TagTalks - The Voice of Supply Chain

Digitization in Indian road transportation

In this episode with Gokul Rajan, we discuss Digitization in Indian road transportation. Gokul Rajan is COO at Gro Digital Platforms Ltd. He is currently focused on bringing digital tools in the hands of truckers in India to help them adapt and exploit the new paradigms, through a new business initiative that is part of the Hinduja Group. He brings two decades of multi-disciplinary experience in IT industry with focus on digital transformation in transportation and logistics.

Digital transformation of sourcing and procurement

In this episode with MR Sundaresan, we discuss Digital transformation of sourcing and procurement. Sundaresan is Senior Leader with 20+ years of experience in the IT and Manufacturing industry providing stewardship and thought leadership on Sustainable Procurement, Digital Transformation, and Supply Chain. Empathetic problem solver, unlocking new potential with a sense of purpose and simplifying processes using cutting edge technology like AI, ML, NLP and RPA, enabling to grow business inspire and empower teams. An alumnus of Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) and Institute of Supply Management. Currently with Nissan Digital heading Digital Platform Optimization Strategy. In past roles, held various leadership position in Cognizant, Wipro and other global firms.

Logistics in today's international business

Dr. Rajiv Aserkar is the Professor and Head of Logistics and Supply Chain Management at S P Jain School of Global Management, Singapore. He has a rich academic and corporate experience. He is also an active participant in the various Logistics and Supply Chain industry and academic forums in Southeast Asia, Middle East and India. He has authored a book titled “Logistics in International Business” and has co-authored another book titled “Export Import Management”.

Leveraging crisis to build resilient supply chains

In this episode with Mr. Shubhankar Chatterji, we discuss how to leverage crisis situations like Covid-19 pandemic to build a more resilient supply chains. Shubhankar is a proven Operations and Supply Chain leader having 3 decades of industry experience with organizations like Tata Motors, Tata Cummins, Greaves Cotton and is now with Schindler India as CSCO. Specializing in setting up large green field operations, turning around value chains, presently focussing on building up an agile and resilient supply chain organization. Academics: an MS in Mech Engineering from NIT Jamshedpur, MBA from Kelley School of Business, a certified Six Sigma master Black Belt and a Research Scholar in Management with IIM Kozhikode.

Supply chain planning and sustainability in automotive industry

In this episode with Dr. Balakrishnan A.S, we discuss supply chain planning and sustainability in automotive industry. Dr. Balakrishnan A.S. is vice president in material planning and logistics department at Ford Motor Private Limited, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.  He completed PhD in the area of management studies under the faculty of engineering and technology from SRM University. He has about twenty-four years of industry experience primarily in supply chain management and logistics, worked across the globe primarily in India and China, and published papers related to supply chain, logistics, material flow and engineering changes in various international journals.