o9 Solutions signs MoU with BIM Trichy to foster innovation and research in the Supply Chain Management Area

Bengaluru/ Tiruchirappalli, October 11, 2023:   

o9 Solutions and BIM Trichy entered an arrangement today to collaborate in Supply Chain Management and utilize each other’s knowledge, capabilities, and infrastructure to promote education, research, and development in this space. o9 Solutions is a leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Supply Chain Planning Solutions. BIM imparts new-age supply chain and logistics management knowledge with an end—to—end (E2E) mindset and is engaged in thought leadership and application-oriented deep research for supply chain excellence in the digital age.   

The broad objectives of this MoU are: 

  • Academic Collaboration in designing, developing, and delivering relevant digital courses and offering virtual training & certification programs jointly in Supply Chain Management. 
  • Joint courses and research projects offering a post-graduate certificate program in supply chain management (PGCSCM) around o9 Solutions, collaborative research, and IP creation for developing supply chain digital products/platforms and deep application research. 
  • Possibility of conducting joint events to advance the practice of o9 solutions and digital supply chain.  

Expressing happiness over the development, Dr. Asit K Barma, the Director of Bharathidasan Institute of Management, commented, ‘BIM is known for its advocacy of new-age applications across functions. Having invested in our Centre for Operations Excellence, we are keen to build expertise in Digital Supply Chain that integrates technologies like IoT, AI/ML, and blockchain to optimize processes and improve decision-making. Supply Chain Management for the Social sector and adopting sustainable practices in the supply chain are the other two areas we are working on. This MoU with o9 solutions perfectly fits our vision for the Operations and Supply Chain Management Area that has earned a name over the years with our scholars and students significantly contributing to the practice globally.’ 

The team at o9 Solutions expressed their happiness about sharing their expertise in digital Supply Chain Management with BIM. They eagerly anticipate supporting the university in advancing academic research and education, with digital courses that focus on practical industry applications.  The Alumnus of BIM at o9 acted as coordinator between the o9 Solutions team and BIM and said that MOU with o9 Solutions gives great corporate exposure to the BIM students and helps students shape their Career path ahead. 

For more information, please contact: 

Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Tiruchirappalli: 

  1. Dr. Mafruza Sultana 

              mafruza@bim.edu 

  1. Mr. Jeeva Kumaran (Director’s Office) 
    Bharathidasan Institute of Management 
    Mob: +91 9342847284 
    Email:jeeva@bim.edu 

About Bharathidasan Institute of Management (BIM Trichy): 

Established in 1984, Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Tiruchirappalli, an ISO 21001:2018 certified institution, is an autonomous school of excellence affiliated with Bharathidasan University and run by an independent society. A NIRF top 100 B-School, BIM offers a two-year residential MBA program approved by AICTE with specialization in Marketing Management, Finance and Economics, Operations and Supply Chain Management, Human Resources Management, and Digital Business and analytics. It also conducts the prestigious TN CM’s Two-year Fellowship Program, besides Management Development /Faculty Development Programs. More than 4500 BIM Alumni spread around the globe are significantly contributing to corporations, academics, and society today. Former Indian Union Minister Bharat Ratna, the Late Shri C Subramaniam, was instrumental in setting up this B School. He was motivated by starting a School of Excellence in Management that would be organically linked with an industrial complex. He believed that just as a medical school needed to be attached to a hospital to be effective as a teaching institution, a Management School had to be linked with industry. Accordingly, the institute was set up in collaboration with BHEL within its sprawling Tiruchirappalli campus. In addition to its graduate program, BIM has established multiple Centres of Excellence, including the Centre for Operations Excellence, Financial Trading and Analytics Centre (FINTRAC) with Bloomberg Terminals, Real-Time Contextual Marketing Labs, and Centre for Sustainable Development to advance sustainable living by applying contemporary management insights (www.bim.edu). 

 About O9 Solutions (www.o9Solutions.com): 

Incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956, having its Registered Office at Prestige Technostar, Brookefield Main Road, Doddanekundi Industrial Area, Bangalore – 560 048, o9 Solutions is a leading enterprise AI software platform provider for transforming planning and decision-making, with its offices spread across the globe. O9 Solutions features among the fastest-growing private companies in America in 2023, acknowledged as a leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Supply Chain Planning Solutions. Focused on client value creation, the o9 platform is leveraged by some of the world’s most well-known enterprises across industries, including retail, consumer goods, industrial manufacturing, semiconductor, life sciences, automotive, telecom, and more, to make better and more informed planning decisions. With o9, they benefit from a truly integrated planning platform that connects all functional plans across all time horizons to enable end-to-end decision-making. o9’s AI-powered platform drives the digital transformation of large organizations’ supply chain, commercial, and integrated business planning processes. With its future-proof, scalable, and flexible platform, companies benefit from significant enhancements in customer service, inventory management, resource optimization, and financial KPIs. Top of Form 

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