Case Study: Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd achieves streamlined procurement and reduced lead times with Bristlecone

Helping Mahindra Drive Value to their Business by Streamlining Procurement Processes

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. faced fragmented procurement processes, inconsistent data across systems, and limited spend visibility, which led to long procurement lead times, high inventory costs, and difficulty collaborating with 800 suppliers across 11 manufacturing locations. The company needed a common shared-services platform to standardize purchasing and improve efficiency, and turned to Bristlecone for help with SAP SRM 5.0.

Bristlecone implemented SAP SRM 5.0 to deliver spend analysis, supplier evaluation, supplier collaboration, procurement automation, and strategic sourcing. The result was improved procurement efficiency, reduced lead times and material spend, better visibility into in-transit inventory, and stronger supplier delivery performance; it also enabled M&M to be the first SRM 5.0 implementation in Asia Pacific and the first SUS go-live with 800 active suppliers worldwide.

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd

S.K. Krishnan

VP, Demand Chain Management