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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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    Navigating in the omni-channel world

    Business, Kanishka Ghosh, Published on 20/04/2016

    » The idea of the omni-channel consumer is a powerful force to reckon with, made possible by rapid and massive adoption of "smart" mobile technologies by consumers the world over.

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    The traceability challenge in the supply chain

    Business, Kanishka Ghosh, Published on 13/01/2016

    » In the past, considerable physical and temporal distance separated the upstream activities of a supply chain from a manufacturer and its downstream stakeholders. Now technology, especially mobile devices and social media, can make downstream stakeholders -- consumers, business customers, news media, regulators and NGOs -- aware of upstream risk almost instantly.

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    Creating collaboration out of conflict for added value

    Business, Kanishka Ghosh, Published on 20/05/2015

    » Effective collaboration is essential for creating value. But paradoxically, effective collaboration has always been a challenge for senior managers — how do you get people in the organisation to work together across internal boundaries or collaborate externally with key stakeholders?

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    Welcome to the new world of 'reshoring'

    Business, Kanishka Ghosh, Published on 08/04/2015

    » Germany's Software AG says 2015 is shaping up as the tipping point for supply chains. It recently released its top 10 predictions for the manufacturing and supply chain industry this year, one of which relates to the emerging trend of "reshoring" — the return of manufacturing to developed markets as wages rise in emerging economies.

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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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    The value of simplicity

    Business, Kanishka Ghosh, Published on 03/12/2014

    » For any large organisation to be effective, it must be simple, former General Electric chairman Jack Welch once observed. Delayering, streamlining and asking targeted questions are all part of the process. When it comes to supply chain streamlining and lean management, simplicity is easier said than done, but the pay-off is immense.

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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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