About Client
Client is one of the largest cement manufacturing organisations in India with an annual capacity of more than 50+million tons. They have more than 20+ plants in India, Middle East and other Asian countries.
Business Scenario
The organisation does a shutdown for maintenance for all of their plants once every year. The shutdown typically is around 3-4 weeks while the planning for the shutdown spans around 3-4 months. The planning was typically done on Microsoft excel or Microsoft project plan. Excel or Microsoft plan had data either extracted from SAP PM or from the previous shutdown management processes. These tools were used for planning as well execution. The two key challenges faced by the organisation were:
Solution
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