Avnish Dholakiya

• Drive digital transformation and streamline supply chain and logistics workflows to align with business goals
• Built OTIF and Fill Rate dashboard for B2B vertical to enhance visibility and drive fulfillment improvement
• Driving IBP rollout to integrate demand and supply planning, drive standardization and enhance system agility
• Analyze stockouts and bottlenecks in supply chain operation, formulate mitigation strategy to reduce sales loss
• Transitioned to data-driven norming using Cycle and Safety stock in multi echelon distribution network
• Audit stock health, highlight supply risks and support alignment of demand-supply plan in Pre-S&OP meeting
• Conduct review of NMSM stocks, implement liquidation plan and perform RCA to optimize warehouse utilization
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including production and planners to standardize inventory policies
• Created Excel model to track PM inventory and ensure timely indentation based on monthly production plan
• Created supply chain control tower to monitor KPIs and derive actionable insights to elevate service metrics
• Derived supply nodes, WAD and incremental cost to use PIL’s distribution model for ex-factory business

Key Projects

Norm Management

• Modelled framework on excel to compute SKU-depot DOC basis net month sales phasing and exceptions
• Decreased monthly stock-outs by 8% and overall stock level by ~1,500 MT at depot improving service level

TOC Process Implementation

• Executed As-Is and prepared work flow to implement TOC principles and identified bottlenecks in operations
• Conducted motion study on production line, adjusted manpower and process, enhanced productivity by 4%

Cost Savings

• Monitored material variance of SFG vs FG to identify SKU’s and machines with excess material giveaway
• Lowered excess material giveaway and eliminated NVA activities, realised savings in material and 3 resources

Warehouse Visibility

• Developed warehouse space masters with approval mechanism to improve traceability and accuracy of data
• Automated monitoring of space utilization for 30+ warehouses via dashboard and increased data reliability

Warehouse Handbook

• Spearheaded warehouse design project including space and resource calculation, layout design for 10+ lakh sqft
• Outlined handbook covering site selection, MHE strategy, warehouse operation and published training modules

• Managed Man, Material, and Machine and coordinated with cross-disciplinary team for efficient Planning
• Performed Planned management of consumables through Purchase Requisition and Inventory Modeling
• Procured and managed critical spares worth INR 1 Crore of 20+ equipment to avoid stock-out in plant
• Identified root cause of breakdown using 5 Why analysis derived corrective action and preventive action
• Imparted activity-specific safety sessions and trained 40+ workers, thus achieving zero safety incidents
• Managed 10+ medium-risk maintenance jobs during plant shutdown, ensuring timely completion of activities
• Improved work order KPI compliance to 92% of 800+ equipment through 24 hours pre-planning in SAP
• Reduced downtime by 10% by daily health monitoring, saved 50 lakhs+ through predictive maintenance