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Our core team consists of strong, top-tier professionals from strategy consulting, investment banking, and Supply Chain industries. With a complementary skill base and a combined experience of more than 60 years, we are able to leverage our knowledge base to create outstanding results.
Feel free to send us an email to arrange a confidential discussion with any of our team members.
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| Vivek Sood |
Vivek has more than 10 years operational and management experience in global supply chains and nearly 10 years experience in global supply chain strategy consulting. Having worked his way up from a Cadet to a Merchant Marine Master, Vivek gained exposure to wide variety of supply chains around the globe. Vivek is a Chartered Financial Analyst® and holds an MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management, Sydney.
After MBA, Vivek worked in the Operations Strategy Consulting firm Booz Allen and Hamilton to advise Boards of Directors and senior management of large corporations. Some of his career highlights are: |
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Supply Chain strategies for a number of companies to help them leap into a higher league of supply chain performers. These companies included a large chemicals company, a cement manufacturer, a constructions materials company, a vertically integrated agri-business, and a large mining company |
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Several network optimisation projects for a wide variety of supply chain networks - ranging from Chemicals (Explosives) to food stuffs (perishables/ cold logistics), to fast moving consumer goods |
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Inventory optimisation and targeting for a number of companies - ranging from construction materials to aircraft parts to retail |
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Supply chain supplier negotiations with a wide a variety of supply chain service providers including trucking companies, rail roads, shipping companies, third party logistics companies, lead logistics providers, freight forwarders etc. Preparation for these negotiations were carried out by researching costs, competitors and supplier profiles in order to formulate a negotiation strategy |
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Shipping strategy for an Australian icon with more than $100M shipping spend. This is envisaged to be a deal worth $1 billion over a period of 10 years |
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| More information on Vivek's profile is available on http://www.linkedin.com/in/vivek |
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Supply Chain strategies for a number of companies to help them leap into a higher league of supply chain performers. These companies included a large chemicals company, a cement manufacturer, a constructions materials company, a vertically integrated agri-business, and a large mining company. |
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Several network optimisation projects for a wide variety of supply chain networks - ranging from Chemicals (Explosives) to food stuffs (perishables/ cold logistics), to fast moving consumer goods. |
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Inventory optimisation and targeting for a number of companies - ranging from construction materials to aircraft parts to retail. |
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Supply chain supplier negotiations with a wide a variety of supply chain service providers including trucking companies, rail roads, shipping companies, third party logistics companies, lead logistics providers, freight forwarders etc. Preparation for these negotiations were carried out by researching costs, competitors and supplier profiles in order to formulate a negotiation strategy. |
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Shipping strategy for an Australian icon with more than $100M shipping spend. This is envisaged to be a deal worth $1 billion over a period of 10 years. |
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| Dr. Wolfgang Partsch |
| Dr. Wolfgang Partsch is widely acclaimed as the person who originally coined the phrase "Supply Chain Management" in the early 80s when on his way to a Swiss industrial company factory driving through the snow using snow chains. Most of the original thinking, methodologies and terminology of Supply Chain Management were developed by Wolfgang and his team in the 1980s while he was at one of the 3 Bs.There is a saying in the European supply chain circles - "if Wolfgang does not know it - then it is not worth knowing.' A maven in the world of Malcolm Gladwell's "The Tipping Point", Wolfgang is constantly thinking about the technologies, the economics and the emerging trends in Global Supply Chains. Based at Munich, Germany, Wolfgang concentrates his effort on advising select senior executives of European industrial houses on creating outstanding supply chain. |
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| His client base include supply chain leaders such as Volkswagen, Audi, Daimler Chrysler, Aventis, Nestle, Coca Cola, and many other global leaders. Dr. Partsch is a co-author of the seminal text on supply chain management-‘Supercharging Supply Chains'. He has written numerous highly regarded articles, papers and reports on supply chain management and presented key note addresses in several global supply chain management conferences. |
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Marco Gabbiani
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Marco has 10 years of experience across a broad range of industries including, research and development, management consulting, investment banking and private equity. At the international Investment Bank ABN AMRO, Marco was involved in structured finance for industrial clients. At the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Marco advised clients on strategic issues such as Mergers and Acquisition strategies, Post Merger Integration and supply chain impact of mergers. At Orbital Engine Company Marco was responsible for managing research programs in and liasing with key licensees.
