Supply Chain Management

Abhijeet has seven years of experience in the IT industry. He is currently an enterprise asset management consultant. In this role, he is working on a business transformation initiative for a utility major based in the USA.

Abhijeet has previously implemented Maximo compatible unit estimation functionality for a construction business. He also received an excellence award from a client for a Maximo-based solar asset management project. In addition, he has provided a street-light solution for a utility customer using Maximo as the product.

Abhijeet will blog on Asset and Work Management.

Amarpal has eight years of consulting and execution experience in supply chain. He has worked with leading Fortune 500 retail and logistics companies. He has helped companies develop their supply chain execution systems and technology-driven transformation strategy. He has managed supply chain transformation projects for top companies.

Amarpal has experience in warehouse management, sourcing, procurement and vendor management, global supply chain management. He has worked with latest SCM suites of major software vendors.

He has also worked on consulting assignments for business process optimization, process improvement and package evaluation and will blog on related topics.

Amit has 13 years of experience in the IT industry. Currently as a Principal Consultant, he specializes in building order management/ fulfillment solutions, in the retail and logistics domain.

He has successfully led and contributed to the implementation of supply chain execution and planning solutions, for some of the world’s biggest retailers.

Amit will blog on Supply Chain Execution.

Amit has more than 10 years of IT experience in consulting, project management and business development. His experience spans procurement, supply chain execution and asset management. He is an expert in supply chain process optimization, business-IT alignment, spend visibility and green supply chains.

Amit is a Project Management Professional (PMP) and Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM). He is currently on a one-year sabbatical to pursue a full-time MBA from the Indian Institute of Management - Bangalore.

Arun has 14 years of IT experience. His areas of expertise include Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) applications. He has also managed global deliveries in the retail, healthcare and third party logistics verticals.

Arun will blog on Supply Chain Management (SCM) with specific focus on warehouse management, inventory management, and software implementation strategies

Atul has more than 14 years of IT experience. He is responsible for sales and engagement for Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) and services such as supply chain, customer care and Master Data Management (MDM) for manufacturing and the banking capital markets industry. He is also involved in program management, process consulting, IT outsourcing, implementation and sustenance services, project management and delivery, and business analysis across leading package and technology services.

Atul will blog on business strategy, solutions-driven sales and engagement, EAI, Business to Business (B2B), Supply Chain Management (SCM), customer care and relationship management.

Chandradeep (CD) has been the solution architect and implementation lead for large multi-phase Sterling projects. These include Sterling DOM and WMS projects for multiple clients across Retail, Hi-Technology and Logistics. He anchors solution development within Infosys’ Sterling COE and is responsible for solution assurance across multiple Sterling implementations.

Dave has more than 25 years of work experience in manufacturing management, Information Technology, Supply Chain Management, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and enterprise software industry. He has led solution sales efforts, large-scale business process re-engineering and IT engagements within global and Fortune 500 companies.

Dawn has six years of experience in the IT industry. Dawn currently handles a large transformation project as a Process and Domain Consultant for a large retail company.

Dawn will blog on transportation management, supply chain planning and inventory management.

Dharmendra has over 14 years of industry experience. He currently leads the Supply Chain Management (SCM) Architecture Group. The group provides Architecture and Technology consulting services across Supply Chain Execution, Supply Chain Planning and Enterprise Asset Management packages within SCM practice of Enterprise Solution.

He has played a key role in growth of the SCM Architecture Group. He conceptualized and incubated Performance Engineering, SCM Enterprise Architecture Consulting, End-to-End Delivery Assurance Model and Architecture group for Maximo, ATG, and Commergent.

Dharmendra will blog on Enterprise Architecture, Product Engineering, Delivery Excellence and Research & Development across enterprise packages such as Sterling Commerce, JDA, Maximo and Chordiant.

Gopi Krishnan has more than 15 years of IT and industry experience. He heads the Supply Chain Management practice within Enterprise Solutions, delivering best-of-breed package solutions. His experience spans several supply chain functions such as demand fulfillment, services supply chain, distributed order management, procurement and enterprise asset management including packages such as JDA, Ariba, Sterling Commerce, and Maximo.

