Abstract

The case highlights the main operational functions of L&T’s construction division - ECC. It focuses on the diverse and vast geographical spread of ECC’s business and examines the challenges that the staggered and diversified nature of its business posed to the company. The case discusses in detail the supply chain management strategies adopted by ECC in order to streamline its supplier network and improve the efficiency of its supply chain. It also identifies the importance of information technology in ECC’s supply chain. A lot of importance has been given to the functioning of ECC’s enterprise information portal (EIP) and its web-based supply chain management solution. The case also tries to bring out the fact that implementation of Information Technology in the supply chain of ECC has helped it make its operations lean and agile.

Learning Objectives

The case is structured to achieve the following Learning Objectives:

• Vendor Management, Inventory Management, Supply Chain Integration, Supply Chain Collaboration.

Keywords

Larsen & Toubro, Supply Chain Management, Vendor Management, Enterprise Information Portal, Indian Construction Industry, L&T Information Technology Limited, Grasim Industries, Inventory Management, Web-Based SCM, Engineering Construction and Contracts (ECC), Build-Own-Operate-Transfer (BOOT), Supply Chain Integration, Supply Chain Collaboration, Construction Enterprise Management and Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT)