AL SUPPLIER CONNECT

News & Events

Organisational Updates

Du Pont - Technology Day at VVC

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Partnering in Growth

The first fully built partners meet organized on 27th March 2012
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Reaching Out - 10 New Supplier Gemba

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Meritorious Quality Improvement

Over the years, Meritor has meticulously planned and executed a massive programme to improve quality in their Brakes division.
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Message from Executive Director - Sourcing and Supply Chain

Dear Supplier Partner, At the outset let me thank you all for the continued support during 2011-12. This platform 'Supplier Connect' which was launched in April 2011 has successfully completed one year and we are proud to publish its 5th issue on its first anniversary. We have endeavored to share information through this platform and have received encouragement and positive feedback for the same. We plan to take this platform to the next level by making it more interactive and by featuring more of our supplier partners on their various initiatives.
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Streamlining PNR Supply Chain

With increasing focus on the ramp up of production at our Pantnagar plant, there have been continuous efforts and support from our suppliers on various fronts to align our production ramp up. Consequently, with a view to smoothen the supply on JIT Basis and to provide quality deliveries of parts, local warehouse facilities has been established by our suppliers. We have been exploring the complete value chain and working with suppliers to improve the standards of packing and JIT supplies.
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4th Forging Wave – Supplier Meet at Bhandara

The 4th Forging Wave - Supplier Meet was organized at Bhandara on 18th Feb 2012. The agenda of the event was improving quality to achieve a target SQMI (Sourcing Quality Maturity Index) score of 93%. Around 11 forging component suppliers of Ashok Leyland participated in the event.
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SQMI improvement - Castings

SQMI (Sourcing Quality Maturity Index) scores improvement for casting suppliers has been given a special focus in AL and recently the 9th quality performance review meeting was held at Ashok Leyland corporate office. Significant improvements in SQMI scores, of up to levels of 84% have been shown by suppliers and the journey will continue till they exceed the target score of 95%.
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