Pune-based Enlight Metals, India’s first company to introduce AI-enabled 24-hour metal
procurement and delivery, is transforming industrial metal sourcing by enabling manufacturers to
procure ready-stock steel within 24 hours. Powered by artificial intelligence, the platform enables
faster sourcing decisions, improves supply chain visibility, and helps manufacturers build more
efficient, resilient, and intelligent procurement operations.
Despite rapid digital transformation across manufacturing, procurement continues to face
challenges such as fragmented communication, manual coordination, and lengthy approval cycles,
which often result in production delays and operational inefficiencies. Enlight Metals addresses
these gaps by using AI to analyse supplier availability, inventory levels, pricing, logistics readiness,
and regional demand in real time, enabling manufacturers to make faster and more informed
procurement decisions. This intelligent approach has helped the company reduce end-to-end
transaction processing time by 75%, increase daily order handling capacity by 10x without expanding
administrative headcount, and consistently maintain its 24-hour delivery commitment for ready-
stock steel.
The platform has also delivered significant operational efficiencies across the procurement
ecosystem. AI-driven demand forecasting and supplier matching have reduced inventory carrying
costs by over 30%, lowered manual administrative effort by more than 60%, and accelerated
supplier discovery and price matching by 80%.
Commenting on the development, Mr. Dhananjay Goel, Managing Director, Enlight Metals, said,
“Manufacturing has embraced AI on the factory floor, but procurement has largely remained
dependent on manual processes and delayed decision-making. At Enlight Metals, we believe
procurement should be just as intelligent as production. Our AI-enabled 24-hour delivery model
enables manufacturers to move from reactive sourcing to predictive procurement, helping them
reduce delays, optimise working capital, and build more resilient supply chains. As India advances
towards becoming a global manufacturing hub, intelligent procurement will play a defining role in
strengthening industrial competitiveness.”