IT in Automobile Industry

Description
It also depicts order to delivery process and service process of any industry

IT in Automobile Industry

What is there in IT?
• • Infrastructure
– Data Center (Server, Switch, Firewall, Storage, Rack, etc) – Network (Lease Line, MPLS, IP-VPN etc)

Applications
– – – – ERP (SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, Oracle, etc) Best of Breed (SAS, Tally, etc) Legacy Applications (old program written) Analytics & Data Warehousing (Siebel, SAP BW, etc) Dealer Management System Enterprise Help Desk End user management Data Center and Network management Budget management



Delivery Management
– – – – –



IT Strategy
– New Generation Technology – Make vs Buy decisions – Project Management

What is there in an Automobile Industry
• Product Development
– Product Design – Supplier Component

• Manufacturing site setup
– Production setup: Press shop, Weld Shop, Paint Shop, Assembly – Maintenance – Logistics

• Sales & After-Sales Services
– Pre-Sales – Sales – After-Sales Services
Front Office Operation

• Corporate Operation
– Account Management – Human Resources Management – General Administration
Back Office Operation

Where is the Marriage between IT & Business?

Front Office Operation: Prospect to Order
Plan for visit & prepare the tour plan accordingly
Add new database(s), Incoming mails, Referals, etc Telecalling (from database ) / Marketing calls to customer

Identify Higher chance

okay from the Sales Manager Meet customer/ understand his needs/ suggest/ explain product/ handel queries/ fill (update) the CDIF

Follow up & escalation

no requirement

Cold / Market development calls call me later

Close call & update database

Followup calls

Test drive (update Y/N in DMS) (Refer TD process)
Prospect / lead Phone in customer

get details (name, model interested if any, tele no, address/ take appointment Hand over prospect/ lead to Sales consultant/ Manager

Give quotation & explain various finance schemes

Best cost option for customer

Identify Right Choice

Take booking / collect documents / Fill OTF

Create customer order for billing in DMS

New Technology / Functionality: Virtual / Digital Demo, Advance CRM (360 degree view of customer). …

Front Office Operation: Order to Delivery
Dealer Orders in DMS Collation of orders in DMS daily. View all orders dealerwise for checking / blocking them Check system stock wrt model, clr., emission norm for order creation

Demand vs availabality
Orders< stock Dealer visible data

Orders>= stock

Vehicles prooduced against orders / for planned stocking

Go for allocation by NSC

OEM visible data
Allocated vehicles Vehicles not allocated Plan for the production / order on plant(s)

Create Orders

Assign VIN/ Chassis number to orders

Linkage between Order and particular car

Invoice vehicles, print Delivery Note (Challan) & Gate Pass against each dealer Sales order

Ownership Change over
Dealer updates the Vehicle reciept and damages/ shortages, if any

Vehicle despatched from plant to Dealer (Update damages/ shortages, if any)

Allocate Transporter and update transporter details

Manage Logistics

Dealer stock gets updated in DMS

New Technologies / Functionality: SMS Integration, Higher flexibility provision, Customized Finance Option

Front Office Operation: Service Process 1/2

Service Reminder

Part & Labor hour standardization

360 deg View of customer Error free Cost Estimate & customer Invoice

Plan for Workshop readiness & customer convenience

Resources utilization

1

New Technology / Functionality: Remote Diagnostics, Electronic Key Reader, . …

Front Office Operation: Service Process 2/2
2
Ensure addressing of pending jobs Ensure customer delight Customer approval over SMS

Warranty Process

New Technology / Functionality: Personalized comment from customer thru’ Kiosk, …

Back Office Operations
• • • • • • • • • • • Human Resources Management (SAP HR, …) Accounts Management (SAP FICO, …) Treasury Management (SAP CFM) Budget to Capitalization (SAP MM, SAP PM, …) Management Reportings (SAP CO, Legacy Applications, …) Communication Management (MS Outlook, Lotus note, Intranet…) Vehicle Ordering & Distribution (SAP SD, Legacy applications) Process Automations & SMS Integration (Skelta, Signular, …) Print Out Management (Ricoh, Canon, …) New Technology Management (PC, Laptop, Ipad,…) Project Management (MS Projects, …)

How does a Data Centre Looks like? Typical Architecture
VW Coimbatore VW Mumbai

CPN Network
Audi Chandigarh

Dealer Side VW IP Range 10.166.113.0/24 10.166.114.0/24 10.166.115.0/24 10.166.116.0/24 10.166.117.0/24 10.166.118.0/24 10.166.119.0/24
Audi Jaipur, SSL VPN BOX VW Chandigarh Pashankar Auto, Audi Pune 10.166.112.5/30 Segment

Local MPLS Cloud

BT MPLS Connectivity to CPN 10.166.112.9/30 Segment

Nadin DB Server

220.XXX.XXX.XX IPVPN to Data Centre

Switch Firewall

10.166.112.33/27 Segment Switch DMS DB Server

Firewall

10.166.112.129/25 Segment

VW Karnal

Internet Terminal Server App Server DMSBB Server Terminal Server App Server DMS DB Server

New Technology: Virtualization, Cloud Computing

How does an IT Project Works?
D e a le r N S C

DMS Steering Committee Business Dept.
R. Goel, P. Phansalkar & SAIPL??? A. Reddi, S. Mandrekar & SAIPL??? G. Preterious, R. Kulkarni & SAIPL???

