18th of October
Morning Session
| 08:00 |
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Registration for participants and visit of the exhibition |
| 09:00 |
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Opening Ceremony - Representatives from BMW: Dr. Jochen Stallkamp), AKJ Automotive Germany: (Prof. Dr. K.-J. Schmidt), htw saar: Prof. Dr. K.-J. schmidt) and SRM University: Prof. Dr. K. Prabahakar |
| 09:30 |
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Session 1- Strategies and Challenges Supply Chain Management and Automotive Moderation: Prof. Dr. K.-J. Schmidt (AKJ) and Dr. K. Prabhakar (SRM University) Download [1.339 KB] the presentation from the 18th to the 25th of October - only participants |
| 09:30 |
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BMW, Dr. Dirk Dreher, Vice President Foreign Supply Chain, Munich Design & Control of an agil supply chain - Innovative technologies, stability, robustness and agility |
| 10:10 |
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Daimler, Markus Villinger, Head of Daimler Busss and Evobus India, Chennai Daimler Buses India – Greenfield approach, Supply Chain and Supplier development Download [3.178 KB] the presentation from the 18th to the 25th of October - only participants |
| 10:50 | Coffee break and visit of the exhibition | |
| 11:20 |
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Session 2 – Automotive India – Challenges and Future Moderation: Prof. T. Korne (AKJ / htw saar) and representative of Great Lakes Mgt. Institute/SRM University |
| 11:20 |
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BMW, Oliver Ruett, Senior General Manager Logistics BMW, Chennai Automotive Industry India - Challenges to drive the Supply Chain |
| 11:50 |
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Panel Discussion - moderated by Isabelle Hasleder, Senior Manager Physical Logistics, BMW, Chennai Automotive Industry India 2016 to 2020 – Growth, innovation and competitiveness BMW: Dr. D. Dreher, Bosch, Dainler: M. Villinger, Pan Asia: Gerald Tan, NN The automotive industry India - Innovation, growth and challenge to achieve international competitiveness with a global and local supply base |
| 13:10 | Quick Lunch, networking and visit exhibition |
Afternoon Session
| 14:10 |
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Session 3 – The Supply Chain managed by logistics providers Moderation: Prof. Dr. T. Korne (htwsaar, DE) and R. Suresh SRM University) |
| 14:10 |
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Rhenus, Sanjay Randive, Director ILS and Special Projects, Rhenus Logistics India P. Limited (IN) Cross-continental and local sourcing - Mastering the challenges of combining cross-continental and local sourcing in the Inbound Automotive Supply Chain Download presenation from 18th to 25th of October |
| 14:50 |
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DB Schenker, Vasudevan Karthick, Deputy General Manager, DB Schenker, Chennai and Arun Shukla, DGM Business Development Contract Logistics, Chennai Future of Automotive Logistics – Present Industry , Future predictions and Opportunities |
| 15:30 | Coffee break, networking and visit of the exhibition | |
| 16:00 |
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Session 4 – New challenges, strategies and concepts to manage the future Moderation: Dr. M. Ewig (Peter Kaiser, DE) and N. Geyser (BMW) |
| 16:00 |
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Bosch, M. Jayakumar, Vice President and Head of Purchasing, India Peter Meyer – Sen. Vice Pres. Corp. Purchasing & Logistics Automotive Business Supply Chain Bosch – Systems and Methods to develop and drive the Supply Chain Bosch India Download presenation from 18th to 25th of October |
| 16:40 |
Schmalz India, Mani, Philip, Director, Pune Industry 4.0 in Manufacturing |
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| 17:20 |
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Consul General Achim Fabig, Consulate of the Federal Republic of Germany, Chennai Germany’s Economic Engagement in India – anappraisal |
| 17:40 |
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Prof. Dr. Thomas Korne – Introduction of AKJ working group |
| 17:55 | End of speeches of the first day of conference |
Gala Event and Award Ceremony
| 19:00 |
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Foyer Banquet hall at the Hotel Fortune - Welcome and gettogether Banquet hall at the hotel Fortune - Gala Dinner and Award Ceremony |
| 22:30 | End of first conference day |



