About the Book
The book, “The Search for Value in Supply Chains”, is about the journey of the author (Procyon Mukherjee) over 34 years in the field of supply chains that spanned continents and covers several aspects of global supply chains and the puzzles around them. On one hand, it is about his experiences, it is also about the experiences of many others in the Universities of learning from Operations Planning, Manufacturing, Logistics, Procurement and Finance; these universities are actually the workplaces where the puzzles in the supply chain get created day in and day out and get solved as well. The book unravels some of the complexities that entail supply chain dynamics, which could be in planning, procurement, or logistics. The examples in his book are taken from global supply chains as much as from local set-ups. The book captures very unique puzzles, including the ones created during the Covid-19 pandemic, the disruptions that come once during a lifetime. The object of the book is to reach supply chain practitioners and leaders and facilitate their journey, which is becoming complex by the day. Topics covered a span from Strategic dimensions, planning puzzles, organizational Enforcements, Core logistics to the Procurement Principles, Data integration, and Sustainability. Numerous case studies capturing the essence of problem-solving in diverse supply chains are part of the book. The purpose of the book is to evince interest in raising more questions and inquiries into the vast field of supply chain management and in the process sharpen the understanding of the subject.
About the Author
Procyon Mukherjee has been an Industry Expert in the field of Supply Chain Management having worked for 34 years in every aspect of supply chains; his field of play has been from upstream of the chain to the downstream, from Demand Shaping, Operations Planning and Manufacturing to Logistics and Procurement. He has worked in Global Multinationals starting from Philips, Alcan Inc., Novelis, and LafargeHolcim as well as in Indian Global Conglomerate, the Aditya Birla Group in its flagship company Hindalco. His career started in the eastern part of India and then he went on to work in various parts of India before taking up an assignment that required a $6 billion acquisition of Novelis by Hindalco, which later took him to a global role in Zurich, Switzerland. He later came back to India and served in several roles in Supply Chains from heading a large manufacturing division, heading pan-India logistics of Hindalco to becoming the CPO of LafargeHolcim India, steering procurement and supply chain of ACC and Ambuja Cement across 35 plants. Procyon Mukherjee is a Mechanical Engineer and completed the one-year Special Management Program with the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. He did several programs with world-renowned Institutes in India and abroad which includes Senior Leadership Program at the Ivy Academy (Ivy Business School with the Western University). He is an avid reader and essayist with 400 essays and had been adjudged the Top Voice of LinkedIn for the years 2016 and 2017. He wrote his first book, “The Search for Value in Supply Chains”, which took thirteen years to complete and is now published by Blue Rose Publications.
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