SCMDOJO

At SCMDOJO we help Supply Chain Professionals Grow in their Jobs & Careers. And we help Supply Chain Leaders solve problems by providing Knowledge Content, Best Practices, Process Diagnostics, Expert Support and Supply Chain Technology Consulting.

Founder & CEO

Learning supply chain best practices from experts can help your business thrive.
  
The Supply Chain Show™ is your all-access pass to uncovering every piece of the supply chain, logistics and procurement management puzzle.

This Top Supply Chain Podcast introduces you to fellow peers and leading experts in the industry and shares their wealth of knowledge!

We cover supply chain, logistics, procurement key concepts, and supply chain career-related advice!

Podcast Host - The Supply Chain Show™

BAERBERGH ADVENTURE CAPITAL

Partnered with BAERBERGH ADVENTURE CAPITAL as Evangelist & representative in UAE and Saudi Arabia. to promote the activities of Technology Investment of the Group, such as Informore; Bright Cape; Sara Robotics; Eyeon; 3PL Logistics -NUNNER Logistics and 4PL Logistics - CAROZ Group

Evangelist

UPSCALE SUPPLY CHAIN EVENT

Our Upscale Supply Chain Events are built mainly on three pillars for our supply chain community: 1-Values; 2-Networking; 3-Opportunities.

Co-Founder

Bridgestone EMEA

Managing Planning & Operations activities to support $700 Million sales for Bridgestone Middle East & Africa (MEA) Region. Also responsible for Strategic Sourcing and Supply Chain Strategic Projects in the MEA Region.

MEA Regional Planning and Operations Manager

MEA Regional Planning Manager

Doncasters Group Limited

Responsible for logistics, distribution, sales and operations planning, customer service and operational procurement function. Supply chain & logistics lead for Industrial Gas Turbine Division.

Logistics Director

Eaton

Responsible for Eaton Life Safety Division (previously Cooper Safety Division) logistics, distribution, sales and operations planning, materials management and performance measurement. Providing coaching, supporting and developing local supply chain teams.

Eaton Life Safety Division is a global manufacturer and distributor of products designed to save lives and protect property. Annual sales greater than $0.6B (2012), 4000 employees with manufacturing and distribution in 25 facilities across 13 countries.

Divisional Supply Chain Manager

Responsible for the management of resources within Manufacturing Operations to meet the demands of the business / profit plan. Combining outstanding people skills with strong technical, manufacturing, commercial and business expertise. Deploying continuous improvement culture and  driving towards world-class standards and exceptional customer service. Leading a team of circa 200 people, supporting sales of £25 Million.

MANUFACTURING MANAGER

Responsible for day-to-day supplier management, incoming materials supply, planning of the manufacturing plants production and customer delivery communications. 
Key requirements of the role include assuring the availability and continuity of material supply as required achieving sales forecasts and customer delivery performance expectations. 
Responsible for planning (SIOP), demand management, MRP system activities within the Material Planning team, scheduling of the internal and external supply chains, supplier on time delivery and inventory forecasting and achievement of profit plan targets working closely with the Customer Services function to optimize customer service.
Responsible for managing team of 60 people and sales of £25 Million.

Supply Chain Manager

- Head of planning and logistics functions, in a manner appropriate to a continuous improvement environment, always with the customer's needs in mind. 
- Responsible for managing team of 40 people and sales of $59 Million.

Ensures the continuity of supply of raw materials whilst making every effort to reduce the cost of finished goods. Responsible for coordinating and directing all tasks relevant to effective material management, finished goods, stock and/or inventory.

Materials Manager

It as hands-on position responsible for developing and executing Demand Plan and inventory plans that will enable the Eaton Electric UK to meet sales and service objectives.  Collaboration with other members of the supply chain, sales, marketing, and customer support teams was paramount to achieve these sales and service objectives

Demand Planner

Managing scheduling & outsourcing & Supply Chain integration projects in India, Malaysia, China and Croatia (BCC partners). Managing operational & commercial issues with in all legacy suppliers & contract manufacturers.

