Friday, Sep 4 2009 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM AWST

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Sunville Banquet Halls, Worli

Mumbai India

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As rapid socio-economic changes sweep across India, the country is witnessing a consumption explosion like it has never seen before. The numbers are staggering. 300 million people will move up from the category of rural poor to rural lower middle class between 2010 and 2025 taking rural consumption levels to current urban levels and making it the fifth largest consumer market in the world by 2025. To top it, the median age of India�s population is 25 years and these youths will witness a four- fold increase in their incomes over the next two decades. Global marketers love it even as they await the further opening up of the sector, which will further release several billion marketing dollars in the pot for everyone.

But retailing in India � be it via single brand stores, multi-brand stores, shopping malls, F&B chains, hyper markets or departmental stores � is not for the faint-hearted. The Indian consumers are spread over a large geography, are quality aware but also price conscious, demanding as well as careful, and their lifestyles, family structures and consumption preferences change dramatically with each zip code. But they are out there and they are buying.

- How do you then keep the shelves stacked but the supply chain lean?

- How do you then lead on quality but also on cost?

- How do you then expand but also manage your reach?

- How do you then fit around the ever changing physical and legislative infrastructure?

- How do you remain profitable and competitive now and be preferred forever?

- How do you manage the changes post � GST?

- How do you reach out to the country�s masses in Tier 2 and 3 cities and further in the rural?

Being held for the second time on popular demand, the Retail & Distribution operation summit shall help you explore and analyze real-life challenges pertaining to the operational and distributional aspects of retailing products in India � be it a car, a pair of shoes or jeans, a refrigerator, a tube of toothpaste or a bar of chocolate. Through real case studies, the event will focus on what leading retailers are doing to get products into the Indian consumers' hands first time correct but with extreme focus on cost, especially given the current economic conditions.

Over 10 sessions delivered by experienced speakers with versatile backgrounds and industries will contain actual experiences and perspectives on effective distribution operation in supply chain geared towards retail as well as innovation and ideas towards cost optimisation. Besides an action packed day of sessions, brainstorming and interaction, the summit will provide excellent networking opportunities with leading single or multi product retailers, retail chains or hyper marketers, product developers, manufacturers, logistics services providers, consultants and experts � all with the common agenda of driving up efficiencies and driving down costs of retail distribution and operation.

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SANDEEP on Aug 12, 2009 1:14 AM permalink
These is no avenues for packing in industries sector as well as part of logistic, because we have lot of convenes in industries sector for pallet packing, infect we are leading Mfg. of Edge-Board for pallet packing product in Indian market. But nobody interested for pallet packing than material will be damage for handling process and misplace of other side, so I think this is most impotent for pallet packing in the part of logistics.
Prashant on Apr 8, 2009 6:09 AM permalink
I am interested in vegitable supply chain if any oppurtunity mail me

Retail & Distribution Operations India Summit

Friday, Sep 4 2009 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM AWST

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Biography

Challenges and opportunities in logistics for organised retail in India
Indian Retail Market; Overview of Road Transport sector in India; Transportation - Weak link in Indian Retail supply chain; Managing Transportation; A tested approach; Opportunities for new entrants
Dharmendra Gangrade, Asst General Manager, Distribution & Logistics, Reliance Retail

Dance with your Supply Chain Partners

Achieving availability and freshness at retail shelves at optimum cost is the key challenge today. Businesses need to establish strategic partnerships with players along the supply chain to address these challenges. Service focus, cost consciousness and process simplification are the pillars of supply chain innovation. I shall dwell further on this thought at the summit

Shammi Dua, National Head-Logistics and Customer Operations, Cadbury India

Building a sustainable competitive advantage through supply chain responsiveness

The Indian FMCG industry is facing intensifying competition with proliferation of brands, growth of organized retail & highly demanding consumers. The ever increasing rentals and infrastructure constraints have put the retailers under tremendous pressure to increase their return per square foot and hence utilize every inch of their shelf space with a judicious mix of assortment & brands. In such a scenario a stock out for a particular product/brand could prove to be lethal with the space being permanently lost to some competitor. In a modern trade environment where product substitution is common for a consumer, it is very critical for the business to ensure the availability of the product on shelf 365 days without fail. Hence an agile & responsive supply chain can go a long way in building a sustainable competitive advantage for a FMCG player. Through the course of this presentation we will discuss how we can leverage technology & a nimble supply chain to be a market leader in this era of "Hypercompetition"

