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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT CENTRE (SCMC) Making BioFuels (HBL) profitable with the current ethanol
Supply Chain Management is a major area of teaching and policy and studying the profitability of setting up and operating
research at IIM Bangalore and the Supply Chain Management a standalone distillery producing ethanol: The objective of the
Centre (SCMC) is a strategic multidisciplinary Centre of project was to provide methods to make HBL profitable as per
Excellence dedicated to carrying out specialized theoretical and the current Biofuels Policy and the current market scenario for
applied research in supply chain management and promoting sugar and ethanol production. Profitability of establishing and
closer and enduring industry-academia collaboration. The operating a new ethanol distillery was also estimated consider-
centre brings together practitioners from leading organizations, ing the demand and supply scenario.
researchers from renowned research institutes and IIMB’s
multidisciplinary faculty to carry out specialized theoretical Study of Labour Productivity for the Auto sector in India (gener-
and applied research in supply chain management, and work al) and for the Company (specific): The aim of the project was to
towards becoming an internationally recognized centre in the study labour productivity levels in the manufacturing industry
field. The centre has carried out multifold initiatives in creating in India – past, present and future expectations, considering
and disseminating knowledge across the entire spectrum of competitiveness and automation levels, and propose quick
supply chain management and logistics. The centre promotes measures to enhance them.
Research, Advocacy, Education and Training and Dissemina-
tion in the domain of Logistics and Supply Chain. Develop a business model and establish the supply chain for
organic food: The organic food market is still in its early stages.
Panel Discussion on Supply Chains in Atmanirbhar Bharat Many food companies are moving towards using organic
On 11th December 2020, the centre hosted a panel discussion produce for their products. Currently, there are no prominent
on key changes required in Supply Chains in an Atmanirbhar aggregators of organic produce, which is creating a problem of
Bharat. The panellists included Vikram Mansukhani, COO, assured quality and price in the B2B space. Lack of an estab-
TVS Supply Chain Solutions Ltd, Vijay Wadhwani, Head – lished supply chain is also limiting the expansion of the organic
SCM Logistics, Relaxo Footwears Ltd and Venkatesh Seshadri food market. The aim of this study was to build a business
from CII Institute of Logistics. The panel was moderated by model for an organic food aggregator. The model will provide
Prof. Jitamitra Desai, Chairperson, Supply Chain Management a solution that will integrate B2B e-commerce with a ware-
Centre as well as Chairperson and faculty in the Decision housing (aggregation centres with quality assessment) system
Sciences area. and build a decentralized model of aggregation that will assist
in constructing a robust business model with control over the
Panel Discussion on Supply Chain Disruptions supply chain.
On 22nd November 2020, a panel discussion moderated by
Prof. Jitamitra Desai and attended by K K Mishra, Director, Assessment of the SCM organization’s capability to handle the
Ministry of Railways, Ushasri Tirumala, Sr VP, Manhattan B2C model for residential solar rooftops and solar pumps, which
Associates and Sonny Kunnakkat, Head - Global Engineering is currently in the B2B model: With rising solar energy knowl-
Services, Applied Materials, focussed on the needs and methods edge and enthusiasm, this study established a road map for
of building resilience in supply chains in the face of Covid-like applying the B2C model to residential solar rooftops.
disruptions.
Working capital loans for grocery and fashion ‘kiranas’ in
Contemporary Concerns Study (CCS) Projects India-current state and whitespaces: This study tried to answer
The centre organized several Contemporary Concerns Studies several questions such as what percentage of buyers have access
(CCS) projects during the year. These studies are conducted by to credit, how it varies by city, size of business, product type,
MBA students under the guidance of faculty members wherein the typical ticket size in this business, the typical duration of
a business problem, as offered by a corporate organization, is the loan, who the lenders are, what the NPA% is and what the
studied and researched. needs/pain points of the buyers are, with respect to credit.

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