CONFERENCE DAY 1 – 26th April

1115 - Key Note Address:

1130 - Importance of warehousing in overall development of Indian logistics sector (Panel Discussion)

How important is to invest in infrastructure to boost the logistics industry in India?

What are the Government's initiatives in regard?
What are the latest private initiatives in creating more sophisticated storage space?

Abhik Saha, Director- Supply Chain, Benetton India Pvt.Ltd
Anil Arora, Director, M J Logistics Service Ltd.
Arif Siddiqui, Director, Coign Consulting

1215 - Supply Chain Execution Convergence: Exploiting an SCE Platform for Competitive Advantage (Presentation)

Get an overview of SAP's vision of supply chain execution convergence that will allow SCM organizations to model, orchestrate and synchronize end-to-end logistics processes on a single platform. The session will also cover insights from SAP's warehousing benchmarking program.

Sunil Wahi, Director, SCM LOB Sales, SAP India Ltd

1300 - Networking Lunch

1345 - Current challenges and initiative required for continuing with the growth (Presentation)

What are the regulatory and commercial challenges faced by the industry?

What could be the implication of these challenges on the ongoing growth?

What are the immediate steps required to overcome these challenges?

Abhijit Chaudhuri, Consultant

1430 - Role of seamless supply chain process in mitigating food wastage (Presentation)

The issue of food wastage has been a matter of concern for the country since quiet sometime now. A lot has been talked about with limited execution. What are the immediate measures required to curb down the wastage? Is the Government going to invest increating more storage facility? Is there any scope of a PPP model with the private warehouse owners?

Howard James-Scott, Director, Big Bear Enterprises

Capt. Sushil Bhan, Prinicipal Advisor, Cross Tree Techno Visors

1515 - On-line retail: The new opportunity for supply chain and the challenges (Panel Discussion)

The latest model of online shopping has been catching up very fast. With the vast circulation of products and a deadline to meet, is there any need to develop a specialized supply chain process? How does the supply chain work in this sector and what are the challenges faced by the sector today?

Rakesh Sharma, DGM Supply chain, 99 Labels.com

Nimish Desai, Director-supply chain solutions, Indian Subcontinent, Infor Global Solutions

Chris Buckthorp, Chief Strategy & Managed Services, Gati Ltd.

1600 - Networking Tea & Coffee

1630 - Mitigating cost in Supply chain operations (Panel Discussion)

Cutting down the cost of operations is of paramount importance for all operators today. The cost of fuel, spares and maintenance needs to be brought down. Also, there is an increasing pressure of energy conservation and bringing the 'Green' in operations. What are the latest Automation solutions available to mitigate this cost? What are the industry best practices worldwide?

Arif A. Siddiqui, Director, Coign Consulting (Session Chairman)

S A Mohan, CEO, Maini Materials Movement Pvt.Ltd.

Olav Stadaas, Managing Director, Mettler –Toledo Cargoscan AS

1715 - Significance of Sophisticated Materials Handling in Enhanced Supply Chain Process.(Presentation)

Edward Ray, Director, Daifuku India Pvt. Ltd.

1745 - Summary of Day one by Convener

Howard James Scott, Big Bear Enterprises

CONFERENCE DAY 2 – 27th April

0930 - Morning Tea & Coffee

0945 - Opening remarks by Convener

Howard James Scott, Founder, Big Bear Enterprises

1000 - Challenges in achieving Just-In-Time performance and its effect on the client relationship (Panel Discussion)

The biggest challenge for any supply chain company is to meet deadlines. This is also one major point of dissatisfaction when it comes to clients. There are several factors effecting the on-time performance and needs an immediate attention of the client, service provider and regulatory authorities. What are these challenges and how to overcome these challenges to meet deadlines?

Arunachalam.R, GM, Supply Chain Biz Initiatives,Redington (I) Ltd

Sandeep Sharma, International Supply Chain( Middle East , India & North Africa ), Papa Johns International Inc

Dharmesh Srivastava, GM- Supply Chain & Purchase, Agro Tech Foods Ltd.

Anand Maithani, Head-SCM (India Operations), Apollo Tyres Ltd.

1045 - New opportunities demand new technology in developing infrastructure (Presentation)

Warehousing is no more just the storage space. The strategic importance of warehousing in supply chain has made it imperative to design and construct the facility in accordance with the international standards. Important elements including PEB, flooring and Lighting system have to be in line with the usage of the storage facility. What are the latest technological offerings to make a worldclass warehouse?

Arif A. Siddiqui, Director, Coign Consulting (Session Chairman)

Ganesh P. Chaudhari, General Manager, Bekaert Industries

Subrata Sen, National Key Account Manager– Industry, Philips Lighting India

Ankur Bedi, Director Business Development & Projects, Cold Steel Corporation

1145 - Key decision points while designing and implementing a WMS (Presentation)

What are the key decision points that customers should consider when designing or implementing Warehouse Management – Inventory control, interfaces, Key metrics for a successful implementation, Technology preference, internal skill set to help support the WM, Labor management etc.

Jeff Baum, Senior Vice President, Manhattan Associates

1215 - "Effective Supply Chain with Enterprise Mobility" (Presentation)

Real-time information | Data accuracy at the point of collection | Reduced overall inventories

Philip Leong, Business Development Director -Supply Chain, Motorola Solutions

1245 - Remarks by convener and close of conference

Howard James Scott, Big Bear Enterprises

1300 - Networking Lunch & Close of Conference