Agenda : Day 1   

08:00 am - 09:25 am : Registration with Tea / Coffee

09:25 am - 09:30 am : Lamp Lighting Ceremony & Welcome note

09:30 am - 10:45 am : Keynote of the day

10:45 am - 11:15 am : Tea / Coffee & Networking Break

11:15 am - 01:00 pm : Master Class 1 - Logistics Leaders Executive Panel

Implementing effective logistics solutions to reduce costs and balance risk across your supply chain without compromising your services & quality
• Realising supply chains new role as a driver of profitability and creating a network ready to generate value
• Low cost logistics plan for effective direct distribution capabilities to customers
• Identifying & Implementing innovative solutions for reducing lead times & cost in the end-to-end process
• Leveraging on effective 3PL management to save high costs of distribution in India

01:00 pm - 02:00 pm : Lunch & Networking Break

02:00 pm - 03:45 pm : Master Class 2 - Supply Chain Officers Panel

End to End Supply Chain: The Whole Is Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts: Optimizing the Entire Supply Chain to Create a Lean, Agile Machine
• Using cost-benefit analysis to assess how different components of the supply chain are interconnected and best practices to reduce the tradeoffs that can occur when focusing on only one specific area
• Discovering the business re-planning steps required to create lean implementation across the entire supply chain
• Integrating visibility, technology and flexibility through supply chain information to create efficient end to end supply chains
• Understanding the impacts on various parts of the supply chain when things do go wrong to create contingency plans & reduce risk for the future

03:45 pm - 04:15 pm : Tea / Coffee & Networking Break

04:15 pm - 06:00 pm : Master Class 3 - CEO’s Round Table

The New Fundamentals for Growth, Agility and Competitive Advantage
• Elevating the role of the customer in end-to-end supply chain strategy
• Using cost effective technologies to maximise returns
• Delivering real business value through your people internally and externally
• Leveraging global capabilities within your network to drive business opportunity
• Attracting and Developing Top Talent in the Supply Chain & Logistics Industry
• Rebuilding the key infrastructures in Supply Chain - future supply chain that differentiates from competitors, drives demand, uncovers opportunities and drives bottom line

07.00 pm onwards : 6th Express, Logistics & Supply Chain Awards 2012

Agenda : Day 2

08:30 am - 09:30 am : Registration with Tea / Coffee

09:30 am - 11:00 am : Master Class 1 - Supply Chain Leaders Panel

Transportation; Optimizing Transportation Modes, Channels & Routes to Maximize Logistics Efficiency
• Optimising distribution models to achieve speed-to-market, ensure visibility & reduce the cost base
• Uncovering best practices to qualify lanes in a quick and cost effective manner to enable a final SOP to be put in place for requirements
• Evaluating alternatives in your service level and shipping from the optimal facility to align with customers and implement cost savings
• Finding out how to consolidate shipping of products and optimize weight of parcels to enhance efficiency

11:00 am - 11:30 am : Tea / Coffee & Networking Break

11:30 am - 01:00 pm : Master Class 2 - Supply Chain Talent Management

Attracting and Developing Top Talent in the Supply Chain & Logistics Industry
• Integrating Talent Management into the Company’s value creation process
• Analysing the financial impact of talent management programmes on the business
• Creating metrics that matter to drive talent management decisions
• Take account of equal opportunities to ensure your organization truly has the best available talent
• Next generation supply chain leaders : Poach or groom ?

01:00 pm - 02:00 pm : Lunch & Networking Break

02:00 pm - 03:30 pm : Master Class 3 - Private Equity Executive Panel

Mergers & Acquisitions : How to Benefit from the Reality of Industry Consolidation
• Promoters & Investors - Building and navigating a high performance partnership
• Sub-sectors within logistics (infrastructure & services) that are emerging to be attractive for PE plays?
• Interest and curiosity appears to be strongly around but deal volume within logistics, especially services side, has been slow. Perspectives?
• Most large cos. in the space are already PE injected or listed. Now, companies of the next level of scale are looking to raise money. Are PE bosses game?
• Top challenges with investing in the space - scalability, management depth, corporate governance, exit options and strategies to tackle these

03:30 pm - 04:00 pm : Tea / Coffee & Networking Break

04:00 pm - 05:30 pm : Master Class 4 - CEO’s Round Table

Supply Chain as a Function of a Total Business Strategy
• How your business strategy is influenced by the supply chain?
• Understanding the contribution that supply chain can make to the success of the overall business goals
• Using right mix of lean, agile and green supply chain principles to meet the strategic objectives of your organisation
• Aligning logistics / supply chain strategy with business strategy

05:30 pm : Conference Adjourns