Buyer

Volvo Car Corporation

Performed multivariate statistical analysis to identify relations between inputs (resources availability, Master Black Belt support, project selection procedure, etc) with outputs (time to complete, hard savings). Have proposed model for potential soft saving of150k USD. Successfully implemented in VCC-R&D. Received Six Sigma Black Belt Certification from Chalmers & Volvo Car Corporation.

Six Sigma Reseacher

1888 Mills

Merchandiser (Home Textile)

Akzo Nobel Chemicals

Technical Officer (Textile Auxiliary)

I am a Supply Chain Management & Digitalization Expert. And listed as a Top Supply Chain Influencer by All Things Supply Chain, Thinkers360, Flexport, Pelico and a few more.

I've helped Maersk, Nunner, NHS, Tashas Group, ADNOC, Unilever, Al-Talayi and Abbot to improve their supply chain competencies, reduce cost and make the supply chain digital.

My Supply Chain blog (SCMDOJO) generates over 57,000 visitors and 91,000 page views monthly, with 56,000 active Newsletter subscribers and a tribe of over 88,000 LinkedIn followers, mostly supply chain professionals. All these numbers are growing daily, and we are creating a more extensive and robust community.

My YouTube Channel and The Supply Chain Show ™ podcast generated over 31,000 monthly views and gained 28,000 subscribers. I have 27,000 Facebook followers as well.

I’ve spoken at over 40 conferences and given Key Notes and Panel Discussions in Ukraine, Estonia, the UK, Azerbaijan, Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, the USA, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the UAE. I'm available and interested in speaking at events worldwide as long as they are in the supply chain space.

For speaking opportunities, collaborations, events, and business development, please email support@scmdojo.com

Delivered ✅- Hands-On GenAI Application in Supply Chain & Procurement Workshop in Mississauga, Toronto!

A big thank you to everyone who joined the SCMDOJO  x COLIBRI S&OP  session on Hands-on GenAI for Supply Chain & Procurement Professionals! 

Together, we explored how GenAI and LLMs are transforming supply chain workflows — from smarter supplier searches to streamlined RFP analysis, and even turning dashboards into executive-ready narratives.

Key takeaways from the session:

✔️ LLM Cheat Sheet: Strengths, blind spots, and how to design prompts that deliver real results.


✔️ Not All LLMs are Same: Different LLM has Different Strengths & Weaknesses based on Use Case. 


✔️ LLM Do Not Automate: You need to use automation tools with LLMs to drive efficiency.

✔️ PROMPT Framework: Persona, Role, Objective, Method, Parameters, Tone — a simple but powerful tool for consistent outcomes.

✔️ Live Demos:
	•	Finding suppliers in minutes, not months.
	•	Comparing & normalizing RFP responses, generating an exec-ready summary.
	•	Automating planning & forecasting insights with AI-powered storytelling.

Beyond the insights, the energy in the room — questions, laughter, and great discussions — showed how ready the GTA supply chain community is to innovate and collaborate.

🙏 Special thanks to Alexia Vitalli ☀️  and the Colibri team for their sponsorship and commitment to building this community, and to everyone who came out to learn, share, and connect.

I would also like to thank folks who attended: Parth Davé, CCLP Ambreen Mehboob, CSCP Arjun kashetty  Gary Newbury  Arpit Modi CSCL, MCIPS Nilu Vyas Manuel Nedvedovich  Ekta Kapuria Srivastava Maryam Safi , CPSM, PMP Chandni D. Surbhi Lal Prateek Sethi Madiha Rauf, MBA,CSCP Jigar Trivedi Ankur S Thakur, PMP Spencer Sabo and Rahul Kapoor  (thanks for fantastic dinner mate!

Let’s keep this momentum alive — and grow an active SCM community in Toronto. Who’s in?

PS: if they are looking busy on thier mobile in one of the pictures. It’s because they are doing exercises, not because they are bored 🥱😄

#GenAI #SupplyChain #Procurement #SCMDOJO #Colibri #TorontoSupplyChain #Innovation

Dr. Muddassir Ahmed

Your Supply Chain Success, My Mission | I write The Supply Chain Show™ Newsletter weekly for 71k subscribers I S&OP Trainer & Consultant I AI Applications in Supply Chain Consultant | Keynote Speaker | Meme ExtroNerd

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When Project Manager interferes in Supply Chain Manger’s daily standard work, this happens…

Watch till the end 🤣😁….

