How e-retailing is affecting traditional supply chains & logistics
Unifying different supply chains and evolving into an omni-channel business is no mean feat. The Indian brick-and-mortar retailers are now pressed between a brick and a click
View ArticleWhen supply chains wreak mayhem
India needs to draw lessons from the catastrophe at Tianjin port logistics facilities. We don't just need to enforce strict regulations on our supply chains, we also need to have an emergency response...
View ArticleHow supply chains are going the Gandhian way
Supply chains are slowly aligning with Gandhian principles, as they reshape to the realities of political economy.
View ArticleE-retail vs. organised retail: an uncertain battle
The underlying fight is between supply chains. But as long as consumer benefits, who wins does not matter.
View ArticleSupply chains and geopolitics
Supply chains play a big role in geopolitics. India needs to develop and use supply chain capabilities as a tool in geopolitics
View ArticleHow supply chains established by Nehru helped India break free
Bashing Nehru may be fashionable but flawed. He broke free from the exploitative colonial economic structure and laid strong economic foundations; and above all, India grew fast
View ArticleThe shades of oranges
Taking a walk through the orange supply chain in the home of the famous Nagpur orange
View ArticleThe shades of oranges (Part - II)
Taking a walk through the orange supply chain in the home of the famous Nagpur orange.
View ArticleBeyond odd-even formula and Delhi: Designing a new transport policy
Transportation is much more than passengers commuting or freight moving from one place to another
View ArticleWhy pushing e-commerce customers to app only environment is likely to boomerang
Forcing retail customers into an only app-based platform is premature and will boomerang, unless the loyal customer base reaches past a tipping point
View ArticleWhy supply chain forecasts go wrong
Matching demand and supply is vital, but always tricky. Humans and machines cannot model all variables quantitatively
View ArticleIllegal supply chains: Real & hidden threat to India's security
Pathankot airbase attack proved that terrorists find these the perfect platform to piggyback
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