltd

Vector’s Engineering &amp; Construction consulting practice, offers tailored solutions for Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) companies, enabling them to identify and address constraints in project execution and operations that may hinder their sales growth and profitability.&nbsp;By implementing a unique Flow Management approach in its consulting assignments for construction projects, Vector has enabled clients such as Skipper Ltd., Bajaj Electricals (Engineering &amp; Projects Division), Godrej (Electricals &amp; Electronics Division), Tata BlueScope Steel Ltd., and KEI Industries Ltd. to complete projects ahead of schedule while increasing the number of projects executed within the company's allocated operating expenses.

An Engineering and Construction (EPC) company’s ability to grow and sustain sales and profits is limited by constraints in Project Management and Sales.

Consulting Services for Engineering and Construction Businesses

The growth of project organizations dealing with turnkey projects involving engineering, procurement and site construction has slowed down despite healthy demand because they operate in a highly uncertain environment (ROW issues, bureaucratic hurdles, etc.) Find out how companies can not only manage but also flourish in spite of these challenges.

Engineering & Construction

Vector Consulting Group offers consulting services to engineering and construction companies to enable business growth and sustenance of profits, by developing high speed project execution capabilities.

Engineering and Construction Consulting Services in India | Vector Consulting Group

Explore Vector Consulting Group's collaboration with KEI Industries, reducing project execution lead times and optimizing working capital rotations.

KEI Industries - Reduce project lead-time | Vector Consulting Group

bahasa Seamlessly align flow of material, design, contract labour, and issue resolution in projects to help reduce lead time of project completion in large construction projects.

Solution helps increase working capital turns, while ensuring rapid execution, on-time performance, and clean financial closures of projects.

Rapid Large Project Execution

Seamlessly align flow of material, design, contract labour, and issue resolution in projects to help reduce lead time of project completion in large construction projects.

Defying the elements in a rain-ravaged location, using our Rapid Project Execution solution, the company fast-tracked the setting up of a new manufacturing plant in just 8 months against the industry norm of 12-14 months!

Fleetguard Filters

Defying the elements in a rain-ravaged location, using our rapid project execution solution, the company fast-tracked the setting up of a new manufacturing plant in just 8 months against the industry norm of 12-14 months!

See how Vector Consulting Group helped Fleetguard Filters set up a new plant in a challenging rain-ravaged location within just 8 months, far ahead of industry standards.

Fleetgurad Filters - New plant setup in record 8 months | Vector Consulting Group

Liberty's remarkable transformation with 'Pull' Manufacturing and Distribution! >97% availability at the central warehouse, probably the best in the business.

Liberty Shoes Ltd

Liberty's remarkable transformation with 'pull' manufacturing and distribution! >97% availability at the central warehouse, probably the best in the business.

See how Vector Consulting helped Liberty Shoes achieve 97% warehouse availability, cut lead times to 17 days, and boost sales by 25% with improved inventory management.

Liberty Shoes - Boosting Availability & Reducing Lead Time | Vector Consulting Group

Using Rapid Project Execution solution, the company built a 30,000-spindle plant in just 9 months, smashing the 12-month industry benchmark.

Trident Group

Vector Consulting Group's case study on Trident Group on implementation of innovative solutions to improve project execution time.

Trident Group | Textiles & Garments | Vector Consulting Group

Some results achieved by this office furniture major include:  OTIF jumped to 90%, lead times reduced by 30%, and a 30% jump in sales.

Godrej Interio - Office Furnitures

Learn how Vector Consulting helped Godrej Interio revolutionize its supply chain using TOC principles, ensuring speed and reliability with a seven-day Express Delivery program.

Godrej Interio - Transforming Supply Chain | Vector Consulting Group

Jindal Stainless Ltd's strategic shift to 'Pull' manufacturing resulted in a 33% reduction in standard product lead times and a jump to >90% on-time delivery.

Jindal Stainless Ltd.

Discover how Vector Consulting helped Jindal Stainless transform its supply chain to a high-velocity, customer-centric model, enhancing efficiency and responsiveness.

Jindal Stainless - Revolutionizing Supply Chain | Vector Consulting Group

After streamlining operations, sales jumped by 50%, 100% on-time delivery was achieved, and inventory was down by 50%.

Filtrum Polymers Pvt. Ltd.

Vector Consulting Group's case study on work with Filtrum Polymers to release capacity and improving inventory turns.

Filtrum Polymers | Improve capacity and inventory turns | Vector Consulting Group

VIP achieved >90% stock availability at branches and a 20% boost in same-store growth.

VIP Industries Ltd.

VIP Industries Ltd. | De-stressing supply chain and sales with TOC | Vector Consulting Group

Discover how Vector Consulting helped VIP Industries align planning, production, and logistics with TOC principles, enhancing top-line and bottom-line growth.

VIP Industries - Boosting Growth with TOC | Vector Consulting Group

This electrical equipment company achieved these stunning results after the implementation of 'pull' solutions: 150% improvement in OTIF, >100% improvement in profits and ROCE.

Raychem RPG

Discover how Vector Consulting Group improved operational reliability and reduced lead times for Raychem RPG without additional investment.

Raychem RPG - Reduce lead-time | Vector Consulting Group

This men's fashion retail company adopted an innovative Rapid Supply Chain model. Result: Daily availability of inventory at stores is now at 80%, and sales are up by 40%.

Blackberrys

Blackberrys | An innovative approach to apparel supply chain

Vector Consulting Group's case study on Blackberrys on implementation of a rapid supply chain with a low inventory model for achieving higher sales with lesser discounts.

Blackberrys - Higher sales with lesser discounts | Vector Consulting Group

MSP's steel plants achieved an incredible 98-99% OTIF and reduced dealer delivery times to just 48 hours, among other wins

MSP Steel

MSP Steel | Differentiating steel a commodity product using "pull" distribution

Discover Vector Consulting Group's methods with MSP Steel, increasing sales and securing dealer loyalty in target markets.

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