XLRI Jamshedpur to Launch Operations Management Society Tomorrow

* To utilise synergy between rich Jamshedpur Industrial belt and XLRI’s Operations Focus

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* Inaugural Confluence of Industry Captains to deliberate on “Operations Management: Where does it go from here?”

Operations Management remains a key driver in the field of management. To focus on this key functional area, XLRI Jamshedpur is to launch the new Student Society, Association at XLRI for industrial and Operations Management, AXIOM on August 17, 2004 with a one-day workshop on “Operations Management: Where does it go from here?” The workshop will have eminent personalities in Operations Management including Mr Bhusan Raina, Managing Director, Tinplate Co. of India; Mr. Ranveer Sinha, Managing Director, Telco Construction Equipment Co. Ltd. (TELCON) and renowned Operations Management Professor, Dr S Sahu, Dean, PG Studies, IIT Kharagpur.

The itinerary for the Inauguration includes two Round Tables and two Technical Sessions. The Round Tables will be on “The future of operations lies in Services and not manufacturing” and “Quick Response or Agile? A Future Model for Manufacturing”. The discussions will feature eminent personalities in Operations Management including Mr Bhusan Raina, Managing Director, Tinplate Co. of India; Mr Ranveer Sinha, Managing Director, Telco Construction Equipment Co. Ltd. (TELCON); Dr S Sahu, Dean, PG Studies, IIT Kharagpur; Mr Ajay Das, Executive Director, Timken; Mr. Uday Chaturvedi, VP, Tata Steel; Mr Tapan K Ghosh, VP, Tinplate and Mr V K Jaiswal, VP, Tata Cummins. The technical session will be conducted by Mr G Rama Krishna, Chief Manager (ATM Operations, Bihar & Jharkhand), State Bank of India, on “the Role of Operations Management in SBI’s ATM Initiatives”, delving into his practical experience in implementation.

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On the committee and its vision, Dr T A S Vijayraghavan, Faculty Coordinator of AXIOM and Professor of Operations Management, XLRI, said, “This is the right time to launch such a committee. We see that manufacturing has become very proactive and forms an important element in Supply Chain Management. Through AXIOM, we will be looking at recent trends in the industry in the field of Operations and Manufacturing, from a management perspective. AXIOM also intends to define the role of operations in service organizations.” He added that AXIOM will serve as a link between the academia and the industry.

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The committee will coordinate student activities in the Operations Management Area by facilitating regular interactions with practicing professionals from diverse sectors through regular company tours and guest lectures. It will also increase on-campus presence of companies committed to excellence in Operations Management through Case Study competitions and Conferences. In the long term, it also intends to take student consultancy projects for the Industry. XLRI has some of the best Operations Management Professors in the Country, who will be spearheading this mission.