1 Million miles of flying.
One Million Miles: A Supply Chain Journey
1 Million miles of flying.
Proud to be a Supply Chain Boy
After 24 years of doing this, I can safely say, I am proud to be a Supply Chain Boy. Supply Chain Management is the ultimate endeavor that humans engage in; it happens millions of times per day, and consumers take it for granted. All the automation, algorithms, brilliant minds, hard working staff, truckers, workers and... Continue Reading →
Walk the floor…
Taken from SSF Imported Auto Parts Glassdoor Page (https://www.glassdoor.com/) Want to be a rock star Supply Chain Professional? Get away from your computer. That was a feedback I received almost 20 years ago, in my first job as a consultant after graduating with a Masters at NJIT. I had no clue what Supply Chain was,... Continue Reading →
5 things every supply chain officer is doing right now to outmaneuver uncertainty
No industry, geography, or channel has been spared from supply chain disruption as the COVID-19 pandemic has spread. Enough has been said about the pandemic, consumer trend shifts, demand volatility and the challenges supply chains have been facing so this write-up does not dwell into that. While the world continues to battle the virus, supply... Continue Reading →
Better Together
There is a Latin word that appears on the great seal of our country: E pluribus Unum. These unprecedented times have put the spotlight on it: Out of many, ONE. I was raised in Africa. From a childhood, I had more black people around me and taking care of me than a normal Indian boy.... Continue Reading →
The Strength to Fail
As Supply Chain leaders we constantly fail. Failure to predict demand; failure to predict spend; failure to make product available; failure to execute profitably; failure to support our team; failure to catch a trend; failure to be prepared for the unexpected; failure to respond fast enough; failure to have the right product at the right... Continue Reading →
Thank You.
For all of us who are hunkering down; remember that retail is open; discretionary retail may slow down but our nation expects retailers especially the grocery industry to become heroes now. Those working counters, stocking shelves, moving inventory at supermarkets and pharmacies and in their distribution centers. Their work, at some risk to their own... Continue Reading →
Being Santa
Dear Supply Chain community, What we do is not easy. I like to think of it as being Santa, every day. Bringing goodies into the barn, ensuring they are made-packed-shipped-received- on time - ultimately to make deliveries to people, whether they spoke to our colleagues, whether they wrote us a letter, or email, or ordered... Continue Reading →
Supply Chain Innovation, Orchestration & Autonomy
A couple of weeks back, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Scott Luton, Chris Barnes and Ben Harris on Supply Chain Now Radio about our work going on at Havertys as a part of the digital transformation initiatives on our Supply Chain 2025 strategy. It was a lot of fun to do it... Continue Reading →
Honored and Humbled….
On March 14, 2019, I was honored and humbled to have received the "Supply Chain Innovation of the Year" award on behalf of the Havertys Supply Chain Team at the Atlanta Supply Chain Awards 2019 organized by APICS Atlanta, CSCMP Atlanta and Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. Thanks to the entire supply chain organization and... Continue Reading →
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