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Method In Motion
amit mukherjee, Vicepresident (iT and supply chain) and group cio at rpg, has deployed exemplary supplychain strategies at spencer‘s retail >> page 34
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network equipment opens How to avoid heartburns awhen window of opportunity signing SLAs.
Moving Life’s Goods
KK Kaul, VP (Head - SCM), LG Electronics India Ltd, has set up the Korean giant’s India supply-chain fromNEglEcTEd scratch. Here’s how.
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Contents 8 AnAlysis
Fresh Look At Cold Chain Sector
The cold chain sector is finally getting its due both from the government and the industry.
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skills Pay the Bills The logistics industry is plagued by a huge skill deficit. The lack of training institutes only adds to its woes. Here are a few tips on what LSPs and the user industry need to do to bring in the muchrequired change.
12 Upshot
3rd Annual Supply-Chain Summit and IILF Awards: Glimpses It's a constant attempt by supply-chain divisions of user companies to check spiralling costs. India Supply Chain Cost, seems to have addressed this effectively by bringing together the men who manage the daily hassles.
20 24 FeAtUre Cross Connection Lack of proper communication and understanding between clients and service providers leads to friction when it comes to formulating service-level agreements.
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The Question Of People A skill-gap definitely exists. However, just mindlessly accumulating labor need not necessarily be the solution to the problem.
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JUne 2011 34 CoVer story Looking Good LG Electronics India has been growing at an unprecedented rate. A detailed report on how KK Kaul, Vice-President (Head - SCM), LGEIL, runs the supply-chain of the company.
ADVeRtIseRs InDeX ARMSTRONG Limited. ............................................. 41 BLR Logistiks .......................................................... 32 Capricorn Logistics ................................................. 43 Cemat ..................................................................... 51 CII Institue Of Logistics ........................................... 42 Container Logistics & Infrastructure summit ........... 26 DIESL ......................................................................BC EXIDE Industrial ...................................................... 55 Gandhi Automation .................................................... 9 Hormann India pvt Ltd ..............................................11 Mahindra Navistar ..............................................30-31 Manforce Trucks .................................................... IFC Oilfield Warehouse & Services................................. 49 Pharma & helathcare supply chain.. .......................... 3 Phenix ................................................................... IBC RK Foodland Pvt Ltd ................................................ 47 Safexpress .............................................................. 45 Saudi Transtec ........................................................ 28 Schaefer Systems International Pvt Ltd ....................17 Shree Rajlaxmi Logistics Limited............................. 21 Shree Rajlaxmi Logistics Limited............................. 23 State Bank Of India ..................................................19
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48 pAnorAmA Books, Journals, Blogs, Technology, C-Profile, and Solutions - a look at what's new in and for the supply chain industry.
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