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Opportunity Details – Shaastra Ideathon: Operation Resilience – The Supply Chain Control Tower

Competition Overview:

Shaastra Ideathon is a three-round operations and supply chain case competition based on a real-world business scenario in the consumer electronics manufacturing industry. Participants will take on the role of a Supply Chain Advisory Team for Vistara Climate Systems Pvt. Ltd., a fictional Indian manufacturer facing supply chain disruptions due to delayed imports, rising demand, currency depreciation and limited domestic supplier capacity.

The objective is to develop a practical, commercially viable strategy that ensures customer fulfilment while controlling procurement, inventory and logistics costs.

Competition Structure:

Round 1 – Unstop Q&A

• Participants will answer questions related to supply chain management.
• The round will test fundamental knowledge and understanding of supply chain concepts.
• Detailed question count, duration and evaluation criteria will be communicated by the organizers.

Round 2 – Executive Summary Challenge

• Problem Statement: The Supply Chain Under Pressure.
• Teams must analyze the given business case and develop a practical response for managing the company's supply chain disruption over the next 30 days.
• Participants must address three key questions:
• What should the company do immediately? Recommend procurement, inventory and production decisions.
• How should scarce products be allocated across the three regions?
• Why is the proposed solution commercially sound? Explain the cost-service trade-off and profitability implications.
• Submission Format: PDF.
• Length: Maximum 2 A4 pages.
• Presentation: Not required.
• Recommended Team Size: 2–4 members.
• Evaluation Criteria:
• Practicality of proposed solution – 35%
• Quality of reasoning and trade-offs – 30%
• Understanding of operational constraints – 20%
• Clarity of executive summary – 15%

Round 3 – Final Case Presentation

• Shortlisted teams will present their complete solution to a panel of industry experts.
• The presentation must cover five key deliverables:
• Recommended Strategy.
• Operational Action Plan.
• Business and Financial Impact.
• Risk Mitigation and Contingency.
• Implementation Roadmap and KPIs.
• Format: PPT presentation followed by panel Q&A.
• Presentation Duration: 10 minutes.
• Q&A Duration: 5 minutes.
• Suggested PPT Length: 5–7 substantive slides, excluding the title slide.
• All calculations and assumptions must be clearly explained.
• All teams must use the same case data and constraints provided by the organizers.

Evaluation Criteria:

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• Quality of strategy and decision-making – 25%
• Operational feasibility – 25%
• Financial reasoning – 20%
• Risk management – 15%
• Presentation and panel defence – 15%

Competition Rules:

• Teams must adhere to the case information, assumptions and operational constraints provided by the organizers.
• Recommendations must be practical, feasible and commercially justified.
• Teams must consider the company's production capacity, supplier constraints, inventory availability and customer service commitments.
• Round 2 submissions must not exceed two A4 pages and must be submitted in PDF format.
• Only shortlisted teams will proceed to the final presentation round.
• Final presentations must be followed by a panel Q&A session.
• All financial calculations, assumptions and proposed operational decisions must be clearly explained.
• The winning team will be selected based on the practicality and economic justification of its solution, rather than simply minimizing costs or maximizing service levels.

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