Managing Complexity: The Key to a Resilient and Adaptive Supply Chain
How does agility in supply chain operations help mitigate disruptions and ensure continuity?
- On: January 14, 2025
Haitham Fouad
Head of Supply Chain, Logistics Procurement and Facility Management – Middle East
How do global uncertainties influence your risk management approach in Supply Chain ?
Proactive Risk Identification/ KPIs: Early detection of possible risks is essential due to global uncertainties such natural disasters, economic volatility, and geopolitical instability. This entails keeping a careful eye on world events and how they might affect the supply chain.
Diversification of Supply Sources: We use a strategy of acquiring products and materials from several suppliers and geographical areas in order to lessen the impact of uncertainties. This lessens reliance on a single market or source that could be disrupted.
Agile and Flexible Supply Chains: Supply chain operations that are flexible allow us to react swiftly to changes. This entails employing dynamic stock techniques, utilising other transportation routes, and keeping buffer stock.
Improved Cooperation and Communication: Improved information is possible when suppliers, logistics partners, and other stakeholders work closely together. In times of uncertainty, cooperation and collaboration ensure more seamless reactions to disturbances.
Strengthening connections and Contracts: Keeping solid connections and making sure that contracts with suppliers contain risk-sharing provisions enable people to navigate uncertainty with support and understanding from one another.
How do AI-driven analytics contribute to advanced risk assessment?
Investing in technology and analytics: Forecasting, scenario planning, and real-time monitoring are made easier with the use of sophisticated analytics and AI-powered technologies, which also allow for proactive risk mitigation modifications such as EDI connections, Supply Chain intelligence dashboard, business disruption manager, and predictive analytics to track product movement, monitor inventory levels, and anticipate bottlenecks or delays.
How do you monitor your supply chain process ?
By implementing a robust Supply chain KPI’s such as delivery reliability, capabilities, perfect order cycle, OIV, DIV, NCM management, automation rate, and customer satisfaction rate.
How can supply chain leaders predict and mitigate risks in a volatile global economy? Learn more from Haitham’s informative case study on “Advanced Risk Management for New-Age Risks”.
Meet him at our Supply Chain and Logistics MENA Summit, 29 – 30 April 2025, in Dubai.
Short Speaker BIO:
Regional Procurement, Supply Chain, and Facility Management Head with over 15 years of experience in the chemical industry, I have honed my expertise in strategic procurement, supply chain logistics, and facility management. My career is marked by a strong ability to negotiate favourable contracts, optimise supply chain operations, and manage facility resources effectively, delivering seamless operations and cost-efficient solutions.
I hold a Diploma in Maritime Law, Logistics, and Supply Chain Studies from the Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport. This education, combined with hands-on experience, has equipped me to navigate complex industry landscapes and implement strategies that drive sustainable success across regional markets.
My professional approach emphasises innovation, efficiency, and collaboration to ensure operational excellence and support long-term organisational goals.
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