CIO 100

Ajay Kumar Dhir
Chief information Officer
Jindal Stainless

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JT.MD & COO:
R.G.Garg
Employees :
70
Project :
Integration of Plcs
Cost :
Rs 70 lakh
Revenue :
Rs 6,000 crore
Project Period:
March 2007 to May 2008

Jindal Stainless’ plant was running with the PLCs (programmable logic controllers) disconnected from its business application. There was absolutely no visibility of its manufacturing processes and its disparate processes called out loud to be integrated. The IT department facilitated one of the first implementations of SAP xMII in the Metals and Mining space over 14 months of hard work. This has totally revolutionized the way work is done and the way information is gathered, making it a very bold IT initiative. The project ensures visibility of manufacturing processes across the plant making it more transparent. Also for an organization that depends on manufacturing, it enables tracking a defect source for a bad quality products and analysis of customer complaints. Ultimately, these result in a level of plant intelligence and gives the company significant competitive advantage. It also enables real time online monitoring of the manufacturing process. “Understanding the product, getting the teams to work together and managing the project were huge challenges,” says Ajay Kumar Dhir, CIO, Jindal Stainless. The man behind the implementation and his IT team have shown what it takes to make a weak business more than just strong.

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