Strategize: Transition to E-Procurement

19/10/10:Phase one of the annual “Marketing On Fire” conference kicked off at IMT Dubai and on a fine note. “Marketing on Fire” is an IMT Dubai initiative that gives its students, the opportunity to interact with the corporate world, present ideas of their own to the invited dignitaries and receive appropriate feedback for the same.
Despite facing immense pressure of balancing both their working life and their college routine, this phase of the conference was enthusiastically initiated and organised by the 2nd year evening batch students of IMT Dubai, under the guidance of their esteemed marketing professor, Dr Mohan Lal Agarwal.

The focal point of the seminar was “Strategizing the Transition from Procurement to E-Procurement.” The main crux of the forum was E- Procurement and its application in today’s world, the challenges faced by the procurement industry and finally the solution to the problem “e-procurement “

The presenters were Shadaab Ahmed, Shadab Anwar, Mayur Khanna, Yogesh Badlani, Jenny Tahilian and Reema Badlani, each bringing with them a glorious mix of corporate experience and the knowledge they had so far received from their tenure at IMT.
They began their presentation by defining what E procurement is, its role so far in the U.A.E, the transitional returns, the barriers faced and finally the benefits provided by transitioning an existing system from procurement to e-procurement.
After the presentation, the dignitaries, Bhanu Pratap Singh (Atlantis, Director of Procurement), Mr. Ganesh Kumar (Manager, Procurement, Atlantis), Mr. B Mohan Kumar (General Manager, JAAS Electromechanical LLC) and Mr. Mohammad Husain Vora (Sales Engineer, Aqua Gas Group) each gave their own valuable insight into the topic based on their vast experience and presented a few questions of their own to the presenters, which in turn were suitably answered by them. Once this was done, the floor was open to the rest of the student body, to clarify any remaining doubts they may have had on the subject.

IMT Dubai has always placed high value in providing quality education and quality opportunities to its students. Students’ development in both theoretical and the practical aspects of an application is given highest priority, so that they implement it both during their student life and further along in their career.


Team METH..!!