An early education in supply chain and solutions – Desai’s supply chain experiences go back to his childhood when he closely observed the operations at a factory that his dad ran. “From the early days of my childhood in India, I got to experience what supply chain actually looks like”, Desai says. The factory produced traditional cotton garments, like saris. Though I didn’t know the words ‘supply chain’, I observed many of its processes such as how to procure raw materials and how to plan what needs to be manufactured and in what sequence needs to be done – plus the transportation of goods and selling to customers.
