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We had the privilege to host Dr. Rakesh Sinha, former Global Head of Manufacturing, Supply Chain & IT at Godrej Consumer Products, on our latest podcast. With over 39 years of rich industry experience, Dr. Sinha shared invaluable perspectives on transforming supply chains in a rapidly evolving market.

Key Highlights:

>Integrated Planning: The critical need to synchronize procurement, production, and distribution planning for seamless operations.

>Mindset Shift: Emphasizing the urgency to challenge outdated assumptions and evolve processes for future disruptions.

>Disruption Preparedness: Insights on building supply chain agility to withstand unpredictable disruptions like COVID-19, geopolitical crises, and supply shortages.

>Strategic Use of Technology: How AI, IoT, and agentic AI models enable granular demand sensing, quality inspection, and near real-time forecasting—helping companies move beyond cost-cutting to truly transformative capabilities.

>Demand Sensing & Forecasting: The evolution from monthly forecasting to continuous, data-driven demand sensing that accounts for geographic and event-driven demand drivers.

>Supplier Management: Balancing openness to innovative suppliers with evaluating disruptive technologies that challenge existing workflows.

>Skill Development: Aligning technology adoption with on-the-job skill-building to create effective, adaptable teams.

>Change Management: The vital role of workforce “I wish we had…” buy-in as the foundation for successful digital transformation.

At Dawdle.live, we’re excited to bring forward these real-world stories of tech implementations in the form of use cases to empower enterprises in making smarter technology decisions.