Amit Dalmia, National Customer Service Manager, Modern trade and CSD, Hindustan Unilever

Optimisation of Supply Chain - A Critical Success Factor for Indian Retail
Indian Retail is marked by huge opportunity and also by the newsness in the entry of Global Brands, Retailers and Retail practices. Creating success stories in this new paradigm has lots to do with how brands / Retailers manage their Supply Chain. In fact, lot of real life stories in Indian retail already suggest that lot of games can be won / lost on the basis of the supply chain of the company. Forecasting demand, managing orders of Retail partners, information sharing would go a long way in enabling companies to live closer to their consumer and all of these are key cogs in the supply chain system.
Abhishek Ganguly, Director of Sales, Puma India

Supply Chain and Store Expansion Planning using Analytical Modeling
The Retail segment after an interim period of lull, is likely to witness a second burst of activity in terms of its expansion that would entail developments in both the front end Stores and the back end Supply Chain comprising Warehouses, Depots and Logistic elements. The expansion of the Stores would be fundamentally Revenue and Cost driven affected by factors such as Demand, Competition and Rental Costs while the expansion in the Supply Chain would be a result of the Store expansion and would be purely Cost and Service driven affected by such factors as Transportation Cost, Storage Cost, Carrying Cost and Service Levels. In such a rapidly expanding market where each expansion would have significant bearing on the cost, a detailed upfront analysis of the impact of the expansion both in the Stores as well as in the Supporting Supply Chain network would be very beneficial from a medium-long term perspective. This presentation would show how this can be done using a Multi Period, Mixed Integer Programming tool.

Ramesh Krishnamurthy, Partner, IGSA Labs

Value Creation in Supply chain

Current level of Standardization and its impact in the Indian Supply Chain with respect to Warehousing, MHEs, pallets, logistics etc. Compare this with other advanced supply chains to try and quantify the value depletion happening today in India. Identification of the Least Common Denominator that could connect the disparate parts leading to value creation and capture for all the constituents of the Indian Supply Chain. How CHEP's 26 pieces of wood joined together with a few nails are making the difference to the Supply Chain today. Illustration of the realized and potential savings through an Indian Case study.

Vineet Mehrotra, Director Sales(FMCG),CHEP India Pvt. Ltd

"Cash is King" - Balance Inventory & Service by End to End Supply Chain excellence

In today's economic environment reducing inventory is imperative to sustain business. Taking a cue from famous Bollywood Movie "Cash is King" in today's business environment more than ever. It is important for companies to focus on End to End Supply Chain to drive down losses and increase capability across the Value Chain to deliver better consumer value at cheaper Cost and Cash (Inventory). Pardon for cliché but still its true: "Whole is always larger than sum of parts�. Example of how one can work across various legs of supply chain and maintain customer service/value at reduced inventories.
Arpan Gupta, Planning and Logistics Manager - Femcare , P&G India

3PL � For cost and quality efficiencies

C&F Agencies have evolved as End To End Solutions Providers, acquiring assets and expertise to competently offer pro-active and time saving services, thus freeing resources of clients for deployment into their Core Areas.

On-time and boundary less presence affords least startup time. Complete understanding and knowledge of needs, wants and expectations. Deliverance of services and product is impeccable from day one.

Days of try and hit or hit and try are bygone. Now it is hit and win.

Anil Bhantnagar, Head-Logistics Operations, Indo Arya

Lean Supply Chain
Why is Supply Chain becoming geared towards becoming increasingly Demand Driven
What does the roadmap look like in order to achieve it
Examples and cases
Supratim Ganguly, Chief - Growth Business Development, Future Group

CALL FOR SPEAKERS
If you have experience in retail or distribution operations in India and you are interested to participate in this event as a speaker or a panelist, email us at speak@supplychain.cn

As a speaker or panelist, you will get a complimentary registration for the entire event including a five-star hotel lunch; free event program, training materials and CD-Rom, assistance in booking discounted airfare and hotel accommodations and additional editorial coverage in CHaINA Magazine. Hotel and travel expenses incurred for the event will be your sole responsibility.