{"id":1000,"date":"2016-03-02T07:41:05","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T07:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/?p=1000"},"modified":"2019-11-08T10:37:18","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T10:37:18","slug":"jindal-global-business-school-organizes-national-symposium-on-supply-chain-management-and-logistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/2016\/03\/02\/jindal-global-business-school-organizes-national-symposium-on-supply-chain-management-and-logistics\/","title":{"rendered":"Jindal Global Business School Organizes \u2018National Symposium on Supply Chain Management and Logistics\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u2018The weakest link\u2019, determines the strength and liability of a\nsupply chain system; Professor (Dr.) Prem Vrat, Pro-Chancellor, Professor of\nEminence and Chief Mentor, NORTHCAP University<\/li><li>Leading industry stalwarts and academicians from across the\ncountry deliberate on issues surrounding Supply Chain Management and Logistics<\/li><li>National symposium is organized by the Centre for Supply\nChain &amp; Logistics Management, JGBS. <\/li><li>Indian logistics sector, capable of delivering world class\nlogistics services; Vimal Srivastava, GM, Worldwide Logistics Pvt. Ltd.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A national symposium on \u201cSupply Chain\nManagement and Logistics\u201d organized by the Centre for Supply Chain &amp;\nLogistics Management (CSCLM), Jindal Global Business School (JGBS) of O.P.\nJindal Global University (JGU) concluded on the university campus. The forum\nwas supported by the Octaphi (OM) club, JGBS and SCNext India, Skill Pro a&nbsp;professional\nassociation affiliated to&nbsp;International Supply Chain Education\nAlliance&nbsp;(ISCEA) based in USA. The forum was attended by leading\nacademicians, global business practitioners, senior supply chain professionals\nand students from various business schools. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The national symposium enveloped four\nthematic sessions that sought to explore some of the most fundamental\nchallenges and best practices in the area of supply chain and logistics\nmanagement. Key themes of the symposium reflected on \u2018innovations in agile\nsupply chain, emerging trends in international logistics, future of third party\nlogistics (3PL) in India, skill gaps in logistics sector in the country,\ntransformation of global supply chain and the rising need to reform warehousing\nindustry in the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Introducing the theme of the\nsymposium to the audience, Professor (Dr.) C. Gopinath, Dean, Jindal Global\nBusiness School (JGBS), noted, \u201cToday well-developed supply chains are an\nintegral part of the firm\u2019s success.&nbsp; Innovation\nis not only about designing a new product or service to sell, but can also\nfocus on current industry procedures and practices to improve competence,\nattract new customers, minimize waste, boost profits, ensure sustainability and\ndevelop economies of scale.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe weakest link of the supply chain\nsystem determines the strength and liability of the chain\u201d, said Professor\n(Dr.) Prem Vrat, Pro-Chancellor, Professor of Eminence and Chief Mentor,\nNORTHCAP University (formerly ITM University), Gurgaon, Haryana. \u201cThe strength\nof a chain is determined by its weakest link and therein lies the weakness of\nthe supply chain management system. We must ensure that all link partners of\nthe chain are seen in totality and not as an isolated population of individual links,\nfor supplies to be managed effectively in a chain system.\u201d He added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Vrat, further articulated the\nneed for adopting a multi-faceted approach to deal with challenges faced by the\nindustry in India. He emphasized comparing the international scenario with the\nIndian scene and highlighted the need for strengthening the chains, supply\nefficiency, customer orientation, people-development, and systemic reforms\nthrough a collaborative and competitive approach.&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Delivering a\nspecial address Mr. Krishan K. Batra, President and CEO, Institute of Supply\nManagement (India), highlighted the future visible trends as a move from cost\nfocus to value focus, tactical to strategic sourcing, supplier relationship\nglobalization, improving skills, amongst many other trends based on the recent\nstudy conducted in 2015.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking on the prospects and future\nof the third party logistics sector in the country, Mr. Vimal Srivastava,\nGeneral Manager, Worldwide Logistics Pvt. Ltd, noted \u201cIndia ranked 46<sup>th<\/sup>\nout of 183 countries in an evaluation conducted to assess industry performance in\nthe logistics sector. The country has performed exceptionally well and has\ntremendous growth potential.\u201d&nbsp; \u201cThe\nsector has seen growth across the country and has the capability to deliver\nworld class logistics services\u201d, he added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at the forum, Professor\n(Dr.) Saroj Koul, Assistant Dean Research, Executive Director, Centre for\nSupply Chain &amp; Logistics Management, JGBS, said, \u201cThe Indian Logistic\nSector in the coming five years has to improve drastically for the success of\nthe \u2018Make in India\u2019 initiative launched by the central government.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She further highlighted the immediate\nneed for GST roll out to create single unified market place in India, encourage\npublic-private partnerships for the establishment of world class logistic\ninfrastructure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A National\nStudent Paper Presentation Competition was also organized as part of the\nsymposium in collaboration with SCNext India SkillPRO, and IMT Ghaziabad bagged\nthe overall first prize of the 22 competition papers received for the event.\nContributions, both empirical and conceptual addressed three themes: Emerging\nTrends in International Logistics Practices; Role of Big data and Analytics in\nthe Future of Supply Chain and Developing Innovations in Agile Supply Chain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other distinguished speakers who led\nthe themes and spoke therein were Mr. Prasad Joglekar, Senior Vice President,\nSupply Chain, Jubilant Life Science Ltd, Mr. Avinash Mathur, Director &#8211; Supply\nChain &amp; Planning, Whirlpool India, Ms. Sarini Sachdeva, CEO, Aardour Worldwide\nLogistics Pvt. Ltd., Mr. Rupesh Bhagchandani, Head, Supply Chain, Bata India\nPvt. Ltd. and Mr. M. Srinivas, Vice President, Warehousing, Procam Logistics\nPvt Ltd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Jindal Global Business School <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Jindal\nGlobal Business School\u2019s (JGBS) vision is to impart global business education\nto uniquely equip students, managers and professionals with necessary\nknowledge, acumen and skills so as to enable. Global collaborations are an\nimportant part of JGBS. The school has formal collaborations with renowned\ninstitutions like University of Texas at Dallas, Carleton University, Suffolk\nUniversity, Goethe University, European Business School, and the University of\nNew Brunswick. In addition, the students will take classes with excellent\nfaculty engaged in impactful research, and will have opportunities to interact\nwith several scholars and experts trained at global institutions who are hosted\nat JGBS during the year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Centre for Supply Chain &amp; Logistics\nManagement (CSCLM)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The center aims at excellence in\nresearch and education in the areas of supply chain and logistics by offering\nresearch driven consultancy, analyzing implementation that result in major\nsavings, and benchmarking best practices in organizations. 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