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Supply Chain Leadership Series IV: Joydeep Ganguly – Passionate About Sustainable Supply Chains

NC State SCRC

I had the opportunity to have him talk to my MBA class recently, and we covered a variety of topics – from career development to the biotech industry. Number 1 : I was and remain naturally curious – about the industry, emerging trends and sources of value. I work in biotech, where much of what we do can fail!

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SCRC Partner Profile: A Textbook Transformation at Biogen-Idec

Supply Chain View from the Field

Although strategic sourcing capabilities are well established in industries ranging from automotive to electronics, they are still in the formative stages in the biotechnology sector. It isn’t easy to drive change in biotech companies for a number of reasons. is showing how this can happen in the biotech sector.

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What is Supply Chain Management? Importance & Benefits

QAD

E-commerce brands must oversee design, manufacturing, sourcing, warehouse inventory, shipping and delivery. Supply chain management is typically broken into three large buckets of intricate processes and roles: Concept: the full cycle, from sourcing and procurement to fulfillment.

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Lights out: China’s energy woes hamper supply chains

Resilinc

Geopolitical conflict with Australia—source of 10% of China’s coal imports—have contributed to the coal shortage. Its firms are critical suppliers for pharma/biotech, consumer electronics, automotive, energy, apparel and many other industries; they draw on a huge skilled workforce and have access to unmatched logistics infrastructure.

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Adapting to Manufacturing Disruption: A Strategic Life Sciences Webinar Series

QAD

Pre-commercial life science manufacturers, including medical device manufacturers, biotech companies, and contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs), face infrastructure challenges as they work toward Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval.

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Biogen Idec designs the innovation supply chain

Supply Chain View from the Field

Since graduating from the NC State Jenkins MBA program in 2006, Joydeep Ganguly has risen through the ranks at Biogen Idec – the world’s oldest independent biotechnology company and the largest biotech employer in North Carolina. He posed the following scenario: You are the COO of a Biotech company tasked with designing a supply chain.

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Poole Graduate Joydeep Ganguly believes in a “Goodness Chain” at Gilead Science

NC State SCRC

We have worked on a number of projects with Gilead, and this year we have two MBA projects, one on Responsible Sourcing and a second on Zero Waste to Landfill, led by our executive faculty advisor Carol Kozar. I wanted to find a way to contribute to the healthcare industry, and biotech was an obvious choice.

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