TELCO is India's largest private sector
company with a turnover of Rs 101.3 billion. It is the largest automobile manufacturer in India with a market share of 31.2% in the multi-utility vehicles segment and 6.4% in the
high-end car segment.

TELCO has a large supplier base.
There are approximately 1000 suppliers serving TELCO’s plant in Pune, India alone .
Management of all the busniess information from such a large supplier base, with conventional means of communications such as EDI/Telephone/FAX, was slow, time-consuming and expensive.

TELCO's answer to the problem was implementing VCM, a web based solution by Tata Technologies.

This solution provided a cost-effective and efficient way to help end-to-end flow of information among the various suppliers of TELCO. The system has a daily hit of around 2000 subscribers from all over India. The volume of the transactions can be estimated from the fact that daily about 500 Transporter Vehicles bring in the raw materials which translates into around 1000 Delivery Orders.

The system offers the following features:

• Online Purchase Orders
• Online Delivery Schedules
• Realtime Goods Status information
• Payment Information
• Allows realtime 2D/3D product visualisation
• Instant Delivery Schedule Change Notification
• Downloadable Reports in various formats for integrating with Supplier Systems

Key Benefits of the System:

• Effective Inventory Control
• Fewer Stockouts
• Transactions Costs lowered dramtically
• Savings on Administration Costs Phone/Fax/Mails/Personal Visits
• Increase in operating effciency
• Increases supplier competitivness by providing online supplier ratings
• Increased Supplier Satisfaction.