Tata Motors Wins SPJIMR Supply Chain Excellence Award

Tata Motors Wins SPJIMR Supply Chain Excellence Award

The crème-de-la-crème of the corporate world descended upon Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's S. P. Jain Institute of Management & Research campus in Mumbai to be a part of and bear witness to the one-of-a-kind SPJIMR Supply Chain Excellence Awards 2006 showcasing the greatest of Indian success stories in supply chain management practices.

The highly anticipated event on December 2, 2006, chronicled the legends in the business of sweat and success, which have pioneered the finest practices in supply chain management. It was launched in the year 2004 and the response from industry has been overwhelming with cases from leading companies including Ashok Leyland, Asian Paints, Cummins, Gillette, Marico, M&M, Maruti, MICO, Nicholas Piramal, Ranbaxy, Shoppers' Stop, Titan Industries, Tata Motors and Tata Steel.

This year, the evaluation was done by the jury members comprising of a panel of supply chain management experts including Prof. G. Raghuram, Professor, IIM Ahmedabad, Prof. M. Korgaonkar, Director General, NICMAR, Mr. Surku Sinnadurai, MD, I2 Solutions, Mr. Gaurav Asthana, VP, Renoir Consulting, Mr. Sachin Mirashi, Country Head, CSL, P&G, Mr. Sunil Gera, AGM Operations and Prof. Jamshed Modi, Professor, Manufacturing and Operations, SPJIMR. The winners were selected based on the tangible and intangible benefits and impact of the innovative supply chain management solutions on the overall business and the long-term sustenance of the initiative.

After the enlightening paper presentations by the six short listed companies, there was a panel discussion on the topic 'Vision for Developing a Logistic Solution for India in the New Millennium' chaired by Prof. M. Korgaonkar, Director General, NICMAR and included Prof. G. Raghuram , Professor, IIM Ahmedabad, Mr. Niraj N. Ambani, Sr. VP, Reliance Logistics Ltd., Mr. Nishit Kumar, Head, Awareness & Advocacy, Childline India Foundation and Mr. S. Harinarayanan, Member, National Committee on Logistic Services, Confederation of Indian Industries (CII).

The panel discussed the challenges in supply chain management in India, highlighting the issues of capacity constraint, infrastructure, technology, planning process, regulatory and strategic concerns of logistic service providers and private sector companies. The sweeping revolution in supply chain practices across companies in India has come at a most appropriate time creating a profound impact on our country's economy. The solution lies in a collaborative framework, so that the smaller associations co. longer view each other merely as competitors. Logistics and supply chain needs to be treated like a silo and the parameters should be driven more that business objectives than targeting just the logistic issues; logistic strategy has to be a pass through process. It is integral to correlate planning process and adapt logistics when changes take place in the organization.

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Contributed by -
Meghana Kedar,
PGDBM, 2006-2008,
S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai.

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