TCS Strategic Sourcing and Procurement platform helps Mother Dairy realise sustainable savings

MUMBAI: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), the IT services, consulting and business solutions organisation, announced on Wednesday that that Mother Dairy Fruit and Vegetable Private, a subsidiary of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) and one of India’s leading Dairy players has started using TCS' solutions and services to deliver sustainable savings on sourcing and procurement. These include consulting on strategy and design of centralized procurement cell, spend analysis for enhanced visibility, as well as deployment of Sourcing and Procurement Platform for streamlined operations.

"Implementation of Electronic procurement platform , was the first step towards automating the procurement process with the help of TCS. This was followed up with a Strategic sourcing initiative along with creation of a Centralized Procurement Cell. The aim is to strategize purchasing by leveraging volumes across all verticals," said Meghnad Mitra, CFO, Mother Dairy Fruit & Vegetable in the statement.

The release also stated that TCS enabled Strategic Sourcing has helped Mother Dairy to consolidate and standardise sourcing across its 18 plants in India for categories such as Transportation, Packaging, Refrigeration Equipment and Travel. This has helped Mother Dairy realize sustainable savings thereby aligning with their vision of providing quality food and beverages at affordable prices to the consumers while ensuring fair returns to the producers.
"We are delighted to work with Mother Dairy to help one of India’s most well-known brands re-imagine its supply chain in the digital age. Not only will this make Mother Diary more efficient, it will benefit milk producers and consumers as well. TCS Sourcing and Procurement Platform and services help customers establish and execute these strategic sourcing programs by bringing in expertise, insights and results," said Raj Agrawal, VP and global head, TCS Platform Solutions.