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ReCognising

STAKEHOLDER
T R E N D S ENGAGEMENT

INITIATIVES

PARTNER INNOVATION SUMMIT

A two-day Partner Innovation Summit was organised with the objective of providing suppliers a platform to interact
with key decision makers of all brands, develop new collections and ideas during the knowledge management centre
(KMC) show, and help brand teams adopt new concepts every season. The summit saw participation from all partners
across the value chain, including trim suppliers, fabric suppliers, and accessories suppliers. Each of them showcased
their innovations, products, designs, etc.

Highlights of the Summit
95 partners participated

Theme of Sustainability, Innovation
and Collaboration

A multi-functional e ort and
interaction with the entire value chain

An industry benchmark on how to
provide partners the perfect platform
to showcase their innovations

Joint Implementation Programme Samanvay

Initiated in 2014, the Joint Implementation Programme Samanvay is a partnership summit organised by
(JIP) is our collaborative approach to improve the Pantaloon to strengthen connections between their
quality and productivity of our suppliers. Our team top leadership and vendors by facilitating sharing of
assists select suppliers to embrace and deepen key information and updates.
implementation of tools like 5S, Six Sigma and Kaizen.
To enhance e ectiveness, Samanvay is divided into
2 sessions. The rst session consists of an interaction
between strategic business partners and the
More than 20
Pantaloons leadership. The partners are identi ed
workshops were and selected based on their current business
hosted and over 50 relationship, future potential and their intent to grow
suppliers participated. with Pantaloon.
In the second session, the leadership interacts with
We are the rst retail company in India to initiate a the vendors on areas like the present state of
Green Channel Partnership Programme for our Textile / business, future plans for sourcing, supply chain
Garment Partners to improve e ciency, productivity strategies and relevant nancial updates. Results of
and quality. vendor surveys are also shared and the questions
received as part of the survey are discussed in detail
to impart clarity. Post this, a Q&A session is held to
address any queries that may arise during the course
Green Channel Partnerships of the summit. The summit nale recognises and
rewards partners for their excellent performance
Green Channel Partnership is a supplier quality system and contribution across delivery, quality and SCM.
certi cation and results correlation for accepting
merchandise quality based on the supplier quality
report and self-certi cation. This results in consistent More than 500 business partners
availability of quality raw materials, on-time delivery and
attended Samanvay which was held at
minimum inventory.
The Lalit Mumbai.
For more information on this intervention, please refer to the
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