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Cost Congress 2014

International Conference on Total Cost Management

Theme: New Frontiers of Business Excellence through TCM
16 & 17 December 2014: Taj West End, Bengaluru

Draft Programme
Day I: December 16, 2014, (Tuesday)
0830 hrs Registration

1000 hrs - 1140 hrs : Inaugural Session

1140 hrs Health Break

1200 hrs 1250 hrs Panel Discussion : Make in India Enhancing Firms Cost Competitiveness
Moderator:
Mr Amitabh Kant*, IAS, Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion
Panelists:
Mr Shekar Viswanathan, VC and Whole-time Director, Toyota Kirloskar Motor
Mr Dinesh Malkani, President, Cisco India and SAARC
Mr Kamal Bali, Managing Director, Volvo India Pvt Ltd
Mr A N Raman, Member ,TCM Working Group
Mr B Thiagarajan, ED & President - AC&R Products Business, Blue Star Ltd
1235 hrs

Q&A

1250 hrs 1335 hrs : Special Address : World class business models in cost leadership
Cost leadership is reflected in a culture that, independent of macroeconomic circumstances, pursues a low cost, high-quality,
customer-centric approach to managing the business. By doing this, one can turn cost consciousness into a strategic position and
sustain the business. In this session we will hear on how successful business models have achieved this with flair.

Session Chair :

1250 hrs
1255 hrs

Mr S G Murali
CFO & Executive President
TVS Motors Ltd
Opening Remarks by Session Chair
Special Address

1325hrs
1335 hrs

Q&A
Lunch

Confederation of Indian Industry

Total Cost Management Division

Mr Charles Tilley
CE
CIMA, London

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1430 hrs 1600 hrs: CFO Panel Discussion on the Theme

The way a business operates has undergone a sea change, over the past few years, especially during the times of volatility.
Corporates have stopped to rethink their business models, and have succeeded to find new ways to deal with the tougher times.
Following is a session filled with interesting case studies throwing light on the subject.

Moderator :
Mr Suresh C Senapaty, Executive Director & CFO, Wipro Limited
Panelists :
Mr Umesh Shastry, VP & Head Corporate Finance & Accounts, Kirloskar Brothers Limited
Mr S Subramaniam, CFO & Head - IT Function, Titan Company Ltd
Mr Ravi Kumar, VP and CFO - IBM India/SA
Mr Joydeep Nag, Director Finance, TE Connectivity India Private Limited
1550 hrs
1600 hrs

Q&A
Health Break

1620 hrs 1645 hrs Technical Session I : Achieving business excellence USP of TCM
Session Chair :

1620 hrs

Mr Manoj Sethi
EVP HR & Finance
Subros Limited
Opening Remarks by Session Chair

1625 hrs

Achieving business excellence USP of TCM

1645 hrs

Q&A

Mr. A N Raman
Member
TCM Working Group

1655 hrs 1805 hrs Technical Session II : TCM as cutting edge of Process Excellence
The thrust of the most businesses has been to focus on improving their manufacturing competencies. Quality and Excellence has
been their target for a long time. With the changing economic scenario, the stress on cost and cost optimization has increased
considerably. Most successful companies have cost culture inbuilt within the strategic vision and operations. This session would
address this context in detail.

Session Chair :

1655 hrs
1700 hrs

Mr Asim Mukhopadyaya
VP Business Planning & Corporate Finance
Tata Motors Ltd
Opening Remarks by Session Chair
Sourcing Efficiency

1725 hrs

Quality & Cost

1750 hrs
1800 hrs

Q&A
Summary of Day 1 : Mr Asim Mukhopadyaya
VP Business Planning & Corporate Finance
Tata Motors Ltd
Close of Day 1

1805 hrs

Confederation of Indian Industry

Total Cost Management Division

Mr Murali Ganesan
EVP - Finance, Procurement & IT
ITC Food Division
Mr G V Ramanan
Group Controller
GE India

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Day II : December 17, 2014, (Wednesday)

0930 hrs 1100 hrs Technical Session III Integrating TCM for Functional Excellence
Innovative ideas have always been well received by the global business market, especially those ideas that yield value propositions
that are compelling to customers, achieve advantageous cost and risk structures, and enable significant value capture by the
business that generates and delivers products and services. Several leading corporates have integrated TCM into their culture and
thereby gaining functional excellence - this session will address the same

