Case Study: Hindustan Unilever improves supply chain agility and cuts inventory with Adexa iCollaboration

How India’s Largest Consumer Goods Company is Meeting The Everyday Needs Of People, Everywhereb

Hindustan Lever Limited (HLL), India’s largest consumer goods company, needed a better way to manage a complex supply chain serving more than one billion consumers across urban and rural markets, with thousands of suppliers and distributors spread over a vast geography. To support its “Project Leap” initiative, HLL turned to Adexa and its iCollaboration suite to improve demand, distribution, production, and scheduling coordination.

Adexa’s solution enabled live customer and supplier collaboration, centralized supply chain visibility, and what-if planning across the enterprise. With Adexa, HLL reduced raw material costs by 5%, cut on-hand inventory by 33%, and increased customer service levels by 10%, while also boosting annual profit margins by 20.9% in 2001.

Hindustan Unilever Limited