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AUGUST 2023 | VOL-33

Pertinent guide of OSCM

What's in this
Newsletter: From the desk of OSM club

Last month’s newsletter emphasised on explorring key

Companies in
concepts in operations management, including value
News
analysis, process design and analysis, and the importance of
Chandrayaan-3 :
selecting the right facility layout in the field of OSCM.
Supply Chain To
the Moon Through this edition, we will explore on the Use of Supply
Augmented Reality Chain Management in Chandrayaan-3. Post this, we will see
in Supply Chain
Poka-Yoke a quality management system. Lastly, we will see
Industry
the importance of Augmented Reality in Supply Chain. Also,
Poka-Yoke: The to enrich your understanding, technical panorama includes
Mistake Proofing
some of the essential definitions of Supply Chain. This edition
Technical has an exciting crossword that focuses on the concepts of
Panorama
operations and supply chain management. This issue also
Crossword
discusses about some companies in news.
 "Supply Chain is like nature, it is all
around us."
This issue entails

Page 2 - Introduction
The spotlight of this month
revolves around the concepts
Page 3 - Companies in News that are important in
operations management.
Page 4 - Chandrayaan-3 : Supply
Firstly, we will see how Supply
Chain To the Moon
Chain Management is Used in

Page 5 - Augmented Reality in Supply Chandrayaan-3. Post this, we

Chain Industry will see the Application of
Augmented reality in Supply
Page 6 - Poka-Yoke: The Mistake
Chain . Finally, we will go
Proofing
through the Poka-Yoke a
Page 7 - Technical Panorama quality management system.

Page 8 - Crossword We'll begin with some

companies in news and
conclude with an exciting
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 Companies In News

Eicher unit to provide electric trucks for Amazon India's delivery ops

Eicher Trucks and Buses, a division of VE Commercial Vehicles (VECV),

announced it will collaborate with Amazon for the electrification of the
e-commerce firm’s delivery operations in India. Amazon will gradually
deploy 50 Eicher electric trucks in Delhi, Manesar, Gurugram and other
places for its middle-mile and last-mile deliveries. The collaboration will
introduce some 1,000 zero-emission electric. The trucks will be
deployed through Amazon’s transport service partners.

Godrej Aerospace eyes share of GE 414 engine manufacturing, supply chain

India's Godrej Aerospace is looking to be part of the supply chain

to manufacture the GE 414 engines that will power India's next
generation indigenous fighter jets. Godrej Aerospace will be
pitching to manufacture modules of the engine, a company
official told Reuters during a plant visit. In accordance with the
agreement that was disclosed during Prime Minister Narendra
Modi's official visit to the U.S a month ago, Hindustan Aeronautics
Limited and GE would work together to manufacture the engines.

Walmart touts faster inventory management thanks to AR

An AR technology called VizPick is letting the company

accelerate inventory management in 4,500 U.S stores. The
system allows stores to predict inventory trends and deliver the
quantity it projects that each store needs at the time the
products are needed. Walmart is not alone in looking to emerging
technologies for additional revenue streams or increased
productivity. AI adoption is set to rise in the coming years as it
becomes a component of more products and services.

GEODIS Signs Agreement with Locus Robotics to Deploy 1000 LocusBots

GEODIS, a leading global transport and logistics provider, and

Locus Robotics, the leader in autonomous mobile robots (AMRs)
for fulfillment warehouses, today announced a new expansion
agreement to deploy a total of 1,000 LocusBots at GEODIS’
worldwide warehouse locations over the next 24 months.
LocusBots help GEODIS e-commerce warehouses efficiently
manage order picking and inventory replenishment.
 Chandrayaan 3: Supply Chain to The Moon
As Chandrayaan-3 made a successful landing Objectives
on the Moon's South Pole, our nation cemented
There are three goals for the mission. first, to
its place in the lunar saga.An tightly woven
show off the moon soft-landing capability.
supply chain that underpinned the entire
The second goal is to show off the moon-
operation was one of the crucial enablers of
mobility of the Vikram rover. Thirdly, ISRO
this incredible endeavor, seen from the
wants to carry out in-situ research projects.
perspective of a logistician.The entire mission
was completed on a tight budget of Rs. 615 Challenges

crore, or around $80 million. Protecting sensitive design data and

maintaining national security in the face of
cyber threats becomes a major issue for
both the supplier and ISRO in a
technological environment that is in a
state of constant development.

