Vijay Sangam is a Logistics and Supply Chain Professional with more than three decades of experience operating in Asia Pacific Region. His expertise lies in identifying opportunities to save costs; optimize resources; reduce lead time to market (B2C & B2B) through distribution network optimization and re-engineering logistics and supply chain business processes to support top line revenue growth and managing end to end Supply Chain & Logistics Operations. He is known as Change Agent and effective people leader. He developed unique skills in coaching the teams and transforming them into a cohesive team capable of delivering and exceeding targeted business outcomes. He managed large projects in optimizing supply chain resulting cost savings, reducing lead time and delivering consistent outcomes within identified timeline. His demonstrated leadership in all critical facets of supply chain addressing potential business risks in the areas of People, Quality, Velocity and Cost. He handled Logistics and Supply Chain Operations under pull and push environment and managed S&OP (demand management) process effectively which resulted in total customer satisfaction. His procurement strategies targeted reducing cost, improving supplier collaboration and enhancing velocity. His inventory optimization strategies were second to none, managing variety of projects saved millions of dollars in inventory carrying costs.
Achievements:
1. Optimization of Japan end-to-end supply chain optimization resulted in an annual cost savings of $ 7.00 M;
2. Developed and implemented Supply Network Optimization (> US $7.5 M) and reduction in lead time by 30%.
3. Implemented agile supply chain resulting cost reduction up to US $ 7 M and lead time reduction > 35%.
4. Optimized India Distribution network resulting in a cost savings of $ 1.5 M;
5. Inventory Optimization resulted in over US $ 50 Million inventory reduction in 12 months’ time.
6. Successfully implemented Oracle D2B ERP System (warehousing and distribution).
Awards:
1. Winner of LENOVO President Star Award (December 2007).
2. Individual Award winner for Operational Efficiency at LENOVO Annual Recognition Event, China, April 2008.
3. Winner of Long Term Incentive Award (June 2008).
Really, you shared valuable content in your blog about CL business.
Thanks,
great blog/site Vijay, trust you are well…..
Thanks Adam, hope all is well with you.
very good work Vijay. thanks
Dear Mr. Sangam,
I’m impressed of what you did in this blog.
I’m kinda newbie in logistics and supply chain sector and have many things in thoughts. Wondering if I could have your email to deliver some quests. Thanking you in advanced.
Fany
sure, write to me at vj.sangam@gmail.com. Thanks
Hi Vijay,
Very informative blog. Thanks for sharing the knowledge.
I have been working in the dairy industry for last 11 years in NZ and now Australila , mainly in export supply chain.
Recently , have been given the responsibility to manage our 3PLs , including warehousing service providers and one of the bones of contention is damages that occur in the warehosue – during loading of the containers/ trucks or just careless handling while moving the product during put-away and picking.
While we want to measure the damanges as a ratio of damages to total outbound movement in a period ( Total Damaged Units / Total Outbound Units , in a month) , our 3PL wants to measure it as a ratio of damages to a total of inbound + outbound movement ( ( Total Damaged Units / (Total inbound + total Outbound Units ), in a month) . Of course with a bigger denominator the damage % always looks good for 3PL.
I have seen your article on WH KPIs but it does not make it clear on how the Material Handling Damanges are calculated.
I am keen to know if there is some data available on performace of Australian Warehoueses and how do they measure damages.
Best regards,
Ben Singh
0400855729