The Operations Committee of the Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIMB), X-Ops, organised its annual business conclave “Ashwamedh’18” on “Sustainable Supply Chain Management: Indian Context” here on Saturday.
Inspirage Practice director Rajesh Kutty, Uber Community Operation head Anindya Sundar Das, 3Pl And Contract logistics, AvvashyaCCI logistics VP Viswanathan Raju, Shell Project quality and Capability team head Debasish Mohapatra and Henkel Demand Planning-Adhesives head Viswanathan Rajamanickam were the speakers.
XIMB Operation Prof Arun Paul explained how business itself is a supply chain, considering unstable consumption and depletion of resources, extreme weather and climatic conditions.
Kutty explained how digitalisation can help reduce disruptions in supply chain by citing examples of two case studies: 3D printing and cloud computing. He also spoke about how digitalisation and implementation of Integrated Business Planning (IBP) gives visibility without compromising on the growing needs of the customer.
Mohapatra stated that “Sustainability is all about planet, profit and people” and Rajamanickam said, “Sustai-nability is not only about employees, it is also about contractors and people we are not directly working with”. An interactive question and answer session was also held. On the occasion, X-Ops’s operations magazine “Ashwamedh” was unveiled.