Gopi Krishnan will blog on end-to-end supply chain domain across functional areas ranging from planning to execution. He has authored several papers that provide thought leadership. He has also been interviewed by several media publications.

Gorachand has 16 years of experience in the IT industry, with over 10 years in sourcing and procurement. He has successfully led a 20-member team on one of Infosys’ largest ASM implementations. Also, he was the IT procurement portfolio service manager for a large pharma company.

Gorachand will blog on supply chain management, related topics covering sourcing and procurement, asset management, and cloud computing.

Jamuna is a Supply Chain Management (SCM) Consultant with specialization in Enterprise Asset Management, and Production and Inventory Management. She has seven years of IT experience. Jamuna is currently working as the Functional Track Lead for Maximo Service Provider Implementation for a leading facilities management company.

She has consulting and ERP implementation experience for varied client verticals such as Facilities Management, Pharmaceuticals, Energy and Utilities, and Oil and Gas. She has also provided multiple solutions, automation options and work-arounds for challenging business requirements for Maximo clients.

Jamuna will blog on Facilities Management, IT Assets Management and SCM. In SCM, she will focus on forecasting, stock planning, demand management, enterprise asset management, purchasing, inventory, warehouse management, and distribution.

Jim directs top-line marketing strategy. He serves as a liaison to customers within the retail industry to understand their requirements. He has more than 25 years of experience in apparel, footwear and electronics. Prior to Sterling Commerce, Jim served as the Vice President of Supply Chain for the Tweeter Home Entertainment Group. He is a speaker at retail executive summits and has participated in National Retail Federation (NRF) roundtable sessions. He is a member of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), NRF International Trade Advisory Committee Policy Council, Strategic Supply Chain Council and the Supply Chain and Logistics Forum.

Lokmanya has over 12 years of experience in product management of ERP and Logistics solutions. He has extensive on-site and offshore experience in the Americas, Asia Pacific and the Middle East.

Lokmanya introduced WMS as a module in the 3i Infotech’s ERP solution ‘ORION 7.4’ and further scaled it up to ‘ORION 10.5’, the latest version. He was also involved in the WMS 10.5 (standalone system) product road map delivery (Phase I, II and III), pre-sales support and road shows across geographies.

Majush has over 14 years of industry experience that includes 10 years working in the Discrete and Process industries. He currently works as a Lead Consultant with the supply chain practice.

He is a certified CPIM from APICS. He is also a CPIM course content reviewer for APICS, USA.

Majush will blog on Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing and related areas.

Manish has more than nine years of experience in the IT industry. He has received multiple customer appreciations for successfully managing Supply Chain IT projects in a challenging multi-vendor environment. In addition, Manish was also responsible in driving process improvements.

Currently as a Senior Consultant, he specializes in Supply Chain management, logistics and transportation management, master planning, inventory planning, and distribution planning.

Manish will blog on Supply Chain Management, Logistics and Transportation Management, Master Planning, Inventory Planning, and Distribution Planning.

Nikhil Balkudi has 12 years of experience in the IT industry. He is currently working as a Program Manager. He has specialized in managing large supply chain transformation programs for clients cutting across industry verticals.

Nikhil has worked in several industry verticals such as Manufacturing, Retail, Logistics, Agri-business, Hi-tech, and Aerospace. He has successfully managed supply chain transformation programs on four different technology platforms - SAP, Oracle, Manugistics, and Demantra.

Nikhil will blog on demand planning, statistical forecasting, network optimization, and inventory management.

Nilesh manages a major automobile company’s procurement system and consults on both technical and functional aspects. He has more than nine years of IT experience and has managed end-to-end implementation cycles.

Nilesh’s areas of interest include developing technical solutions for implementing end-to-end business processes, reviewing and monitoring business processes to meet compliance guidelines and analyzing procurement trends.

Pankaj has six years of industry experience. He currently works as a Sterling Order Management Consultant.

Pankaj will blog on Retail Order Management.

Prasad has over 12 years of experience. He currently leads an order management implementation at a large U.K. retailer.

Previously, he also managed programs in the areas of multi-channel retailing, order management and Master Data Management (MDM) for leading U.S. and U.K. retailers.

