The Digital Future of the Supply Chain
The Fung Group coordinates some of the world’s largest and most complex supply chains. Pamela Mar, EVP for Knowledge and Applications at Fung, joins Azeem Azhar to explore how developing digital connectivity can help to counteract the devastating repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic.
Azeem Azhar's Exponential View
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Show Notes
Global supply chains are efficient, but fragile. How can we make them more robust, flexible, and sustainable? Pamela Mar, EVP for Knowledge and Applications at the Fung Group, joins Azeem Azhar to explore the technological and economic changes needed to improve these vital networks of production and distribution.
They discuss:
- The lessons about mass production and specialization we’re learning with the Covid-19 crisis.
- How digitization can build trust along the supply chain.
- Why automation is an opportunity to move from mass production to mass customization.
Further reading:
- “Reinventing Fashion” (Chatham House Panel Discussion, 2018)
- “Meet the Eco-Business A-Listers: Pamela Mar” (Eco-Business, 2020)
- “The State of Fashion – Coronavirus Update” (McKinsey and Business of Fashion, 2020)
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