Streamlining Supply Chain Operations to Revolutionize E2E Business Performance

Implementing incremental technology changes to support business growth and technology integration

GROWTH IS SO FAST IT’S IMPACTING THE BUSINESS!

At Wabtec, a world-leading global provider of equipment, systems, and digital solutions, growth has been so rapid that multiple mergers and acquisitions started to impact business operations.

One of the key challenges has been how to manage all customer orders and invoices all coming from different, newly acquired companies, and distribute them to the correct internal business unit, accurately and in a timely manner.

With new legacy systems inherited frequently from newly acquired businesses, Wabtec needed a solution to move away from disjointed swivel chair operations, and be able to operate seamlessly as one larger company consisting of many high-functioning internal business-units.

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THE SOLUTION - A STRATEGIC INCREMENTAL APPROACH

Working alongside Oracle and Trinamix, Wabtec utilized Oracle ERP Cloud Service to be deployed as an Order Management System. Though still in the foundation stages, Wabtec tested the new processes on just one of their many ERPs prior to rolling it out.

Having run the changes under a technology demonstrator project, Wabtec were able to get buy-in from the technology leadership, seeing how it worked before implementation.

By showing proof of concept, apprehensions were eased, proving that an incremental approach can be strategically advantageous.

By attending the webinar you will learn how to:

Consolidate disparate ERPs

Build value adding centralized functions

Automate built-in trade compliance

Integrate newly acquired companies

Accelerate your digital transformation journey!

Kamran Saeed

Principal Engineer | IT Architecture | Wabtec

Kamran, with a degree in Mechanical Engineering began his career as an Application Engineer and subject matter expert in CAD/CAM/CAE (Computer-Aided Design, Manufacturing & Engineering) software, and then transitioned to an algorithm designer and software developer in the field. With over 20 years experience, Kamran’s role transitioned to primarily focus on ERP and database applications development. Joining the General Electric Company (GE) in the Healthcare division in 2006 as an ERP and CRM architect, he developed subject matter experience in the areas of engineering data management, manufacturing and supply chain, sales and service including customer and field service etc. In 2019, GE Transportation, the division Kamran was with at the time it was acquired by Wabtec Corp., is where his role as a senior solution architect continues.

Prantik Chakraborty

Vice President | Sales and Strategy | Trinamix

Prantik has 20 + years of experience in advising globally leading firms, optimizing supply chain networks, Supply Chain Management, and manufacturing scheduling. He demonstrated Leadership in successfully enabling major SCM and Manufacturing initiatives of leading corporations generating top-line and bottom-line business values. He is recognized for thought leadership in delivering solutions to address critical enterprise problems in the supply chain space working with customers and Oracle. Furthermore, Prantik has extensive experience driving successful, on-time implementations using Oracle cloud platforms, while maintaining strong, effective channels of communication with all stakeholders.

Vikram Singla

Senior Director | Strategy and Business Development | Supply Chain

Vikram helps supply chain and finance business leaders leverage technology to deliver meaningful business outcomes for their organizations. He also serves on the board of CILT (Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport) – UK. He has over 25 years’ experience in the technology sector, including deploying supply chain transformation programmes for Fortune 500 firms. One of his initial assignments was to build digital factory models to drive capital investment decisions at an automotive major. He is currently responsible for defining and executing the go-to-market strategy for cloud solutions in the UK. Vikram has an MBA from Warwick Business School and graduated from IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) Delhi, India

MARIA VILLABLANCA

Co-founder and CEO | Future Insights Network

Maria Villablanca is the Co-founder and CEO of The Future Insights Network, the fast-growing network of over 130,000 manufacturing and supply chain leaders, the host of the supply chain transformation podcast, Transform Talks and the author of the Transform Thoughts newsletter. Maria has interviewed hundreds of senior practitioners, thought-leaders, academics, and innovators from the world's most admired organizations to cut through the hype and noise around supply chain, manufacturing and transformation.