Prasad will blog on multi-channel integration and supply chain execution.

Praveen has 13 years of experience in the IT industry, and was part of the initial team which started Maximo practice within Supply Chain Management (SCM) practice at Enterprise Solutions. He is associated with Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) domain for the last one decade, and has played key roles in product development and implementation for multiple EAM packages. Currently Praveen is a Principal Consultant with Infosys’ EAM practice, and he will blog on current and future trends in asset management.

Pragash has over 14 years of experience in Supply Chain consulting. As a Consultant, he specializes in the implementation of best of breed Supply chain systems, to various large companies.

Currently Pragash is a Principal Consultant in Supply Chain Practice at Infosys, and has proficiency in Warehouse Management System (WMS), Supply Chain visibility and collaboration.

Pragash will blog on Supply Chain Systems.

Puneet has over six years of IT experience. He specializes in Product Allocation Planning, Supplier Collaboration and Warehouse Management.

Puneet led the functional team implementing Product Allocation Planning Process at a consumer electronics client. He also played an integral role in the transformational implementation for a garment retailer, managing pre-season and in-season demand and assortment planning. He was also involved in Warehouse Management and Value-Added Services (VAS) implementation for a leading hi-tech client.

Puneet will blog on Product Allocation Planning, Supplier Collaboration and Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP).

Rajiv has over 11 years of IT experience. He specializes in SCM and Business Intelligence in Supply Chain Planning and Operations Management. He leads engagement effort at different stages from problem definition to diagnosis, solution design, development, and deployment.

Rajiv will blog on Supply Chain Planning, Business Intelligence, Supply Chain Analytics, and Enterprise Architecture.

Ray VanderBok is a project manager with NewVectors and researcher in the area of supply chain engineering for technology enterprises in the defense and automotive industries. He has led several projects to develop effective business processes for numerous organizations. His specializes in creating coordinated business processes for technology refresh, obsolescence mitigation and risk management across the supply chain, using technology roadmaps and portfolio management.

Richard has more than 25 years of experience in Supply Chain Management consulting and solutions development. Prior to Sterling Commerce, he performed a similar role in webMethods, a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) / Business Process Management (BPM) software provider. Earlier, he was an Associate Partner at Accenture. His projects include Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP) / Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementations, business process re- engineering / Lean, eCommerce strategy, supply chain optimization, and sales and operations planning. He has rich experience in process, discrete, chemicals and high-technology, food and consumer durables industries, and industrial products.

Richard holds a Green Belt in Six Sigma.

Sajit has 14 years of experience in the IT industry. He currently anchors the Enterprise Solutions-Supply Chain Management practice at the Chennai Delivery Center and is focused on establishing Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) competency in Chennai.

He has been involved in pure play Procure-To-Pay consulting and Maximo upgrade projects, and has also been part of the core team that set up SAP SRM based P2P platform.

Sajit will blog on Procurement, Asset Management, and Generic SCM.

Sameer is a business analyst for the sourcing process design initiative at a large food distribution company in North America. He specializes in sourcing, procurement, contract and supplier management.

Sameer has successfully implemented supply chain packages for several companies across retail, distribution and Third Party Logistics (3PL).

Sameer will blog on spend management, sourcing, contract management, supplier management and procurement.

Sachin has 11 years of experience in the IT industry. He has diverse experience spanning core engineering consulting, product marketing and package-enabled IT services. This is across Oracle, PeopleSoft and Microsoft Dynamics.

In the IT space, Sachin has executed delivery, sales and marketing roles and has also been instrumental in incubating Microsoft Dynamics practice at Infosys.

Currently as a Principal Consultant at Infosys, he is working on project consulting, pre-sales, sales support, vertical strategy formulation, and new market offerings. In addition, Sachin is also involved in initiatives surrounding knowledge management, effective estimation tools for package implementations, competency development, and evangelizing Microsoft Dynamics Products/ Technologies and product adoption.

Sachin will blog on Enterprise Architecture, Non-Linear Pricing Models, Microsoft Dynamics Ecosystem, Supply Chain Management, Mid-Markets, and New Model/ Service Offerings in the Package Applications Space.

