The Economic Times Supply Chain & Logistics Webinar

4 September 2020 | 4pm to 5:30pm IST

The Coronavirus pandemic, which is oddly reminiscent of the Spanish Flu that struck India in the month of June in 1918, has left businesses reimagining ways to continue operations and spruce up activity as the country returns to normalcy. According to a report from rating agency Acuite, which is certified by SEBI and the RBI, India approximately lost $4.5 billion a day during the first 21-days lockdown period amassing to a total of $100 billion.

Till now, business leaders have been concentrating on solving the immediate challenges required to keep the business as stable as possible and respond to the day to day challenges. However, with the realisation that the virus could extend its stay in its deadly format amidst the human population, businesses need to focus on building future-proof strategies using new technology solutions. These strategies will not only increase resilience, protect operations, and support employees through the crisis, but will also help sustain a competitive advantage to accelerate business growth once economies start to rebound.

This webinar will focus on the many facets of the supply chain for the manufacturing domain. It is designed to deliver a summary and practical information to help you connect the dots from risk management, capacity building and enhancing results to your supply chain planning and execution.

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Speakers

Ajay Nair
Partner – Supply Chain Transformation
PwC India

Harsh Anand
Sales Director
Ivalua India and South Asia

Dr Ravi Prakash Mathur
Vice President Supply Chain Management
Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories

Samrat Sehgal
Head of Supply Chain
Dabur

Sukanta Das
Chief Logistics Officer
Hindalco (Aditya Birla Group)

Sundar Kamak,
Global Head-Manufacturing Solutions
Ivalua Inc.

Vivek Agrawal
Vice President and Head of Sourcing and Supply Chain
Ashok Leyland

Agenda

16:00 – 16:15 Registration
16:15 – 16:20 Opening Remarks by Times Group
16:20 – 16:30 Setting the Tone – Road to Recovery
16:30 – 17:10

Walking the path: Achieving Resilience in the Manufacturing Supply Chain

  • Maintain business viability during Covid-19 crisis
  • Supply Chain Challenges and Vulnerabilities
  • Key Imperatives taken by Leading Manufacturers
  • Digital transformation of supply chain and how it can be implemented in the most productive manner
  • Role of Technology augmenting decision making and strategic alignment to key imperatives.
  • How can the manufacturing supply chain system be simplified?

Samrat Sehgal, Head of Supply Chain, Dabur
Dr Ravi Prakash Mathur, Senior Director Supply Chain – Head of Logistics, Central Planning and Corporate Sourcing, Dr Reddys
17:10 – 17:30 Q&A

17:30

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Harsh has 23 year of experience, have done leadership roles in sales, presales, delivery in India and USA. Harsh has worked in the past with IBM, Oracle, Wipro, Genpact and niche consulting firms.

In his current role with Ivalua, he is responsible for sales, business development and customer success for India and South Asia region. Harsh brings expertise in consultative selling, helping large organizations with digitization of processes to drive topline, reduce cost and improve efficiencies.

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  • Sundar is a 20+ year Direct Materials and Supply Chain Management veteran with practitioner with Solutions/Customer Marketing, Product Management & Engineering experience interacting with customers globally.
  • Prior to joining IVALUA, held various Solution Management and Product Strategy positions at BirchStreet Systems and SAP Ariba.
  • Prior to joining Ariba, Sundar spent a number of years with Covisint, an eBusiness automotive marketplace in their Strategic Sourcing and Supply Chain Solution group where he led large Strategic Sourcing and eBusiness Transformation initiatives for Automotive OEM’s .
  • Prior to working in Enterprise Software Industry, Sundar worked in Manufacturing and Supply Chain in a variety of roles for Aerospace and Automotive companies.
  • Sundar has presented at past Sourcing Interest Group (SIG) events, ISM Supply Management Conference, Ariba Live conference, Procurement Leaders and Procurecon conference and has contributed to several Sourcing and Supply Chain focused blogs and magazines
  • Sundar holds a Master’s Degree in both Materials Science & Engineering and Mechanical Engineering from Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

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Vivek Agrawal is Vice President and Head of Sourcing and Supply Chain at Ashok Leyland, with over 30 years of experience in Sourcing & Supply Chain with a demonstrated history of working in the automotive industry. His area of expertise includes Negotiation, Operations Management, Engineering, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and People Management.

Vivek is an MBA in Operations Management and a Graduate in Mechanical Engineering. Before joining Ashok Leyland, he has worked with other automobile organisations such as Caparo Engineering, Larsen & Toubro and Bajaj Auto.

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