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Drama, Disruption, and Daring to Defy Making of a Resilient Supply Chain

Over the past few years, there have been more and more disruptions, from natural catastrophes to trade conflicts to pandemics around the world. Due to these interruptions, supply chains are now more vulnerable than ever, emphasizing the need for proactive actions to increase resilience. To cope with complexity and uncertainty, resilient planning is the need of the hour. This was the basic tenet of our panel discussion on the sidelines of our recently held Supply Chain Tribe Conference & Awards 2023 where the industry leaders deep dived into smart & sustainable ways to make their supply chains resilient and explored the enabling role of technology in achieving the same.

Focus Interview

07 | Tire Retreading – A True Case to Promote

Circularity

Dr. Sourabh Bhattacharya, Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management and Vinay K. Kalakabandi, Associate Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management, Institute of Management Technology, Hyderabad consider the case of the unorganized tire retreading industry in India and examine the barriers it faces in contributing to a circular tire supply chain in India.

11 | Weathering the Impact of ESG Headwinds

Sandeep Chatterjee, Supply Chain and Sustainability Leader, IBM Consulting, presents his take on ESG as the key driver of long-term business sustainability and success.

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Rethinking Supply Chains in APAC

Rodrigo de Moraes Rodrigues, Vice President –Logistics, Budweiser APAC, decodes the changing supply chain paradigms in APAC.

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Food Value Chain – Closing the Loop

Aashish Rathore, Supply Chain Lead, UMA Consumer Products Pvt Ltd., highlights the ever-evolving food supply chain.

26 | SPECIAL REPORT

Achieving Customer Centricity – The Focal Agenda of CSCOs

Our recently held panel discussion deciphered on the parameters that supply chain managers need to re-invent for improving customer experience and discussed the dos and don’ts towards achieving a truly customer centric supply chain…

Editor: Prerna Lodaya

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