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Interview
Niranjan
Kirloskar
How global

supply network helps

Fleetguard Filters

to be competitive

Fleetguard Filters (FFPL) is a leading manufacturer of filtration solutions for the
automobile industry and caters to 100+ OEMS spread across the globe. It manufactures
and supplies the full range of filtration products, ranging from air, lube, fuel and
hydraulic to coolants and chemicals. Fleetguard’s products have a global reach and
customer base they export to the USA, Belgium, France, Australia, Singapore, and many
other countries.
Niranjan Kirloskar, Managing Director of Fleetguard Filters, spoke to Libin Chacko
Kurian about how their products are made available based on the needs of the
customer and how shipping is done via appropriate modes of transport to fulfil
customer requirements on time every time.
Their robust supply chain mechanism is based on buffer penetration
reporting (BPR) from the Theory of Constraints (TOC) which they
implemented for sourcing and supplying products. BPR ensures a stock
build that absorbs all logistical shocks of transit lead times including
the Red Sea concerns or any other murphy, leading to the smooth
functioning of business.

How has Fleetguard developed a partnership ensures timely delivery
supply network in both the Indian and and consistent product quality,
international markets? bolstering FFPL's presence in
FFPL has meticulously developed a global markets. The company's
robust supply network by strategically comprehensive supply network
locating its production plants across enables it to meet the dynamic
India. With five production plants demands of customers worldwide
situated in Nandur (near Pune), Hosur, while maintaining a competitive
Jamshedpur, Sitarganj, and Dharwad, edge in the filtration industry.
Fleetguard ensures proximity to key
markets and OEMs, reducing lead Can you elaborate on the
times significantly. These strategically strategies Fleetguard
located facilities efficiently cater to the implements to maintain
diverse needs of the Indian market. strong relationships with its
Additionally, FFPL has established network of dealers?
a global footprint by exporting FFPL employs several
products in collaboration with Atmus strategies to maintain
Filtration Technologies (formerly strong relationships with
known as Cummins Filtration) to its network of dealers.
various international markets. This Firstly, the company
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