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Dr. Muddassir Ahmed, Ph.D

Leading Global Supply Chain Influencer and Supply Chain Management Expert. 

I sell Supply Chain to Supply Chain People! 
 
I believe in creating business process improvement using Supply Chain Digitalization, Lean Six Sigma, utilizing entrepreneurial vision, technological understanding, and exceptional relationship management fostering revenue growth, cost savings, standardization, and operational excellence.

Visionary and inventive Senior Supply Chain Leader with 15 years of progressive accomplishments leading manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, and technology management initiatives in multinational companies and diversified international corporations. Strong strategic planner, problem solver, and persuasive leader.  Committed to managing operations and projects flawlessly while consistently delivering results and contributing to revenue-producing activities.

Cross-functional team building, communication, listening, and interpersonal skills. Interact well with stakeholders, matrix organisation peers, and customers. A visionary with the ability to see the “big picture” while staying abreast of business details and tight deadlines. Recognized for consistent success in developing processes, people and procedures to streamline corporate operations, implement digital strategy and enhance profit performance.    

I am also a passionate blogger and started SCMDOJO to enable supply chain professionals & the supply chain team to solve the problems they face in their jobs & business. The enablement will come by providing relevant and best-in-class knowledge banks (ebooks, guides, training & talks, courses, videos) and self-assessment tools to solve the problems faced by the supply chain professionals.

SCMDOJO now has more than 57,000 of visitors, and 91,000 page views a month. With 30,700 active Newsletter subscribers and a tribe of over 86,000 social media followers who are mostly supply chain professionals. All these numbers are growing daily, and we are creating a more extensive and stronger community.

SCMDOJO Mission: We Help Supply Chain Thrive

I am also hosting a successful "The Supply Chain Show", a Talk Show on YouTube with leading Supply Chain Experts, discussing ideas while they share their priceless experience.

Expectation from Demand Planner to create Accurate Forecast Explained!

Watch till the end 🙃 😜

Why Dubai can pull such large crowd in startup space? 

In my opinion Dubai has build one of the finest Government Marketing Engine.

Everything is superfluous, superlative and superb! 

No negative vibes! No Doom & Gloom. Is this realistic, may be not. But does it creates a positive story, definitely Yes!

I had a great pleasure to spend time with good friends of mine, I.e. HAMMAD SIDDIQUI (aka The Guru of Guru’s) who came all the way from Toronto to showcase Canada Startup Association and David Schultz who is passing by Dubai after DPW and we recorded another podcast episode.

It was pleasure to meet my Dtec graduate mate Firas Abdulwahed  and loved to see how he has moved upwards from Hospital CRM to Hospitals Agentic Customer Service Rep!

Very happy to see booths and startup from Syria and Pakistan. 

One of the exciting startup is MOVO  founded by Mohannad Al Samman, who are Talabat of Syria.

Lastly, met Fantastic Rachel Meuleman who has founded Sales Lead Platform BizzAngels (inspired by Charlie’s Angels!!). Her company offers “Money Back Guarantee” to get qualified leads! 

Let’s see what day 2 of Expand North Star brings tomorrow. I will be there ..

Is hustle culture good or bad?

Agree or not, Dubai is a hub of hustle culture.

Yesterday I met some awesome hustlers, Expand North Star  

Starting with Edwin J. Frondozo, who is the coolest dude walking on the floor with his camera, swag and massive smile 😃. He is also the author of “Future Narrator,” a guide to Personal Branding for Leaders and Entrepreneurs. Thank you for the signed off book! 

Then I met two giant gentlemen from Serbia, Igor Ristovic and Milan Miljkovic, who run Sales, Marketing, and other BPO services out of Belgrade, and the cost with talent is an astonishing value! (⚠️⚠️BPOs in India should worry about the rise of BPOs in Serbia )

After 12 12-hour shifts, we found the energy to meet up with the leading vlogger in Dubai, Wali Khan , and, along with two other super novas, HAMMAD SIDDIQUI  & Dr. Arsalan Sami , we recorded a one-hour podcast on why finding a job in Dubai is increasingly complex and starting your own is easy!

