INTERVIEW
AI
Reshaping the Supply Chains of Tomorrow
“SCM’s interest in making data-driven decisions was consistently high, and it always will be. We are seeing the rise of AI in every supply chain segment. I feel that the challenge is not necessarily with not using AI, but it’s with what we do after finding the insights. We need a unified strategy and a cohesive approach to provide state-of-the-art experiences. The first step to achieve this is by ensuring that SCM has a seat at the table in all enterprise-wide strategic decisions,” stresses Mr. Aswini Thota, Analytics and AI leader, Bose Corporation, during an interaction.
How has the pandemic changed the landscape of such solutions for companies who are keeping a blind eye to them for many years? What are the lessons learned? Most successful companies were always innovative. They constantly try to gauge what their customers want and develop solutions that strike the right chord with them. But obviously, organizations
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can’t come up with groundbreaking innovations every year. The other way organizations try to attract customers is through service innovations. Offering world-class customer service, a state-ofthe-art delivery process, intuitive user experience, having the right product at the right time, and seamless returns are some ways organizations are trying to innovate.
Mr. Aswini Thota is an Analytics and AI leader who solves organizational and business problems leveraging data. He always believed in the power of data and amazed what insights we can grasp from it. Over the course of his career, Aswini has developed a skill set in analyzing data and he hopes to use his experience and expertise in data science to help people discover the amazing career opportunities that lie ahead in the field of Data Science. He has effectively evolved from a machine learning researcher to an award-winning AI / Data science leader. Aswini holds two Master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering and Data Science.