Session Chair :

0930 hrs
0935 hrs

1000 hrs

Mr Purvez Gandhi*
CFO
Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd
Opening Remarks by Session Chair
Brand Building & TCM

1025 hrs

Connecting customer value to business excellence

(through Video Conference)
Developing Futuristic Cost Structure

1050 hrs
1100 hrs

Q&A
Health Break

Ms Ronita Mitra
SVP & Head of Brand and
Consumer Insights
Vodafone
Mr William Dummer
Boeing, USA
Mr Murali Nair
Partner
Ernst and Young

1120 hrs 1235 hrs Technical Session IV: Business Excellence Green making Business Sense
Session Chair

: Mr Thiruvengadam
Senior Director
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India Pvt. Ltd.,

1120 hrs
1125 hrs

Opening Remarks by Session Chair

Concept

1135 hrs

Case study Green Company

Mr Suryaprakash
Director (Operations)
Brakes India

1145 hrs

Emergence of non-fossil fuel

Mr Ramesh Subbarao
Director-DG Operations
Sun Edison

1155 hrs

Green making Business Sense

Mr Shubhenjit Chaudhuri
Chief Corporate Sustainability
Tata Steel Limited

1205 hrs
1225 hrs

Panel Discussion
Q&A

Confederation of Indian Industry

Total Cost Management Division

Mr S Raghupathy
Executive Director
CII-Godrej GBC

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1235 hrs - 1320 hrs Technical Session V: Powering Excellence - IT enabled TCM
With ever increasing business complexity and global competitiveness, there has never been a greater need for business-IT alignment. Organizations
are evolving their IT service management strategies to address a more dynamic, consumer-driven universe, in which IT services are the drivers of
enhanced business value through TCM framework. This session will be addressing the topic through case studies

Session Chair :
1235 hrs

Mr Lakshminarayan*
Chief Endowments Officer, Wipro Foundations
Opening Remarks by Session Chair

1240 hrs:

Concept

Mr Terry Thomas
Partner | Advisory Services
Ernst & Young LLP

1255 hrs

Case Study

Mr Siddharth Purohit
CTO
IBM India Software Labs

1310 hrs
1320 hrs

Q&A
Lunch Break

1420 hrs 1500 hrs Technical Session VI : Research Paper on Indian healthcare and TCM
Session Chair :
1420 hrs
1425 hrs

Mr A N Raman
Member, TCM Working Group
Opening Remarks by Session Chair
TCM & Healthcare

1450 hrs
1500 hrs

Q& A
Health Break

Mr Peter Simons
Technical Specialist, Research &
Development, CIMA, London

1520 hrs 1620 hrs : Technical Session VII: TCM Maturity Model Session
As a step towards motivating the Indian companies to follow and incorporate the best cost management practices from around the world, the CII-TCM
division has designed and launched the concept of TCM-Maturity model to evaluate, assess and rate the cost competitiveness of the companies
across the spectrum of both manufacturing and service industry. The purpose of developing the model is to evolve certification process administered
by CII to make a company more objective, scientific and ultimately a leader in the cost management as it navigates through the stated levels in the
TCM maturity model. Further to the launch, the CII-TCM team has initiated the pilot projects across the industries in the country, and has been
received well. In this session, we have case studies from companies sharing their experiences on TCM Maturity Model exercises in their units and the
journey forward

Session Moderator : Mr K V Mahidhar

Deputy Executive Director, CII TCM Division
1520 hrs
1525 hrs

Opening Remarks by Session Chair

Assessor view

1535 hrs

Assessed company

1550 hrs

Assessed company

1605 hrs
1615 hrs

Q&A
Sum up for the day : Mr Thiruvengadam
Senior Director, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India Pvt. Ltd.,
Feedback and Close

1620 hrs

*Speakers are requested for participation and awaiting confirmation

Confederation of Indian Industry

Total Cost Management Division

Mr Manivannan Rajan
Director
Comtec Management Consultants
Mr Subodh Shrivastava
VP & Business Head
Kirloskar Brothers
Mr V Suri
CFO
E.I.D - Parry India Limited