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Inventory Visibility & Traceability

Limited inventory visibility and manual tracking made planning, traceability, and stock reconciliation inefficient.

Inventory Visibility & Traceability

Limited inventory visibility and manual tracking made planning, traceability, and stock reconciliation inefficient.

Problems at hand:

For a steel coil processing unit, managing inventory across purchasing, production, warehouse transfers, sales and customer returns was a complex and largely manual process. Inventory information was distributed across multiple operational records, making it difficult to track the complete lifecycle of individual coils and maintain real-time stock visibility. Manual reconciliation between purchase, production and sales delayed reporting, while limited integration with production planning affected operational efficiency. The absence of a centralized system also made inventory adjustments, stock reconciliation and management reporting time-consuming and prone to errors.

The Intervention:

A centralized Inventory Management System was developed using Google Sheets and Apps Script to digitize the complete inventory lifecycle. The solution integrated purchasing, inward processing, production, warehouse transfers, sales, customer returns and inventory adjustments into a single platform with controlled data entry and automated validations. Real-time inventory updates, planning integration and role-based access eliminated manual reconciliation, improved data accuracy and provided complete traceability of every steel coil from purchase to dispatch.

Benefits:

Real-time dashboards enabled management to monitor inventory, warehouse stock, WIP, ageing, yield loss, and profitability from a single platform. The solution improved inventory visibility, strengthened traceability, reduced manual effort, and enabled faster planning and informed decision-making across the organization.
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