How will the future unfold? What is the impact of technology on business & society? As technology reorders the world in which live, who will be the winners and who will be the losers? Join Azeem Azhar, curator of the Exponential View newsletter, in deep conversation with the world's leading thinkers and practitioners exploring these and other important questions. The views expressed on this podcast are those of its hosts, guests, and callers, and not those of Harvard Business Review.
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episode 25: The Digital Future of the Supply Chain
Global supply chains are efficient, but fragile. How can we make them more robust, flexible, and sustainable? Pamela Mar, EVP for Knowledge and Applications at the Fung Group, joins Azeem Azhar to explore the technological and economic changes needed to improve these vital networks of production and distribution.
They discuss:
- The lessons about mass production and specialization we’re learning with the Covid-19 crisis.
- How digitization can build trust along the supply chain.
- Why automation is an opportunity to move from mass production to mass customization.
Further reading:
- “Reinventing Fashion” (Chatham House Panel Discussion, 2018)
- “Meet the Eco-Business A-Listers: Pamela Mar” (Eco-Business, 2020)
- “The State of Fashion – Coronavirus Update” (McKinsey and Business of Fashion, 2020)
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