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The future of mobility and the auto supply chain
Business, Kanishka Ghosh, Published on 14/12/2016
» Digitisation, automation and new business models have revolutionised other industries. The automotive industry will be no exception. When looking at the future, the question on everyone's mind is: Can people go from point A to point B without really owning a 1,500-kilogramme lump of steel? The answer isn't a simple yes or no. But finding the answer is rooted in trends happening right now.
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Rewriting the rules of global supply chain design
Business, Kanishka Ghosh, Published on 22/02/2017
» Are the winds of globalisation blowing in the reverse direction? The topic preoccupied participants at the recent World Economic Forum (WEF), the gathering of business and political elites in Davos, Switzerland. One headline that caught our eye was "Davos CEOs 'go local' on supply chain in Trump era".
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Industrial revolution 4.0: depopulating supply chains
Business, Kanishka Ghosh, Published on 09/03/2016
» Who will control the world in future? Humans or robots? This question may seem weird to many but it is not entirely unfounded.
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Should the C-suite have a 'supply chain' seat?
Business, Kanishka Ghosh, Published on 11/02/2015
» The understanding of the supply chain and its strategic role in business is changing for many supply chain-intensive industries and companies. More business leaders are coming to understand that one aspect of creating value for the organisation and customers is supply chain management.
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3D printing and supply chain disruption
Business, Kanishka Ghosh, Published on 18/06/2014
» If you’re not excited by 3D printing, you’re not thinking big enough, say some technology visionaries who predict that life on Earth will soon change radically due to it.
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‘Lean’ redefined to create customer value
Business, Kanishka Ghosh, Published on 09/04/2014
» When you think “lean”, what typically comes to mind are tools for eliminating waste in a manufacturing process. For example, kaizen (improvement) workshops, where frontline workers solve complex problems; kanban, the scheduling system for just-in-time production; and the andon cord, which, when pulled by any worker, causes a production line to stop.
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Promoting supply chain excellence in packaging
Business, Kanishka Ghosh, Published on 26/02/2014
» ‘Packaging is the only handshake that a product has with the consumer” is an industry saying that sums up the strong correlation between product preferences and packaging. This relationship is gradually becoming stronger in Asia with rapid economic growth, urbanisation and the surge in the number of middle-income people. This, of course, has been driving the modern trade retailing sector.
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Will the value chain supplant the supply chain?
Business, Kanishka Ghosh, Published on 14/08/2013
» With the dynamic changes in the marketplace, from the age of "mass production" to the interim phase of "mass customisation" phase to the present "touchscreen" world, it seems the value chain will soon supplant supply chains. Changing consumer preferences have forced an unprecedented rethinking of the meaning and purpose of the supply chain.
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Packaging: A silent hero in the supply chain
Business, Kanishka Ghosh, Published on 26/09/2012
» In the run-up to the formation of the Asean Economic Community in 2015, the National Science Technology and Innovation (STI) Policy Office has declared its goal to increase spending on research and development from less than 0.25% of gross domestic product, or US$1.1 billion, to 2% of GDP over the next decade.
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Think blue, Act green: The right strategy for businesses
Business, Kanishka Ghosh, Published on 18/01/2012
» The intersection of Blue Ocean Approach and Green Supply Chain may become the most obvious strategic direction to pursue for all businesses affected by last year's half-a-century flood crisis in Thailand.
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