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The Infrastructure Sector has become one of the biggest talking points in India with significant amount of focus by the Governments both at the State and the Centre. As per the Planning Commission, India is expected to spend more than 1 trillion $ as planned in the Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-17).
As part of the Infrastructure Sector, the key areas of focus by the Government are in:
- Roads
- Power
- Telecom
- Airports
- Parks & SEZs
- Ports
- Railways
However, most projects in this sector have been languishing both in terms of Costs as well as Schedules. For example, in Roads, an alarmingly large 40% of completed contracts had cost overruns in the range of 25-50% (based on a World Bank report). The key reasons for delays in overall project execution & cost overruns are -
(a) Land acquisition & clearances delays
(b) Planning inefficiencies
(c) Managing Logistics & Procurement Challenges
(d) Lack of strong professional knowledge
Aqua MCG has strong expertise in working with the Infrastructure sector creating tangible value for Infrastructure companies. We understand in the case of Infrastructure projects, the opportunity cost of not completing the project in time is usually much bigger than any other cost constraints since this has direct implications on both the top-line as well as the bottom-line.
As an organization that has its origins in Consulting leading to Execution excellence, we bring in our expertise on Optimization and Planning to bring some ‘method to the madness’. In addition, we collaborate with our ecosystem of execution partners to ensure that we focus on ensuring the success of the project. To do this, we also make extensive use of technology to aid us.
Our services are primarily in the following areas:
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Service
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Impact
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Roads
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Logistics Parks & SEZ
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EPC
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Consulting & Optimization Services
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Cost Optimization
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• Logistics Optimization – Fleet Mix Optimization, Multi-Modal
• Cost Reduction Exercise
• Procurement Transformation
• Enterprise Process Design & Rollout
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• Space Optimization & Layout Design
• Warehousing Technology Implementations
• Enterprise Process Design & Rollout
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• Procurement Transformation
• Logistics Optimization
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Project Planning & Management Services
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• Project Portfolio Management & Integrated Project Planning
• Lean Execution
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• Warehousing Infrastructure Setup & Rollout
• Program Management for Rollout
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• Earned Value Management and Project Portfolio Planning
• Lean Execution
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Strategic Advisory Services
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• Feasibility Studies
• Center of Excellence Setup
• Technology Strategy
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• Business Planning & Financial Modeling
• Entry Strategy
• Organization Setup & Change Management
• Feasibility Studies
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• Organization Setup & Change Management
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Procurement Co-Sourcing & Management Services
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Spend Management
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Spend Analytics
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Transaction Processing
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Outsourcing of PO processing & Delivery Follow-Up
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Sourcing Expertise
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Managed Sourcing in collaboration with client procurement teams
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Technology Implementation
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· eProcurement platform implementation
· eSourcing platform implementation
· Visibility Systems
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Logistics Outsourcing & Managed Services
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Logistics Design
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· Route Survey
· Multi-Modal Logistics Design (Road, Rail, Coastal)
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Managed Logistics
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· 4PL Services
· Logistics Monitoring
· Fleet Process Training
· Project Logistics
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Logistics Procurement
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· Fleet Procurement
· Lease or Buy Decisions
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Our experience with many of the companies in India who are engaging in Infrastructure projects highlights the lack of strong internal capabilities. Hence we take an approach of creating a ‘Center of Excellence’ within a client organization where we help build the capability and hand it over back to them after successful completion of projects.
Our key technology expertise has helped us create a variety of tools which help in ensuring success in these projects. Some of the sample tools that we have successfully used in the past include:
• Visibility and Analytic Solutions through BI
• Mobility Solutions for real-time Project Information
• Logistics Optimization Tool for Multi-Modal Logistics
• Project Monitoring Tool for Control & Compliance at Sites
• Project Portfolio Management Tool for Earned Value
• Simulation Software
• Dispatch Planning Tools
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