Sandeep has seven years of experience in the IT industry. He currently leads an upgrade initiative — SAP Supply Chain Management (SCM) system to 7.0 — for a major hi-tech client.

Sandeep specializes in Supply Chain Planning Implementations deploying SAP SCM for clients across multiple industries and spanning multiple geographies.

Sandeep will blog on Forecasting and Demand Planning, and Supply Planning.

Shan (Shahnawaz) is a program manager for a global retailer’s project to re-platform existing e-commerce and order management fulfillment systems. Earlier, he managed business analysis for a U.K. retail discounter.

Shan has been involved in projects related to Business Process transformation for e-commerce, Business Intelligence (BI) and pre-emptive analytics, SCOR 9.0 framework implementation, Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) services, data migration, third-party and vendor enablement, and custom application development.

Shan will blog on supply chain planning, supply chain execution, supply chain visibility, supply chain logistics, BI, performance management, perfect order management, warehouse management, transportation management and optimization (supply chain modeling).

Srinivas is the Global Focus Area Lead for Global Available To Promise (GATP) implementation at a leading FMCG company. He specializes in supply chain consultancy in forecasting, constrained supply planning and global order fulfillment management at a leading CPG company. He has more than 11 years of IT experience.

Srinivas is a leading contributor to SAP APO forum in SAP Developer Network (SDN). He has authored several demand planning and supply planning white papers. He has been a speaker at SAP Sapphire 2008.

Srinivas will blog on order fulfillment, forecasting and constrained supply planning.

Srini has over 14 years of IT experience. He is a Principal Consultant anchoring the Planning portfolio within the Supply Chain practice. He has experience in program and delivery management, process consulting, and business analysis across leading package and technology services in the ERP and Supply Chain Management (SCM) space.

Srini will blog on SCM with emphasis on planning and execution solutions, product innovation within SCM and implementation strategies of software solutions.

Sudripto has more than 17 years experience in SCM and manufacturing. He leads engagements and business pursuits with Fortune 500 manufacturing and retail companies in risk management, analytics, optimization and process re- engineering.

Sudripto has a patent for Early Warning Analytics. He has authored several papers in business and technical journals. He has an international certification in SCM and forecasting analytics. He has spoken at several business conferences. Sudripto’s areas of interest include supply chain quality and risk management, supply chain analytics and optimization, warranty and returns management, and strategic procurement and LCCS.

Umesh has ten years of experience in IT, and Oil and Gas industries. He specializes in large and complex program management, process diagnostics/ consulting, project management/ delivery, and business analysis across leading supply chain package services.

He has led many large supply chain transformation programs for clients, cutting across industry verticals.

Umesh will blog on Supply Chain, Demand Planning, Demand Sensing, Inventory Management, and Transportation Management.

Venkatesan is program managing a supply chain implementation for a large retailer. He has successfully implemented demand planning, demand sensing, fulfillment and inventory optimization solutions for global CPG companies.

Venkatesan has supported and led several multi-million dollar deals for Infosys including Master Data Management (MDM) outsourcing deal at an info media company, large supply chain program at a leading food and beverage company and a large supply chain program at a global retail giant.

He will blog on Supply Chain Management (SCM) in the CPG industry.

Vinayak is part of Infosys’ Supply Chain Group and leads the Supply Chain Execution team specializing in package-based solutions. Vinayak has led multiple projects in the areas of direct-to-consumer eCommerce, multi-channel retailing, order management, inventory management and warehouse management for large retailers.

His areas of expertise span Sterling SCM package, program/project management processes, customer management and project implementation life cycle and execution.

Taylor Wilkerson is a Research Fellow with LMI where he works with the Supply Chain Group. Taylor currently specializes in the improvement of public sector supply chain management through analysis and application of commercial best practices. Prior to LMI, Taylor spent 6 years as an environmental consultant performing a variety of analysis and design projects for industrial clients. Taylor is currently a member of the Supply-Chain Council Aerospace and Defense Special Industry group steering committee and has contributed to various Council project teams, including Returns, Best Practices, GreenSCOR, Risk Management and others.