About ISB&M

International School of Business & Media, Pune

ISB&M Chain Act 2008

International School of Business & Media, Pune is one of the premier institutes in the country and is among the top 2% of the B-Schools in the country. It offers Post Graduate Programmes in various disciplines of Business Management. Founded in year 2000, ISB&M has grown rapidly both in size and reputation and has demonstrated impressive performance on all parameters and over a period of time. We have been successful in creating an environment that induces great learning and academic excellence.

Key factors in ISB&M’s growth is its excellent faculty and its pool of talented students, infact many of the students have work experiences in companies like IBM, BHARAT FORGE, INFOSYS, SATYAM etc. An important element that differentiates ISB&M from any other institute is its culture that advocates openness with a sense of responsibility. At ISB&M learning is innovative that transforms students into expressive, dynamic and responsible managers.

ISB&M maintains a strong and effective interface with the industry that helps us to maintain our pace with changing time and exposes us to the new trends in the industry which comprises Sharing of ideas and experiences by eminent corporate executives

About Chain Act 08

Chain Act '08

Chain Act’08 is a forum of academicians and supply chain professionals to network and evaluate practices being deployed in a wider range of industries, especially for the improvements in the field of operations, material management, logistics, risk management and other aspects of supply chain management. The conference offers a holistic view of the entire supply chain, including procurement and manufacturing.

It is a one day conference organized by International School of Business and Media, Pune. This conference is part of our endeavor to develop a platform for discussion of current trends and issues of Supply Chain. The whole idea is to get academicians and industry professional on one platform so as to discuss the challenge industries are facing and how one can utilize that as an opportunity to grow and remain in business.

Eminent speakers from the industry and premium business schools would be delivering lectures to provide an insight into the challenges and recent research and developments in the area. Several panel discussions would be arranged for experts in there fields so as to come up with concrete outcome. Over hundred and fifty delegates are expected to endorse the event across the country this year to share and enhance their knowledge in the field.

Apart from networking opportunity this conference will provide a valuable exposure to the supply chain community at large, to prepare for the future challenges and develop an aptitude for applying innovative methods to improve supply chain both from strategic and technological aspects

Theme

Umberella Theme

“Crafting a Resilient Supply Chain: Sailing Through Turbulence”

The challenge involved in running a global supply chain is how companies meet their goals, how they manage their supply chains. Other than factors like greater complexity of products and services, higher energy prices, and increasing financial volatility, global supply chain strategic goals is being determined by factors like reducing costs, and getting products faster to market.

The question is how to develop a resilient supply chain model? A model that would be flexible enough to incorporate new changes, be robust at testing times and stay tough, for example even during major disruptions like natural disasters, terrorist attacks, and wars companies should be able to continue operations with minimal impact on their supply chain processes while other companies might experience delays or complete shutdowns.

Most businesses are ill-prepared to handle the rising risk levels. Concerns about supply chain risks and supplier issues are reverberating in boardrooms and among shareholder groups throughout the world. The challenge remains how organizations build robust but flexible systems needed to manage these issues effectively? How the “silos” nature of supply chain functions can be integrated with the organization systems and processes seamlessly?

Sub Themes

Sub Themes

(a) Will changing consumer preferences drive the future value chain?

(b) Risk Management Is Key to Supply Chain Resilience

(c) Free the Enterprise: Bust the silos in the supply chain

(d) Supply Network: Link across the continents by leveraging technology

(e) New Model for the Future Supply Chain

(f) Supply chain outsourcing: More choices, tough decisions

Speakers From Previous Years

1) Mr. S R Athawale, Executive Director, ONGC
2) Mr. Gautam Bose, COO, Tata Johnson Controls
3) Mr. Jayant Ambast, VP Supply Chain, Perfetti Van Melle
4) Mr. Shekhar Oak, Head Logistics, CEAT Ltd.
5) Dr. B Mahadevan, Professor SCM, IIM Banglore
6) Mr. Subhrendu Sengupta, Head Logistics, Xerox
7) Mr. Sadashiv Nayak, Head Operations, Pantaloons
8) Mr. Vilas Panse, VP Procurement, Bharat Forge
9) Mr. Neeraj Prasad, VP Operations, WNS
10) Mr. Shashank Pathak, Head SCM, Piramyd
11) Mr. D V Vora, Head SCM, Godrej & Boyce
12) Mr. P R Kothari, Head Supply Chain and Management, L&T
13) Mr. Prabir Mitra, Sr. GM (IT), Tata Motors
14) Mr. Sandeep Kumar Sharma,Head SCM, Barista Coffee Co.

Tentative Speakers for this year are from following companies

1) SKF

2) General Motors

3) KEC International

4) Fritolays

5) Pidilite

6) Xerox

7) Dr. Reddy's

8) Electrolux

9) Ceat

10) Tata Technologies

11) Ranbaxy

12) Honda Siel

13) Crompton Greaves

14) Asian Paints

15) Tata Motors

16) Maruti Udyog Ltd

17) Genpact

18)) Godrej and Boyce

19) Nicolas Piramal

20) Nestle

21) HLL

22) Suzlon

23) Agrotech Foods Pvt. Ltd

24) ITC Infotech

25) Piaggio Vehicles Ltd

For more details contact to these nos.

Event co-ordinator "Nikhil" :: 9881762385

Co co-ordinator "Nilesh" :: 9890665849

Sponsership "Vishwadeep" :: 9730003027

Sovenier "Tarkeshwar" :: 9923820435

Deligate "Saurabh" :: 9326041857

Media Planning "Priyanka" :: 9049459299

Media Planning "Ram" :: 98604479308