Lg's Supply Chain
Looking Good; LG Electronics India Discusses its Supply Chain Strategy
By Jayashree Kini-Mendes
Feature | 257 days ago |
LG Electronics India believes in reaching products to people on-demand. Somebody impressed the market with a sense of enterprise, depth of vision, efficiency of service and the durability of products. Jayashree Mendes meets the Vice-President (Head – SCM) of LG Electronics India, KK Kaul, the man behind this movement.
He has been working with the company since LG India set up operations in India in 1997. Growing with an establishment does have its advantages. You become familiar with the system. You are part of the growth. You know the history. You learn from your mistakes and take forward the positives. You have seen the innovations that worked and those that didn’t. You have watched people join and leave or stay on. And all this has added to the experience. So it’s no surprise when after 15 minutes into the meeting with KK Kaul, Vice-President (Head – SCM), LG Electronics India Pvt Ltd (LGEIL), the man not only begins to reel off figures and statistics related to various departments and products, but also speaks on the dynamics of business in general and the portfolio he handles in particular. He can tackle a topic that most people wouldn’t touch with a bargepole. That’s experience and authority. Fourteen years with a company does that to you.
Comfortably settled in his office after having concluded a meeting with his team, Mr. Kaul requires no prodding and is ready to speak on issues about inadequate transportation and corrugated infrastructure (more about that later). But for now, Mr. Kaul must explain the inside story of how, according to a survey conducted by market research GfK Group last year, LG continues to be ranked No. 1 in most product categories, except LCDs where it comes up No. 2, Audio: No. 3, and cell phones as No. 4, and unknown to the common man how the supply-chain department keeps the machinery well-oiled.
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By Jayashree Kini-Mendes
Feature | 257 days ago |
LG Electronics India believes in reaching products to people on-demand. Somebody impressed the market with a sense of enterprise, depth of vision, efficiency of service and the durability of products. Jayashree Mendes meets the Vice-President (Head – SCM) of LG Electronics India, KK Kaul, the man behind this movement.
He has been working with the company since LG India set up operations in India in 1997. Growing with an establishment does have its advantages. You become familiar with the system. You are part of the growth. You know the history. You learn from your mistakes and take forward the positives. You have seen the innovations that worked and those that didn’t. You have watched people join and leave or stay on. And all this has added to the experience. So it’s no surprise when after 15 minutes into the meeting with KK Kaul, Vice-President (Head – SCM), LG Electronics India Pvt Ltd (LGEIL), the man not only begins to reel off figures and statistics related to various departments and products, but also speaks on the dynamics of business in general and the portfolio he handles in particular. He can tackle a topic that most people wouldn’t touch with a bargepole. That’s experience and authority. Fourteen years with a company does that to you.
Comfortably settled in his office after having concluded a meeting with his team, Mr. Kaul requires no prodding and is ready to speak on issues about inadequate transportation and corrugated infrastructure (more about that later). But for now, Mr. Kaul must explain the inside story of how, according to a survey conducted by market research GfK Group last year, LG continues to be ranked No. 1 in most product categories, except LCDs where it comes up No. 2, Audio: No. 3, and cell phones as No. 4, and unknown to the common man how the supply-chain department keeps the machinery well-oiled.
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