By Abdul Qadir Qureshi
(Pakistan News & Features Services)
The concept of supply chain management, a new concept which
is going to prove beneficial for engineers-in-making when they enter the
practical life and come across with industrial and commercial businesses, was
highlighted at a one-day seminar organized by the Sir Syed University of
Engineering and Technology (SSUET), Karachi.
“It is a new a new field with wide applications to be
applied by upcoming engineers when they enter the practical arena,” Engr Noman
Ali, the visiting Regional Manager, Seimens, Saudi Arabia, pointed out in a
detail presentation on the topic.
He described supply chain management as an integrated
process that spans the movement of and storage of raw materials, inventory and
finished goods from point of origin to point of consumption.
“It is the design planning and execution, control and
monitoring of supply chain activities with the objective to ensure efficient
and effective use of time and resources by avoiding wastage,” Engr Noman
explained adding that the ultimate objective aims to come up to expectation of
customers and achieve the set targets.
The topic was particularly relevant to the students of final
year who, he said, would soon enter practical life where knowledge
of supply chain management would be quite beneficial to them.
The workshop was largely attended, among others, by
Vice-Chancellor SSUET, Prof Dr Jawaid Hasan Rizvi, Dean Engineering
Prof Dr S M Makhdumi, Associate Dean Prof Dr Najeeb Siddiqui besides the
chairpersons of various faculties, heads of departments, faculty members and
students.
In his concluding remarks Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Jawaid
Hasan Rizvi, appreciated the comprehensive presentation given by Engr Noman Ali.
Prof Dr S M Makhdumi, Dean Engineering, announced that in
view of importance of the subject the SSUET would consider starting a short
course on supply chain management in the near future.
