According to a recent article in the Times of India, the current estimated size of the supply chain industry is about Rs 18,000 crore and is expected to reach Rs 50,000 crore by 2016.

The 2014 Supply Chain India Summit will take place on November 13th and 14th in Mumbai, India. Taking place at The ITC Grand Central Mumbai, this conference will start with the keynote speech of Vijay Kalantri, Vice Chairman - World Trade Centre, Mumbai and focus on Indian supply chain on global aspect. The show will bring together the best from the world of organizational learning featuring panel discussions and workshop.

From the essentials today to the technological vision of supply chain in the future, the topics covered include; predicting the likely challenges of tomorrow's battlefield, the operational risks and the Bull whip effect and taking lessons from these to understand requirements of the future. The conference will also feature discussions on crisis management and gaining competitive edge through reverse logistics.

Experts at the conference will represent distinguished organizations like Johnson & Johnson, Honeywell, Flipcart, Cadbury, Piaggio Vehicles Pvt. Ltd. and Reliance Communications to name a few. Representatives from ITC Ltd. and Ranbaxy Laboratories will also speak at the conference. Raghunath Medge, President of Dabbawala Foundation will also present a case study on strategizing lean supply chain.

The conference will be an opportunity for all the delegates to network with industry stakeholders, experts, associations, Govt. bodies and solution providers associated with the supply chain industry. The focus is on strengthening the supply chain processes and policies to serve each customer and each product at a given point in time while also maximizing both customer service and company profitability reducing costs and improve quality.

Leading logistic service provider DIESL will be participating as the conference partner this year. Kinetic logistics is the Official Freight Partner and Goodpack is the Associate Partner and Cleartrip is the Travel Partner for the conference.