G e n e ra l

O p e r a t io n s

G e n e ra l

O p e r a t io n s

In v e n t o ry a n d F in a n c e

IT

L o g s in t o t h e A M S - D B w o t h U n iq u e U s e r i d a n d P a s s w o r d

L. Pavlik & F. Havemann A. K. Patnaik & P. Hofman

C h e k s t h e L is t o f O r d e r th a t h a s b e e n p la c e d a n d F u li f i lm e n t o f t h o s e O rd e rs

L o g s in w ith U n iq u e u s e r id a n d P a s s w o r d

M a in t a i n t h e
A cc e s s o ry m a st e r P r ic e M a s t e r O p e n P O s f r o m a ll D e a le r s V ie w b a c k o r d e r s

C r e a te a P u rc h a s e O rd e r w i t h n e c e s s a r y d e t a i ls

Brand Responsibles

O p e n a n d P e n d in g P O s N O

C e n tr a l D a s h b o a r d w h e r e a ll t h e C O n firm e d O rd e r s a r e v i s i b le fr o m a ll D e a le r s Y e s N O C o n fir m s t h e O rd e r

D is p a tc h e s th e O rd e r

O p e n

P o

li s t

Y E S

Group Support DMS Mr. U. Scheiding Mr. A. Hoven

Project Leader / Project Management
P. Kulkarni Vinod Kumar Z. Khan SAIPL??? M. Gangal Venu (Tectura) IT - Architect
R e c e iv e s th e

C r e a t e A P ic k i n g L i s t b a s e d o n Z o r y o r Z O S K p e r D e a le r

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R e c e iv e s t h e

D e l iv e r y N o t e G o o d s

a n d

D is p a tc h e s th e

O rd e r N O C re a te a P u rc h a s e o rd e r fo r R e p le n is h m e n t

C h e c k if In v e n t o ry is S u f f ic e n t D e li v e r y N o t e a n d G o o d s Y E S

u p d a te s th e P u rc h a s e O rd e r a n d r e c e ip t in t h e D e a le r D a ta b a s e

Infrastructure
IT

Finance &Admin.

Vehicle Sales

Genuine Parts

After Sales

FI / CO DMS A/C Module

Support Structure Setup TBN

P o p u la t e t h e

D e li v e r y o r d e r

Dealer Setup Dealer IT manager
R e c e iv e s t h e In v o ic e P o s t S a le s O rd e r a n d U p d a te t h e D e a le r P O

C o n s o li d a t e a l l P u r c h a s e O rd e r

R e c e iv e

t h e S h ip m e n t f r o m P r in c ip le

Brand Contacts

BD VW (NFZ+P KW) BD Audi

TBN

R. Chugh

M. Dongarkar

S. Ranade

P. Kulkarni

TBN

Dealer Project Manager

u p d a t e s th e P u rc h a s e In v o ic e a n d t h e F In a n c e m a n a g e m e n t in t h e D e a le r D a t a b a s e C h e c k if D e a le r P u rc h a s e O rd e r is F u lf ille d

U p d a te

In v e n t o r y

TBN

R. Barnabas

M. Rane

R. Shah

Z. Khan

TBN

Dealer Project manager

L e a v e s th e D e a le r P O o p e n a n d m o v e s in t o B a c k o r d e r

N O

P o s t In v o ic e a n d U p d a t e F In a n c e s

BD Skoda Supplier Tectura

Y E S

TBN

J. Bhasin

K. Ravindran

K. Ramesh

???????

TBN

Dealer Project manager
C lo s e a n d D e le t e P O th e D e a le r

M O v e

S a le s O r d e r t o A r c h iv e

S. Chellam

S. Chellam

S. Chellam

S. Chellam

Alexey Sorokin ??? S. Chellam
M o v e D e a le r P O to A rc h iv e

PLAN
Service Support
Dealer User Employee IT Help Desk 24 hours Tectura Engineers

BUILD

24 hours

24 hours Reliance Soln’ Ent’ Dealer User Employee SASD / EHD AG / Incadea

IT Experts

Brand Contacts

48 hours

Continuous Improvement Indispensable for PERFECTION

Head of IT

Network Meeting VWGSIPL

DMS Steering Committee

RUN

ITP Region India Steering Committee

Other than Technology & Business Knowledge, what more is required ???

Team Work



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