CGN Associate Hamid Ali (USA) was invited to talk on Business Process Re-Engineering and its imperatives at IMCI on International Management Consultant Day.

The presentation was on Business Process Re-Engineering as an on-going process critical to an organization’s success in a competitive marketplace. It provides the necessary tools and methodologies that are required for organizations to deliver results while mitigating risk, increasing efficiency & effectiveness. The audience consisted of members of the IMCI who are prominent consultants in their specific domains.

CGN’s unique simulation methodology enables its clients to unravel complex business problems, identify key levers driving change and apply simulation tools to analyze and communicate the impact of changes prior to their execution. Simulation in business delivers significant value & improvement in optimizing work flow and eliminating waste within the organization by deploying custom-designed interventions and using the latest simulation tools & lean Six Sigma methodologies.

IIPM – International Institute of Project Management (one of the registered education providers of PMI®, USA) arranged the Annual Professional Development Day, a celebration of International Project Management Day and “IIPM Alumni Annual Dinner meet” on Sunday, December 9th, 2007 in Chennai where our very own Dipanker Das, PMP, was invited to deliver a talk on “PMO: Implementation Experiences - A case study.”

The event was well received with about 50 participants comprised of Delivery Managers and Program Managers from leading companies like Wipro, Infosys etc.

Dipanker states: “It was a great networking event for all PMs and PMPs as well as a fantastic opportunity to learn new trends on PMO concepts, earn 7 PDUs, and get up to date with what's happening at PMI.”

Lakshmi Balaji, another associate from CGN who participated in the event, commented: ”Dipanker uses his PowerPoint skills to showcase his Point Power!!”

CGN's unique and proprietary methodology (CGN's Experiential Learning Model™ or ELM™) creates a workshop environment that immerses its participants in a real-world case study, challenges them to solve the problem on hand in a team setting (much like in real life), and promotes the active application of the learned theory. Additionally, each workshop is led and facilitated by highly qualified professionals actively involved in respective industry sectors, thereby bringing to the workshop additional real-life dimensions and challenges.

One such program on World-Class Project Management was conducted on 20th and 21st September 2007 at Delhi. This program, a 2-day workshop, was conducted exclusively for senior project managers by Mr. Kumar Manu, General Manager - Indian Operations, CGN Inc.

As part of its strategic partnership with SCMHRD, CGN launched its 1st Global Seminar on "Global Supply Chain Management" at the SCMHRD campus on Saturday 25th August 2007. This is the 1st of series of several interactive workshops that will provide a perspective of today's Global Supply environment from a practicing manager's standpoint. This seminar was handled by Mr. Sundar Srinivasan, General Manager - Operations, CGN Asia Pacific.