The seminar included key note addresses and speeches from eminent personalities from the industry working in the field of Logistics and SCM like Mr J Sridharan, President ‘WCM Cell’ Aditya Birla Group, Mr Amit Kawoor, Cadbury’s India Ltd, Mr Nagendra, Country Head, Maersk Logistics Ltd and Mr Sachin Bhatnagar, Head SCM , MARICO to name a few.
The event also had two panel discussion sessions with different themes. Panelists like Mr A Choudhary (M&M;), Mr P Mehta (Mehta Consultings), Ms Ashu Gupta (Sangam Retail), Mr Anup Chaturvedi (HP), Mr Neelkanth (J&J;) and Mr Kalyan Ghosh (Essar Steel) shared their invaluable insights on the contemporary topics related to SCM and logistics management. There was a unanimous agreement on the fact that SCM today is emerging as the most important function in the corporate structure and is redefining its scope. Organizations today can no more afford to ignore its role it their business strategies, after realizing the cost benefits it brings and strong influence on bottom lines. Both the discussions brought to light the problems, innovative solutions and the latest developments taken up by Supply Chain Managers across diversified sectors. The audience were so engrossed in getting their queries satisfied that the schedule overshot almost by an hour.
In addition there were two paper presentations contest ‘Prastuti’- one for corporate and another for the students of B-schools. Participants from companies like Wipro, I2 Tech and Cadbury’s presented their papers on the theme ‘Exploring opportunities and navigating today’s supply chain challenges.’ The event was judged by professionals from industry as well as renowned academicians. Mr Pawan Soni from WIPRO Technologies won the first prize by presenting a breathtaking paper on evangelizing the supply chain of an idea. It was truly a new dimension added to the traditional meaning of supply chain.
The inter B-school paper presentation, was a huge hit across the country and we saw over hundred entries coming in from all the top colleges of the country. Six teams were shortlisted after the first round and after the final presentation round team from NITIE came first and the team from IIM- A came as runner up.
The seminar was a huge success and it gave a very good exposure to the students who wanted to take SCM as a carrier. The seminar also gave a very good insight into the concept and practice of SCM in the Industry. The event was highly exciting, enriching and a value addition to everyone.