supply chain

06 Aug

From Bangkok to Kochi: The Logistics Specialist Who Rebuilt Autobacs India’s Import Line

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Kochi, (Kerala) [India]: When Pathumwadee Manu took over global sourcing at Autobacs India, shipments from overseas manufacturers took eight to ten weeks to reach Kochi. Today, they arrive in just three to four weeks. During the same period, the company's international supplier network expanded from 15-20 suppliers to 46. Those measurable improvements have led Manu to become Executive Director of Roavion Automotive Pvt. Ltd., the company operating Autobacs India, where she also holds a 20 percent equity stake. The Problem She Was Hired Into Autobacs India had been trading for over a decade and had outgrown the systems it started…

03 Jul

Bengaluru scientists develop off-grid mobile oxygen concentrator

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New Delhi: A team of researchers at Bengaluru-based Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), an autonomous institute under the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, has designed a robust, mobile oxygen concentrator that can be used in rural settings and be rapidly deployed in emergencies in any location. The second wave of COVID-19 had witnessed an acute shortage of medical oxygen in different parts of the country. While the crisis in the bigger cities was more about responding by overcoming supply chain limitations, in smaller cities and villages, the crisis exposed a chronic lack of medical…