IIM Lucknow leadership series

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IIM Lucknow leadership series

As part of the peer and industry interaction programme at IIM Lucknow , Mr S Maitra, Executive Director & Managing Executive Officer (Supply Chain) Maruti Suzuki India Limited, visited the campus at Noida to address and interact with the International Programme in Management for Executives 2009-10 batch students.

S Maitra said, "Without a cost reduction, you cannot ask for a price reduction." Maruti rolled out its "one component, one gram" programme, getting each vendor to make its component or sub-component one gram lighter without compromising functionality. Maruti expects to save Rs 10 crore on annual sales and hopes to share it with vendors. About the demand of engine, Mr. Maitra said, "Initially, there were some constraints on availability of engines. Those are over and we are raising capacity. But demand has also increased". Further he added "It is difficult to say if we will have spare capacity to increase production further."

IPMX 2009-10 batch of IIM Lucknow has 46 participants. A majority of participants come from engineering background having worked in private organizations in India and abroad. Like the first batch, a major number of participants are below 35 years of age with average work experience of 9 years.

Speaking on the occasion, Prof Punam Sahgal, Dean, IIM Lucknow's Noida Campus said, "We appreciate the fact that Maitra, Executive Director & Managing Executive Officer (Supply Chain) Maruti Suzuki India Limited, was able to take the time out to mentor our IPMX batch students on supply chain."


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