A seminar on “Career Opportunity in Supply Chain Management Organized by DCCI Business Institute (DBI), in cooperation with North South University” was held at North South University (NSU) Campus on June 26, 2019. Dr. Mohammad Khasro Miah, Director, Career Placement Center, NSU chaired the Seminar. Convenor, DCCI Skills Development Standing Committee-2019, Golam Zilani, Acting Secretary, DCCI & Executive Director, DBI Md. Joynal Abdin, were present on the occasion. Shankar Kumar Roy one of the leading trainers of DBI, presented the keynote paper.
Dr. Mohammad Khasro Miah, Professor Dept. of Management School of Business & Economics warmly welcomed all and highlighted the importance Supply Chain Management at present global market. He spoke that Supply Chain Management is essential part & cost effective method of a business. He also emphasized the world wide demand of this career. He thanked Md. Joynal Abdin, Acting Secretary, DCCI & Executive Director, DBI for organizing such a practical seminar on this potential subject and wished success of the programme.
Convenor, DCCI Skills Development Standing Committee-2019, Golam Zilani thanked NSU for this cooperation to organize such a wonderful demand driven session on career opportunities in Supply Chain Management. He feel privileged to be a part of this seminar. He says that supply chain is able to cut extra cost and make business more profitable. It can maintain the flows of goods and services in proper ways. Now a day 15 million people are working on this profession but still there tremendous scarcity of Supply Chain professional on global market. DBI makes a bridge to mitigate the demand of Supply Chain professionals.
Md. Joynal Abdin, Executive Director, DBI informed the audience that the courses on International Certificate, Advanced Certificate and Diploma in “Modular Learning System in Supply Chain Management (MLS-SCM(P))”, have been conducting by DBI in cooperation with International Trade Centre (ITC), Geneva since 2004. He highlighted the importance of effective supply chain management for any business organization to become competitive both at home and abroad. All the 18 modules of the course deal with the management of the whole supply chain of a business starting from procurement of raw materials and other inputs up to Customer Relationship Management. These Modules have been developed by reputed consultants of ITC for capacity building of developing and least developed countries around the world to become competitive and face challenges of globalization. He mentioned that this course is not only beneficial for the company for improving its image, efficiency, competitiveness, profitability and growth by reducing cost of purchasing and lead time, but also for professionals for their career development. These courses are equally important for the new entrepreneurs and also enhances the employability of the job seekers.
Shankar Kumar Roy, the keynote speaker of this seminar presents the potential part of SCM. His informative presentation reflects the Key concepts, Core issues, Components, Wings & four flows of SCM. He also presents working capital cycle, 3PL, Bullwhip Effect and answers the questions from NSU students.