In order to avoid production schedule

Sourcing Components
Design and research are conducted with a
focus on home production and local sourcing,
and domestic procurement occurs, with the
majority of it centered in and around 13 main
delays caused by extended lead times,
dependency on specialty materials, and
stringent quality and safety standards, it
is necessary to manage inventory with
extreme care. When it comes to quality
assurance and paying rigorous attention
to even the minutest details, complex
aerospace missions
Conclusion

states. Only the satellite payloads and avionics In conclusion, the Chandrayaan-1 mission has
are somewhat reliant on imports. garnered attention and excitement from
Larsen & Toubro (L&T) along with public-sector people all around the globe. As a result of
behemoths, Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL), the successful landing, India has become
Mishra Dhatu Nigam (Midhani) and Hindustan only the fourth nation in the whole world to
Aeronautics Limited (HAL), form the top achieve such a level of technical
suppliers who share decades of association competency. As a result of India's lander
with ISRO. becoming the first to reach the challenging
Aerospace parts often need specialized terrain near the moon's south pole, our
knowledge and tools to make, which limits the country would be able to participate in the
number of approved vendors and makes the debate over the establishment of lunar
supply chain very vulnerable. governance.
 Augmented Reality in the Supply Chain Industry
Augmented Reality (AR) in logistics goes Guided Instructions:
a long way in augmenting various aspects of Adaptable and interactive up-to-date AR
company operations. The following are some instructions and guides replace long and
of the most innovative application areas of AR complex manuals and documentation.
in this sector. Interactive augmented reality Training & Learning Content:
superimposes instructions onto the assembly Employees just starting their career, need to
line, guiding manufacturing workers for more be trained in a quick, insightful and efficient

efficiency. way – and augmented reality certainly helps

with that.
Stock & Inventory Management
Augmented Reality tools ensure better and
more advanced stock & inventory
management. The applications will also give
the user other details of the consignment.

Real-Time Analytics & Display Of Results

Besides simple augmented reality

instructions and information overlay on the
condition of vehicles containers, and fleets,
AR Logistics Startups Heat Map
logistics businesses use AR to create truly
powerful analyzing machines by combining The Heat Map below illustrates the
advanced image recognition technologies, geographical distribution of over 300 AR
computing power, Internet of Things (IoT) startups disrupting the logistics industry. The
devices, internal databases and Artificial United States and the United Kingdom are
Intelligence (AI) with their AR devices to taking the lead, with western Europe not far
provide a meaningful and unique behind. For more insights into the distribution
augmentation of their operations. check out our Heat Map.
 Poka-Yoke: The Mistake Proofing
A quality management technique called
Poka Yoke aims to stop errors from developing
during the course of manufacturing. "Fail-
sating" or "mistake-proofing" are the topics
covered. Shigeo Shingo came up with and
created the Poka-yoke concept for the Toyota
Production System. Poka Yoke is utilized in a
variety of industries, particularly in
management of industrial processes.
How to Build Systems having Poka-yoke
Recognize the procedure: Determine the
error-prone areas and the possible mistakes.
Classify errors: According to their
significance and seriousness. This will
enable you to determine which errors require
immediate attention and which may be fixed
the
using poka-yoke techniques.
Determine the Poka-Yoke solutions: Design
the process to have a small range of
variation and error opportunity.
Test and improve: Put the design to the test.
Involved operator: The best intelligence
comes from those who work on a daily basis.
Train: Educate the appropriate personnel.
Standardize: Ensure that the procedure is
the same across the board.
Examples of Poka-yoke

1. Treadmills safety clip which, when pulled,

stops the treadmill. It halts the treadmill if
the user falls (in order to prevent injury.
2. Microwaves, washing machines have
mechanisms that prevent them from
running when the door is open to ensure
user safety.
3. Many connectors, like 3-pin plugs and USB
plugs, are made to fit into outlets
exclusively in specific directions.
Basic function of Poka-yoke

A defect is about to occur or it has already

occurred. Poka-yoke have three basic function
to use against defects- shutdown, control, and
warning. It can predict the possible scope of
occurrence of defect or it can also detect the
occurred defect. Diagram shows the
relationship of two possible state of defect.
Technical Panorama
MARKOV CHAINS MATERIAL REJECTION NOTE
A stochastic model that depicts a series of MRN is a letter or other document used to let
conceivable events where each event's a supplier or vendor know why their product
likelihood is only based on the state obtained or material has been rejected.
in the preceding event.
VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS
GOODS RECEIVED NOTE
A GRN is a record of the products that the The process of creating a completed
buyer has really obtained from the seller. The product involves a sequence of sequential

consumer may use this information to processes, starting with its original design

compare the items that were delivered with and extending to its final delivery. The chain

the things that were requested. delineates each stage inside the process
wherever value is augmented.
ADVANCE SHIP NOTICE
TRANSFER ORDER
An ASN offers details on the physical
characteristics of a shipment, such as its A transfer order is a document that is used to
weight, the number of boxes it contains, and carry out the movement of products either
a description of how the shipment units are between storage units that are located inside
packaged, as well as information about when a warehouse or between warehouse sites
an order will be dispatched, which items are that are located in different locations.
being supplied, how many of each item are BACKHAUL
being shipped. Backhaul refers to the journey of transporting
KAIZEN
medium (vessel, containers, rails, trucks)
The concept of Kaizen in Japanese refers to from its port of destination back to the
improvement that is ongoing or change that is original port of origin. In simpler terms, it is
for the best. It pertains to the procedures that like booking a round-trip from origin to
continually enhance business operations and destination and back to the origin, like round-
engage all of the staff members. trip flight bookings.
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