More recently Marco has been investing in, advising and managing early stage supply chain and other technology ventures and as a consultant to Quay Partners, a private equity fund. Marco is a Chartered Financial Analyst® and holds an MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management, Sydney. Marco also holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Some of Marco's career highlights include: |
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As part of an investment banking team, financing $150 Million acquisition through operations modelling, optimising and marketing |
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Feasibility study on urban passenger network in a major metropolitan area |
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Participation in several infrastructure projects related to supply chain field |
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| Roc Yang |
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| Roc has 10 years of experience in logistics and supply chain management. He has worked in strategic and IT perspectives with a particular focus on the unique challenges facing China today. A former official with the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) in China, Roc earned his MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) in the University of New South Wales in 1996. He also attended executive logistics program in the United States offered by Georgia Tech. After receiving his MBA, Roc spent four years with PwC consulting in the US and China running large supply chain projects and SAP implementations. He then gained first hand knowledge of inbound and outbound logistics and supply chain management in China working as a co-founder of egistics Corp., a pioneer and leader in financial services BPO, for close to 5 years. |
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The projects that Roc had managed or participated include the following:
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SAP implementation for several leading MNC products companies in China |
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Strategic and IT planning for the largest 3PL in China |
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Logistics strategy, process and IT solutions for the world's largest TV manufacturer based out of China |
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Logistics strategy and 3PL selection for a worldwide beer brand in China |
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Strategic business planning and implementation for a world leading ocean shipping company in China |
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Strategic planning and implementation for the logistics hub operators of five major cities in China |
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Logistics strategy and IT solutions for a leading dairy products brand in China |
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Logistics strategy and software system selection for a leading retailer in China |
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| Thomas Wiedmann |
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Thomas has more than 20 years experience in international operations and supply chains. He set personal focus on global supply chains and logistics 10 years ago and has grown into an industry leader in this field.
He has held leadership positions in global and european organizations, ranging from several interim-CEO assignments to supply chain change leadership positions during periods of intense organizational development. His specialization is in creating outstanding results through combined application of practical supply chain insights and appropriate supply chain technology. His projects have targeted optimization of the key organizations elements - processes supported by appropriate technology and change management principles. Based on his experience, Thomas has developed his "best value-concept" as a trademark which is recognized as an industry standard and is now being applied across the globe.
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Some selected projects where Thomas has managed included the following:
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Supply Chain Management optimization |
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ABB |
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Ritter |
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Cherry etc. |
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Logistics development |
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Development and Implementation of 3PL and LSP concepts |
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Supply Chain Security and Risk Management |
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Assessments and development in Supplier Relationship Management |
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Process industry - Food and Beverage |
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Assessments and development in Customer Relationship Management |
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Assessments in Enterprise Risk Management |
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Consumer products industry |
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Investments in East Europe |
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| Gennady Teplitsky |
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Gennady Teplitsky is our senior partner located in New York . He has more than 20 years of experience working in Consulting, Finance, Manufacturing and CPG industries. Gennady's unique skills include:
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International supply chains incorporating commodities |
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Risk management |
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Strategic sourcing |
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Trade management and execution |
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Channel partnerships and OEM relationships management strategies |
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Growth strategies - key drivers, and execution |
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Marketing and product analysis and growth recommendations for supply chain IT systems vendors |
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Earlier, Gennady Teplitsky was a Vice President of a unit of JPMorgan Chase , where he led the Strategic Technology consulting organization. In this capacity he managed a group of senior business and technology consultants whose mission was to help accelerate measurable business performance leveraging reengineering and technology innovation. The areas of focus include supply chain technology, knowledge management, information effectiveness and business process utilities. Gennady also provided advisory services to the firm's investment bank and venture capital business partners.Prior to this role, Gennady was a practice leader at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. He managed large programs and provided thought leadership in the area of Automation and Analytics. His leadership and expertise helped several large clients with combined footprint of 20+ million customers in US, Europe and South America .
Gennady holds a Master degree in Engineering Mathematics and Computer Science from University of Louisville, Kentucky |
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Murali Dharan
Murali specialises in Supply Chain transformations and
Technology Solutions. He has a strong track record of leadership in commercial
and non-profit organisations, with special focus on CSR. He is a veteran of IT
industry with expertise in Technologies, Sales/Marketing and implementation of
Business Solutions in Asia Pacific and General Management. As a State Manager
at Microsoft, he built and managed $100M+ software business. As the Manager for
Strategic Global Partners, he built a strong Partner Channel, including ISVs
such as SAP. He had served in various Solutions, Services & Consulting
roles with Novell, Amdahl and IBM in Australia, NZ, Asia & India.
As an entrepreneur, Murali founded and run two IT companies
& served on the Board of Public (ASX Listed) company in Australia. He also
teaches Business/Marketing, Competitive Strategies to MBA students at Macquarie
Graduate School of Management (MGSM, Sydney). He is a founding member, since
2002, of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs), the global network of entrepreneurs,
which he built up as President over 5 years. He currently runs EmpowerIS as
CEO, specialising in Supply Chain & ERP/CRM/BI solutions and also as
Advisor to software companies & Investors (VCs, Angels, PEs).
Murali has a top Hons Degree in Electrical Engineering from
IIT, India,
top medal MBA from Macquarie Graduate School of Management (MGSM), Director’s
Diploma from Australian Institute of Company Directors(AICD) and he is a
certified Enterprise Architect of TOGAF from The Open Group.
Besides business, Murali is an active Social Entrepreneur,
providing leadership to several non-profit organisations in charity, education
& social transformations.
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