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Event Report
Auto SCM
Summit 2024

Charting India's

automotive

logistics

future amidst

disruption,

innovation

Pune hosted Auto SCM Summit 2024, where industry logistics challenges faced by the Indian
automotive industry and the potential
leaders gathered to navigate the complexities solutions to address them. The panel
of India's automotive supply chain. Key themes delved into the key issues impacting
included inventory planning, geopolitical disruptions, the sector, with the audience poll
revealing inventory planning as the
technological advancements, and the transition to biggest logistics challenge, followed by
sustainable transportation. dependency on imports, geopolitical
disruptions, and freight rates.
he eighth edition of the annual geopolitical disruptions, role of Sanjay Suranglikar, Senior General
conference and networking technology, and the shift toward Manager - Central Purchase of TATA
event Auto SCM Summit, sustainable transportation solutions. AutoComp Systems, provided insights
Tpresented by Indian Transport Experts also explored strategies to into the company's approach to
& Logistics News was concluded enhance supply chain resilience, addressing the logistics challenges faced
on December 5, 2024, at the leverage digital innovations, and by the Indian automotive industry.
Sheraton Grand Hotel in Pune. embrace greener fuels. He highlighted the key challenge
Industry leaders convened of managing the supply chain amidst
to address the pressing Inventory planning: Using AI to various restrictions and dependencies
logistics challenges facing handle disruptions on imports, particularly from China.
India's automotive The annual automotive logistics "There are a lot of constraints in
sector including conference kicked off with a our supply chain, like anti-dumping
inventory planning, panel discussion on the duties and Bureau of Indian Standards

Roland Weil of
Frankfurt Airport

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