Smart Lean Ecosystems Manufacturing Conference At Purdue University

The conference also organized a Poster Presentation competition wherein the students had to showcase their learnings from their recent internships. Our students, Gourav Singhal and Akarsh Kosuri bagged the first and second positions respectively by impressing the judges through their analytical and presentation skills.

Gourav said, “My overall experience of participating in the conference has been an enriching learning journey. I was able to relate all my supply chain learnings with the real world applications. It provided me a great platform to interact with some of the best industry leaders and a chance to understand the latest market scenario from the experts themselves. My experience of participating in an international forum event was unique in itself as I could apply my learnings from my MBA curriculum along with my practical experience gained during my internship at Cummins Inc. in an innovative way. I would encourage others to participate in similar kind of events, as it gives you international exposure and helps broaden your horizon.”

Akarsh quoted, “The DCMME conference has been an event characterized with significant learning experience, as this event brought together a panel of industry experts to share their thoughts on "smart, lean ecosystems" with the Purdue community. Through this conference I was able to showcase my internship accomplishments at Cargill India Limited to supply chain industry professionals and their feedback proved to be a very valuable and enriching experience as I was able to intertwine the classroom knowledge with the real world applications. All the talks have resonated with me as they gave an insight into the latest disruptions and innovations taking place in the manufacturing domain and what the future beholds for smart supply chains."

Congratulations to Gourav and Akarsh for bringing laurels to the IIM Udaipur community. The biggest takeaway from this conference: the future is going to be “all about connecting and connectedness.”

**Published on behalf of Media & Industry Interaction Cell, IIM Udaipur.