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Supply chain management is the plan and control of material and information flow among suppliers, facilities, warehouses and customers with the objectives of minimization of cost, maximization of customer services and flexibility. The supply chain of a business process comprises mainly five activities viz., Purchase of materials from suppliers, transportation of materials from suppliers to facilities, production of goods at facilities, transportation of goods from facilitates to ware houses and transportation of goods from ware houses to customers. In this paper, a supply chain model is developed for a dairy industry, located in Andhra Pradesh, India. The supply chain includes four echelons namely raw milk suppliers, plant, warehouse and customers. In this model, emphasis is mainly on production and distribution activities, with a view to find out purchase plan of raw milk, production plan of product mix and transportation plan of the products. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Management of change has assumed a great deal of importance in Indian automobile industry. Managing change is posing a big challenge to Indian firms in the wake of globalization and liberalization. Successful change demands that all major areas of an organization are kept in focus concurrently. These areas are technology, structure, systems, people and culture. It is seen that all these areas are interwoven and cannot be emphasized upon in isolation. This paper presents the current status of socio-technical change in Indian automobile industry. The study has been made through survey in Indian automobile companies using a specially designed questionnaire. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]