About Center of Excellence for Operations and Supply Chain Management

Center of Excellence (CoE) for Operations and Supply Chain Management at FORE School of Management is leading initiatives on best practices for excellence in different sectors. The objective is to support industry through cutting edge application oriented research in Operations Management and Supply Chain Management that can be applied in industry as per unique needs of any organization.

The current business environment is going through major disruptions globally. In addition to various political and economic factors, consumer needs and preferences are rapidly changing. To maintain competitive edge in the rapidly changing business environment, a comprehensive and analytical end-to-end view of operations is very importance. This entails across the total Supply Chain from sourcing, manufacturing, delivering to the customer, including reverse cycle of logistics, and after sales service wherever applicable. It is imperative on business leaders to tap the opportunities in the evolving global business environment, lead transformation in their organizations while maintaining competitive advantage and be future ready.

Major Activities of CoE

Some of the major activities of CoE for Operations & Supply Chain Management are:

  • Consulting Services – click for details
  • Executive Education – click for details
  • Customized Management Development Programs – click for details
  • Industry oriented Research – click for details
  • Industry Oriented Indigenous Case Study Development
  • Best Practice sharing and Learning platforms for Industry
  • White papers on Operations and Supply Chains

CoE for Operations & Supply Chain Management at FORE School of Management engages with industry to drive transformation in Operations and Supply Chain to be lean as well as resilient for meeting customers’ needs. Operations and Supply Chain Management cover a broad spectrum of functional domains and can span across different organizations in the Supply Chain.

Consulting Services, backed by practical industry experience and research on latest practices can be provided in following areas while keeping focus on unique characteristics of each sector:

  • Transformation to Industry 5.0
  • Digital Transformation of Supply Chains – click for details
  • Blockchain applications in Operations and Supply Chain
  • Circular Economy and Sustainable Supply Chains
  • Resilient and Agile Supply Chains
  • Sustainable Logistics and Transportation
  • Supply Chain Strategy
  • Supply Chain Analytics
  • Supply Chain Risk Modelling
  • Procurement
  • Reverse Supply Chain
  • Agriculture Supply chain
  • Service Operations Management
  • Healthcare Operations
  • Healthcare Supply Chain Management
  • Lean Operations
  • Manufacturing and Operations Excellence
  • Culture and Operations
  • Project Management
  • Performance Measurement
  • Innovation
  • Technology Management

CoE for Operations & Supply Chain Management is committed to increase gender diversity in Operations and in Supply Chain. Our expert Faculty can provide specific training programs and consulting services for an inclusive approach on gender diversity and how organizations can motivate their employees and create awareness for same.

CoE for Operations & Supply Chain Management can provide specialized Consulting Services for MSMEs and Startups in their journey to become a world class Enterprise.

In addition to Consulting Services, customized Management Development Programs can be developed and delivered as per specific needs of the organizations.

CoE for Operations & Supply Chain Management is engaged with global leaders to utilize their expertise for excellence in the areas of Operations and Supply Chain Management.

1) Consulting Services:

  • Operational Strategies
  • Information Technology for Operations and Supply Chain
  • Human Resources planning and skill development for Operations and Supply Chain
  • Financial consulting for Supply Chain

2) Executive Education:

  • Supply Chain Management Certificate Programs (Short / Long duration programs)-
    • Integrated approach covering different areas of Operational Strategies, Marketing, Finance, Sustainability and Decisions Sciences applicable for Supply Chain
    • Supply Chain Digitization
    • Simulation/ modelling Techniques for real world problems in business and Supply Chain
  • Supply Chain Transformation
    • Agility and Resilience in Supply Chains
    • Sustainability

3) Customized Management Development Programs:

  • Customer Service Strategy
  • Capability building in managers
  • Fostering team work
  • Succession planning
  • Decision-making skills
  • Negotiation skills

4) Industry oriented Research:

  • Some of the topics for research are Supplier Relationships and Collaboration, Supply Chain Integration, Strategy, Quality, Risk Management, Inventory and Customer Service Strategy

Digital Transformation of Supply Chains

  • Blockchain in Operations and Supply Chain Management
  • Robotic Automation of the Supply Chain
  • Artificial Intelligence in Operations and Supply Chain Management
  • Adoption of IoT in Operations and Supply Chain Management
  • Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality (AR/VR) in Supply Chain

Contact Us

fmocies

coscm@fsm.ac.in

+91-11-41242424

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