All of this in one day. 

To that I say, “Hustlers don’t sleep — they just nap between opportunities.” 😎

Top 5 Tips for Business Networking 

1) Good Place ✅
2) Good Food ✅
3) Diverse Intellectual Views ✅
4) Sharing Network of Common Connections ✅
5) Feel Good Vibes ✅

The meetup I have organized with Moataz M. , HAMMAD SIDDIQUI & Arnaud H. has ticked all above points! 

Or I could have started this post as …

An Egyptian, French, Pakistani went to a restaurant…

Complete the joke 😁🤣😄

Do you know who coined the term "Supply Chain Management" & when?

In a Financial Times article published on June 4, 1982, Keith Oliver introduced a new framework for understanding the flow of goods and services. In his interview with Arnold Kransdorff, Oliver described this innovative approach as “supply chain management,” a term that would soon reshape the business world!

🌍 We’re Showcasing at Expand North Star 2025! 🌍

Excited to announce that I’ll be part of Expand North Star, 12–15 October at Dubai Harbour  -  the ultimate stage for startups.

If you are in Dubai, you can catch up with  me & The Guru HAMMAD SIDDIQUI

With top VCs, angels, CVCs, and global investors attending, this is where the world discovers game-changing tech. 💡

Come visit us and let’s connect!

#ExpandNorthStar

If you are looking for career advice in Dubai Sohaib Hasan is your man!! 

With nearly 1 Million followers on LinkedIn he is most followed Pakistani on LinkedIn.

Finally had opportunity to meet him in person yesterday, after many years on interaction on LinkedIn. Through gentleman, great energy!

Today I had a pleasure to record one more episode of The Supply Chain Show with Irina Kuzina - Cheif Supply Chain Officer of Pearl Group in UAE.

We discussed:

1. Agentic AI – A Non-Technical Perspective: Major applications in supply chain. Key roadblock. The way forward

2. Cost Cutting and Supply Chain Resilience and need for Supply Chain Agility.

A perennial topic, consistently at the top of every boardroom agenda


3. Women in Supply Chain Leadership.

Personal leadership journey and challenges faced. Major roadblocks.

PS: We got hit by flicking light issues, but we marched on. It’s a great content for supply chain folks, will be published in November.

If you are hiring a supply chain consultant, how do you know they are the right one?

How do you know they will deliver the value?

There are many criteria, one of which is the approach they show to deliver the consulting project. 

I have created a simple 4-Phase Framework with some examples, whcih you can use as a template to know if their consulting proposal will deliver the value.

Feel free to add comments/criticism in the comments. 🙂 

PS: This is the framework, which we use 😉 

#supplychain #consultants #consultancy

4-phase SCM Consultancy framework

When the Project Manager interferes in the Supply Chain Manager’s daily standard work, this happens…

Watch till the end 🤣😁….

#supplychainmanager #projectmanager

I had the opportunity to deliver a keynote in Canada to share my 4 Step Framework with anyone in a corporate job who is looking to start an entrepreneurial career.

I have summarised the key takeaways from that talk. 

Please share your thoughts in the comments.

#entrepreneurship #supplychain #careershift

Muddassir 4 Step Framework - Entrepreneurship

Leadership is very well research and published topic, and there is lot of good content out there.

However, in my experience, leadership combes down to these basic 5 principals.

The Basic Principles of Leadership 101

Great conversation with Muhammad Yahya Zubair, CIA, CISA

Why Excel Can’t Handle Global Operations

Join us as we dissect the complexities behind justifying the price tag of logistics projects. How do you showcase the real value when investing hundreds of thousands of dollars? 

This episode of On Time with Dr. & Serge Bajenov is crucial for supply chain professionals eager to master the art of calculating the cost-benefit of tech implementations. 

Don't miss out on kickstarting your journey in understanding the finer details of logistics technology.

#logistics #podcast #supplychain

Give me One Example !?

#fridayvibes 😁

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