Management Team
Ram Mantravadi
CEO
More than 14 years of global consulting and leadership experience with firms like Satyam, IBM, EDS – Excellent understanding of strategy, operations and management in both business and IT realm – Led IT strategy & transformation practice in Satyam – Trained in Six Sigma Black Belt, TOC, eSCM. TOGAF certified enterprise architect. Industries include logistics, supply chain, retail, manufacturing, consumer goods, oil & gas.
Some Projects: Logistics strategy & organization setup for Leading conglomerate in ME, Supply Chain cost optimization for a leading Farm equipment manufacturer - Customer acquisition/ logistics cost reduction strategy for a leading Indian logistics service provider – Customer acquisition/ warehouse set-up and future strategy for a leading Indian logistics service provider – Business, operations & IT strategy for a leading Indian logistics service provider – Business process reengineering for a leading Indian logistics service provider – India market entry strategy for a German logistics service provider –Transformation Strategy and Roadmap for Shared Services Organization of a leading North American Bank – Outsourcing and Transition planning for a global publishing organization – IT efficiency and effectiveness improvements for a large US retail chain – Balanced scorecard design for a leading manufacturer of automated process control systems – E-business strategy & supply chain initiatives for a global auto giant – US State Welfare systems, design and development.
MBA from Carnegie Mellon University. BTech. from IT-BHU
Manish Kumar Singh
Director - Business Advisory & Transformation Services
14 years of experience with more than 8 years in Supply Chain Consulting and Implementation in Sales and Operations Planning, Demand Planning, Network Optimization and Supply Chain Strategy. Actively involved in architecting supply chain processes and solutions and leading implementations for global customers across different Industry domains. Industry Domains: Consumer Goods, Oil and Gas, Hi-Tech, Cement
Some Projects: Leading Indian cement manufacturer: a) Led and established processes for Sales and Operations Planning(S&OP) for the supply chain. Also led the implementation efforts b) Finalized the high level design and approach for logistics network assessment and optimization – Leading Oil and Gas Company of Philippines: Led and established new processes for demand management for all the key Business Units. Established both short term and long term(strategic) demand management process. Led the implementation teams for both programs – An FMCG company manufacturing salted snacks: New Demand Planning process for the company. Also led the implementation efforts. Involved in causal model design to study the impact of promotions on sales of the company – A leading company manufacturing cigarettes: Study on Inventory Optimization for one their key regional brands – Food products and agribusiness company of Australia: Assessment of their current demand planning process to make it more effective – Consumer electronics manufacturer of USA: Consulting around assessing the impact of promotions on sales and options for shaping demand – Third party financial transaction processing company in US: a) Involved in application design and development to enable transaction processing for a new card product b) Managing development and delivery of enhancements for one of their existing processing systems
MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow; BTech. from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Gopal Anandan
Director - Procurement Co-sourcing & Management Services
More than 14 years of experience working in multiple functions of supply chain domain with firms like i2 - broadly process innovation, consulting and implementation, project management and product development. He has primarily led supply chain initiatives with multinationals and Asian companies in the area of Sales and Operations Planning, Order Fulfilment, Forecast Optimization, Inventory and Spare Parts Planning, Inbound supply procurement initiatives - Strategic Sourcing and Negotiate
Some Projects: Architected the sourcing process for the procurement division of the world’s largest producer of gold (revenue 2.6B USD) situated in South Africa – Detailed process study on supply planning and order fulfilment function in a multi-site telecom manufacturing (revenue 8B USD) company, leading to an end-to-end supply chain process design, metric and organization recommendation – Sales and Operations Planning for a US based communication equipment manufacturer with a turnover of 40B USD – Forecast Optimization for a semiconductor manufacturer based out of USA. The company has a turnover of USD500 million. – Spare parts planning and inventory management (inclusive of multi-echelon replenishment strategies and reverse logistics) for a consumer electronics manufacturer (revenue 10B USD). – SCOR based process consulting and KPI benchmarking framework development and training imparted within the i2 process consulting team.
MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore; BTech. from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
Leadership Team
Sandipan Chowdhuri
Managing Consultant
Areas of Expertise: Purchasing strategies and procurement cost reduction, Operations set up, Supply chain strategy, Market entry and growth strategy, IT-Business alignment, Process re-engineering, Global integration advisory
Some Projects: Procurement organization restructuring, procure to pay process improvement and procurement cost optimization for one of the leading integrated steel and power companies in India, Operations and IT blueprinting and roll-out for one of the biggest media & entertainment company’s India operations, Logistics optimization and cost reduction for one of the leading auto-component manufacturers in India, Services and brand strategy for one of the leading brands of IBM, Product launch strategy for a leading FMCG brand in India, Opportunity assessment and entry strategy in the aftermarket MRO and distribution space of A&D companies.
MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Indore; MTech. from IIT Bombay