LIBA holds seminar on Mobility in Supply Chain Management
Loyola Institute of Business Administration, a premier management institute in India hosted a unique seminar on Mobility in Supply Chain Management on Saturday, September 12, 2009. The seminar was organised by LIBA Centre of Excellence in Logistics and Supply Chain Management and TAKE Solutions.
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In a world where customer demands are growing dramatically and profit margins shrinking rapidly, mobile and wireless technologies have found crucial roles to play and are becoming one of the most powerful enablers of business efficiencies and supply-chain security across several functions. However, the degree of adopting mobility solutions varies across the supply chain functions and is faced with many challenges. To provide a better understanding, thought leaders who have experience in handling these devices were invited to speak about the growing transition to mobile and wireless technologies.
The seminar saw the following speakers share their viewpoints on:
- Mr. Royston Rodrigues, Country Manager, TAKE Solutions Ltd – Bar Codes, RFID & Mobile Solutions and Mobility Solutions for ‘Go to Market’
- Mr. Karthikeyan, Solutions Architect, TAKE Solutions Ltd - Mobile Data Capture
Speaking on the event Mr. Royston Rodrigues, Country Manager, TAKE Solutions Ltd said “One of the biggest challenges faced today in Supply Chain is a chance of break-down with the chain itself. This may merely be a late drop off, delays due to inclement weather or any others reason. Needless to say; in the JIT world, delays can be very costly. Due to the tumultuous nature of JIT shipping, it is essential that current status data is available instantly and constantly. Finding out that a shipment is late AFTER it is due to arrive, can spell doom for some companies. Mobility allows customers the ability to stay connected to their supply chain wherever and whenever they need it most. The supply chains of the future will depend upon technology that is as mobile as the inventory. In business today, if you are not moving forward, you are moving backward.”
Addressing the gathering Mr.Karthikeyan Solutions Architect, TAKE Solutions Ltd said,
“Today, the organization who are matured ERP users, would like to have real time visibility of material movement. But due to the time gap between physical activity and transaction execution, there is a latency in getting this visibility. Organizations are moving towards mobility solutions to overcome this challenge. Handheld Terminal with scanners enables the organisation to take the computers where the workers are, to have more control over inventory processing. This improve the productivity and customer responsiveness through automated data collection on real time basis.”
LIBA Centre of Excellence in Logistics and Supply Chain Management and TAKE Solutions is a coming together of the collective intelligence of Industry thought leaders, academicians, domain experts and technology partners to create a global knowledge pool on supply chain management. The COE is a platform to encourage dialogue enhances collaboration and enables people to share ideas, best practices in the SCM arena. Moreover the proposed Centre of Excellence Labs will act as the fulcrum from which future innovations and ideas will emerge that will transform supply chain in to valuable networks.
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About LIBA
Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA) is a renowned Jesuit Institution with an emphasis on academic excellence coupled with value based education. As one of the top b-schools in the country and undoubtedly the best in Tamil Nadu, LIBA strives through this program to make managers in the proximate business community create better value for the organization they serve.