Supply Chain Management

With over eight years of experience, Aatish is currently working on a strategic supply chain performance improvement initiative for a leading networking company in the US, developing a system for statistical forecasting. He is also contributing to the building of an outsourcing and offshoring model for the same client for one of its key programs. With over eight years of experience in the industry, Aatish has won internal awards for his contribution to the teams he has worked with. His areas of interest include supply chain planning with a focus on sales and operations planning, and demand management.

Amarpal has six years of consulting and execution experience in Supply Chain. He has worked with leading Fortune 500 retail and logistics companies and has been a part of Infosys engagements in Supply Chain execution and transformation projects.

Amarpal has a bachelor’s degree in Production Engineering from Punjab University and an MBA from National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai.

Amit has over nine years of IT industry experience, primarily in Spend Data Management implementation. He has diverse and intensive functional experience coupled with analytical skills related to IT projects. His technical expertise is complemented by functional understanding, enabling him to play a key role in any project.

A PMP and CPIM-certified practitioner, Amit is an active member of the Spend Matters blog.

Amit holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Baroda

Chandradeep has over ten years experience in supply chain execution function across multiple domains. He has been the project manager and solution architect for large multi-phase Sterling projects. These include Sterling DOM and WMS projects for multiple clients across Retail, Hi-Technology and Logistics.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering from University of Bangalore.

Gopikrishnan has over 12 years of IT and industry experience. At Infosys, he heads the Procurement, Supply Chain Execution and Asset Management practices within the Supply Chain Management domain. His experience spans multiple Supply Chain functions such as Demand Fulfillment, Services Supply Chain, Distributed Order Management and Procurement, including packages such as i2, Yantra and Oracle. His project experience spans High-Technology, Durables, Distribution and Transportation, covering IT Consulting, program / project management and implementation worldwide.

Gopikrishnan holds a bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering from University of Kerala and an MBA in General Management. International Management Institute, New Delhi.

Guruprasad is a technical architect in enterprise application architecture and performance. He has more than eight years of IT experience.

Guruprasad will blog on supply chains, grid computing and virtualization, parallel and distributed computing.

Kiran has over 10 years of experience in end-to-end Enterprise Application implementation and project management. For the past three years he has been closely associated with ‘Global Maximo Template Preparation and Deployment’ at a major E&P oil company.

Kiran has an MBA from National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai, and a bachelor’s degree in Machine Tool Engineering from Mumbai University.

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.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in Industrial and Production Engineering from Bangalore University.

Mitul has six years of experience in formulating Supply Chain strategies and Analytics for global companies. His core functional expertise is in Forecasting and Demand Planning, Supply Chain Analytics and Supply Chain Risk Management. He is well-versed in Supply Chain logistics operations across industries such as FMCG, apparel, auto ancillaries, cement and retail.

Mitul holds a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Ahmedabad and an MBA from Narsee Monji Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai in Supply Chain and Systems

Raghu has managed the rollout of Spend Management software in 18 countries for a leading client in High-Technology and Discrete Manufacturing.

Prior to Infosys, Raghu worked as an internal consultant for the Supply Chain division of Sprint for three years at Overland Park, USA.

Raghu holds a master’s degree specializing in Management Information Systems (MIS) from University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA.

Raj has over six years of industry experience in Procurement Operations and IT / Business Process consulting. He has played a key role in engagements involving strategic sourcing, contract management, procurement transformation and e-procurement implementation.

Raj holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani.

Rajiv is part of the Supply Chain Group and leads the Supply Chain Execution team specializing in providing package-based solutions. He has helped clients build solutions for multi-channel commerce, cross-channel customer order management, warehouse management and analytics. He has over 13 years of technology and consulting experience in the retail, hi-tech and telecom industries.

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.

Sandeep Kumar is a Senior Principal in the Manufacturing Practice at Infosys Consulting, helping manufacturing clients with strategy, process, and technology design for managing supply chain transformations. He has over 13 years of consulting and leadership experience across areas such as industry solutions and services strategy, information technology, and supply chain management for high-tech, discrete manufacturing, retail and CPG industry clients. At Infosys, Sandeep helped build a manufacturing and supply chain management expert group addressing client needs such as consulting and business transformation, IP-based solution development, domain-driven sales strategy and organizational competency development.

Satadal has over 11 years of consulting experience across Enterprise Architecture, IT Strategy, Enterprise Applications – ERP and Technology in Supply Chain and Non-linear solutions.

Sharad Elhence is a Partner in the Core Process Excellence Practice and leads the supply chain area at Infosys Consulting, helping clients with strategy, process, and technology issues related to supply chain transformations. Sharad has over 20 years of consulting and leadership experience spanning strategy, information technology and supply chain management for clients across diverse industries such as high-tech manufacturing, consumer packaged goods, and energy.

K. Srinivas has 14 years of experience encompassing functional and IT experience in Supply Chain consulting. He has end–to-end implementation experience in SAP SCM 4.1 SNP module using Capable to Match. He is certified in mySAP SCM APO DP and SNP, SAP trained in PP/DS and GATP.

Srinivas holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology , Delhi and an MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow ,India

Sujatha is a CPIM-certified SCM Solution Consultant at Infosys’ SCM practice. She has over seven years of IT experience in Supply Chain consulting and solution implementation. She has designed and implemented Sterling Commerce DOM solutions for leading Retail and Logistics corporations. Sujatha Shanmugam Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Chennai University; Sujatha also holds APICS certification on CPIM (Certified in Production and Inventory Management).

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.

Tridip has over five years of experience in IT consulting and SRM, Strategic Sourcing and Warehouse Management in automotive and retail. He currently supports clients on the P2P platform - an eProcurement solution built on SAP SRM 5.0.

Prior to Infosys Tridip managed the Strategic Supplier landscape of DaimlerChrysler India for its research center, which included Supplier Relations, Sourcing and eProcurement.

Tridip holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Bangalore University. He is CCSCM-certified from Symbiosis Institute of Management, India.