IMPROVEMENT IN SUPPLY CHAIN OF

PLANET CARRIER HOUSING

TEAM
MEMBERS
GROUP MEMBERS

Roll No.

ABU ASIF HASAN

MP13001

AJIT KUMAR SINHA

MP13003

AKASH PRIYRANJAN

MP13004

ASHUTOSH K TRIPATHY

MP13017

GYANESH DUBEY

MP13026

SUMANTRA KUMAR KHAN

MP13060

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IMPORTANT NOTICE
The data and processes mentioned in the report are CONFIDENTIAL.
No any information can be used without the written permission from the
organization.

TML DRIVELINES
LIMITED
TML Drivelines Limited is a leading manufacturer of
automotive transmissions & Axles component for a wide
range of medium and heavy commercial vehicles.
TML Drivelines Limited is a 100% subsidiary of TATA
MOTORS Limited.
The turnover of TMLDL 2013-14 was Rs. 700.14crores.
HVAL is having a permanent manpower of 2200
employees.
TML Drivelines Limited is also the major supplier of the
transmissions to the TATA Motors Limited.
The latest addition to product portfolio of TML Drivelines
Limited , for Tata Motors, is the Indias first indigenous 9-

PLANET CARRIER
HOUSING
The 9 speed gear box
requires a very critical
part called Planet
Carrier Housing
The schematic diagram
shows the Planet Carrier
Housing.
Avtec Limited is the
supplier for finish Planet
Carrier Housing to TML
Drivelines Limited. The
forging raw material is
being supplied by Trinity
Forge, Pune. Semi finish
machining is being

PROCESS FLOW OF MANUFACTURING

PLANET CARRIER HOUSING

PROBLEM DESCRIPTION
Loss of sales in G1150 gear boxes due to inconsistent supply of
Planet Carrier Housing.
The efficiency of the current supply chain is very low.
There is huge uncertainty in the demand vs actual receipt of
PCH.
Last 2 months(Especially of Sep.) data of demand vs supply
reveal that against a requirement of 400 numbers Planet
Carrier Housing in a month the total Supply being hovering
around 300.
In addition this the company is expecting to have a higher
demands of the product.

CURRENT SUPPLY CHAIN OF PLANET

CARRIER HOUSING
Trinity Forge
Pune

Avtec Ltd,Kharagpur

Turning facility @Avtec Ltd,

Hosur

Walia
Industries,
Pune
Gear Box Assembly
Line TMLDL, JSR

TMLDL Store,
JSR
Forge RM
Pocket Milled PCH

Finish PCH

Turned,milled PCH

JMT Auto,JSR

Machine shop
TMLDL,JSR

MANUFACTURING CONSTRAINTS
AVTEC does not have facility for Turning , Drilling, Milling and
they are sending this material to Hosur at their other facility.
The bottle neck operation is Pocket Milling and Boring. in
terms of quality.
The cycle time of operation in Pocket Milling for a single job 94
Minutes which is the maximum, restricting the capacity to
14 /day against a requirement of 40/Day at present.
This issue is addressed by developing an additional supplier
at Pune, M/s Walia Industries.
The cycle time of Boring operation is the highest at avtec that
is 69 minutes restricting the capacity to 21/day. A second
machine has been installed for this operation which increases
the capacity to 42/day.

FINAL SUPPLY CHAIN

RECOMMENDATION
JMT Auto can be given the demand for doing all the turning,
milling and drilling operation.
As a result Avtec will receive Turned , Milled and drilled Planet
Carrier Housing instead of Raw forging from TMLDL .
This will lead in reduction of one stage .
It will reduce the lead time of Avtec
Pocket milled planet carrier housing (operation done at
TMLDL) to Avtec.

CONCLUSION
The supply chain can be made simpler by eliminating
one major machining source . This will improve the
availability of material at Avtec for finishing.
Reduction in no. of stages at Avtec has been reduced
by 1 this will help them to maintain inventory and
reduce complexity.
TMLDL needs to follow the ordering sequence.
Due to presence of higher uncertainty there needs to
me better communication and coordination which will
bring supply chain efficiency.

There is a raise in the receipt of the

components as compared to Sep14.