3 Lessons from Squid Games for Supply Chains:

Netflix – Squid Games is a remarkably engaging series. World of Supply chain is also quite fascinating. This is a world where math (probabilities, theoretical distributions, optimizations, statistics etc) is mixed with emotions (shortage gaming, bull-whip effect, psychological sales targets & supply commitments etc) in real time and hence while managing supply chains is not …

Why India won’t hit 2Bn doses mark by December, but still has a lot to be proud off

Sometime in May this year, amidst a ravaging second wave, and all-round talks about vaccine scarcity, Indian authorities came out with this plan to procure 2 Bn vaccine doses by this year end. Math was rather simple, ~1 Bn eligible adults, 2X vaccination doses, and hence we needed 2 Bn vaccination doses to vaccinate all …