LOGISTICS SUMMIT 2021

Building Resilience in Supply chains

12 March 2021, CII Hive
Agenda

1505 - 1600 Hrs Inaugural Session

1505 - 1515 Hrs Welcome Address Mr R Dinesh

Chairman
CII Institute of Logistics Advisory Council
And Managing Director
TVS Supply Chain Solutions

1515 – 1530 Hrs Theme Address Mr Bitan Datta

Managing Director & Partner
Boston Consulting Group

1530 -1540 Hrs Special Address Prof G Raghuram

Principal Academic Advisor
National Rail & Transportation Institute

1540 – 1550 Hrs Inaugural Address Mr Sudhendu Sinha

Adviser
Infrastructure Connectivity – Transport
and Electric Mobility
NITI Aayog

1550 - 1600 Hrs Closing Remarks Mr Anil Arora

Founding Partner
Aetos Growth Partners
 1600 - 1715 Hrs Technical session: Enabling enterprise supply chain resilience

From migration of labor to disruption in transportation, COVID 19 has created unprecedented disruption
in global supply chains. “Redesign supply chains” is a common response that may be noted from
enterprises across industries around the world. Supply chain planning, coordination and execution in
new normal requires adaption of emerging technologies. Minimum automation is required in storage
and transportation. Deeper insights are required into global supply chain planning that factor risks and
flag potential disruptions. Digitalization and digital transformation are a strong trend that is visible
across industrial supply chain redesigns. Range of emerging technologies from robotics to Block chain
and Artificial Intelligence are gaining prominence. Cloud computing is a new normal and integration of
digital solutions in planning and operational areas enable enterprises minimize supply chain risks. This
session highlights cross industry trends in supply chain resilience deliberates in four broad areas to find
solutions for immediate future –

▪ What should be the broad framework for supply chain resilience?

▪ How can such a framework influence investor confidence in Logistics?
▪ How can adaption of Logistics standards enable resilience framework?
▪ What is right mix of mechanization, automation and manual operations in near future?
▪ What are readily available reliable digital solutions?

Session Chairman Mr Bala Aghoramurthy

Deputy Managing Director
GATI Limited

Panel Discussion
Dr Pramod Sant, Vice President & Head of Import Export and Customs, Siemens
Mr Sunil Kumar, Director - ERP & SCM Cloud Competency, Oracle India
Mr Ishaan Singh Bedi, Chief Executive Officer, Synchronized Supply Systems Limited
Mr Dilip Sharma, Chief Operating Officer, ProConnect Integrated Logistics
Mr Sangeet Kumar, Co-Founder & CEO, Addverb

1700 - 1715 Hrs Q & A Session

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