Supply Chain Resilience Index

 https://www.achilles.com/products/supply-chain-resilience-index/

https://www.bain.com/consulting-services/operations/supply-chain/supply-chain-resiliency-index/

Developing a strategic supply chain resiliency index: an assessment of the global lithium supply for U.S. automotive EV battery production

Hazel He,Thomas Brush,Hua Cai,Dutt Thakkar,Steve Dunlop &Stephan Biller

 Published online: 22 Jul 2025

we propose a supply chain strategic resiliency index (SRI) to comprehensively measure strategic SCR. The index integrates the consideration of supply network structure, supplier reliability (especially geopolitical risks), and each supplier’s contribution of material flow into a unified metric. Such an index can serve three primary purposes: (1) benchmarking the resilience of the existing supply chain, (2) evaluating the impact of strategic supply chain management decisions, and (3) assessing the resilience impact of new technology developments. As a use case, we analyzed the lithium supply chain of U.S. electric vehicle manufacturers, utilising real-world lithium imports and vehicle production data. Our results show that automakers are increasing their SCR, as exemplified by General Motors’ SRI increase from 27 in 2022 to 59 in 2023, and further to 65 in 2024.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00207543.2025.2534842#d1e330  (pdf downloaded)

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Learn about the wide range of professionally managed investments available through our Chief Investment Office and some of the industry’s leading investment managers

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Deming On Management, Quality and Productivity

 

Deming Birthday - October 14

Out of Crisis

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The Deming Route to Quality and Productivity

Road Maps and Roadblocks

By William W. Scherkenbach, William Edwards Deming · 1986

Preview

https://books.google.co.in/books?id=g5Y9GEMjjUUC

Ud. 13.10.2025

Pub. 4.12.2020

AI Agents in Procurement

 By 2027, 50% of procurement tasks will be automated by AI agents (Gartner, 2024).

https://www.zycus.com/blog/ai-agents/procurement-2025-transforms-forever-with-agentic-ai

New Technologies and Industrial Engineering.

Industrial Engineers have to lead their organizations in understanding and adopting new technologies.

Latest New Technology - Agentic AI.

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2025/04/new-technologies-and-industrial.html

AI Agents in Procurement: A Comprehensive Guide

Zycus

Published On: 11/22/2024,  Last Modified On: 06/10/2025

https://www.zycus.com/blog/ai-agents/guide-to-ai-agents-in-procurement

AI Agents are Reshaping S2P: Intelligent GenAI agents streamline Source-to-Pay processes, enhancing compliance, efficiency, and decision-making.

Supplier & Spend Management Transformed: From fast onboarding to real-time spend tracking, AI optimizes supplier collaboration and savings visibility.

Strategic Sourcing & Tail Spend Get Smarter: AI-driven bid analysis, autonomous negotiations, and automated tail spend controls bring precision and speed.

Contract & Procurement Operations Made Seamless: Built-in AI powers contract lifecycle management and automates tactical purchases, shortening cycle times.

Risk, Decision-Making & Enterprise Scalability: AI delivers real-time supplier risk insights, predictive analytics, and scales for mid-size to large enterprises.

CPOs Guide

https://www.zycus.com/knowledge-hub/whitepapers/cpos-guide-to-agentic-ai-in-procurement

AI agents in procurement - IBM

https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/ai-agents-in-procurement

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2025

The Autonomous Advantage: How Agentic AI is Redefining Competitive Edge in Procurement

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Saketa Chilukuri

Published On: 04/28/2025

https://www.zycus.com/blog/ai-agents/autonomous-sourcing-with-agentic-ai

2025: The Year Procurement Transforms Forever with Agentic AI

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Amit Shah

Published On: 02/21/2025

https://www.zycus.com/blog/ai-agents/procurement-2025-transforms-forever-with-agentic-ai

Artificial Intelligence - AI Agents in Supply Chain Management - SCM

 

22.4.2025

How to transform global supply chain operations with agentic AI

Authors

Gaurav Malhotra

Supply Chain Technology Leader

Ayoub Abielmona

EY Global GenAI Supply Chain Leader

A powerful technology is set to revolutionize supply chains through autonomous execution and real-time adjustments.

https://www.ey.com/en_us/insights/supply-chain/revolutionizing-global-supply-chains-with-agentic-ai

Within the world of procurement and supply chain operations, AI agents can handle a range of responsibilities including supplier management, pricing, purchase order history, supply chain management and market analysis. AI agents can shift orders to alternative suppliers, reducing downtime and bottlenecks within the supply chain.

https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/ai-agents-in-procurement

26.8.2025

Gopala Krishna Vemparala

https://www.linkedin.com/in/vemparalagopalakrishna/

Supply Chain & Operations Leader| Delivering Cost Savings, Risk Mitigation & Process Excellence |Strategic Sourcing | Supply Chain Project Management | Warehouse & Logistics Management | 9+ Years of Impact | IIM MumbaiSupply Chain & Operations Leader| Delivering Cost Savings, Risk Mitigation & Process Excellence |Strategic Sourcing | Supply Chain Project Management | Warehouse & Logistics Management | 9+ Years of Impact | IIM Mumbai

26.8.2025

10 Real-World Agentic AI Use Cases in Procurement

Agentic AI is more than a buzzword—it’s where procurement can finally move from reactive to proactive. Instead of humans chasing data and tasks, AI agents take initiative, act autonomously, and collaborate with us.

Here are 10 practical ways we’ll see it in action:

 1️⃣ Supplier Discovery – Agents scan global databases and news sources to propose new suppliers that fit cost, risk, and ESG needs.

 2️⃣ Contract Drafting – AI agents pre-build contracts, highlight risky clauses, and suggest negotiation levers.

 3️⃣ Category Insights – Automated category managers that track markets, price indices, and trends—then brief you daily.

 4️⃣ Supplier Performance Monitoring – Continuous KPI tracking with instant escalation and suggested improvement actions.

 5️⃣ Risk Sensing – Agents detect geopolitical, financial, or supply risks early and propose alternate sourcing.

 6️⃣ Tail Spend Automation – AI buys routine items end-to-end within policy, freeing humans for strategic work.

 7️⃣ RFP Orchestration – Agents manage timelines, supplier Q&A, and scoring to cut cycle times dramatically.

 8️⃣ Savings Tracking – Autonomous validation of claimed savings against actuals in P2P systems.

 9️⃣ Compliance Guardian – Real-time policy monitoring, ensuring every PO, contract, and supplier action aligns with governance.

 🔟 ESG & Scope 3 Tracking – Agents collect, verify, and report sustainability data across the supplier base.

👉 The real shift? Procurement leaders move from managing processes to managing outcomes—with AI agents as co-pilots.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/vemparalagopalakrishna_10-real-world-agentic-ai-use-cases-in-activity-7365948650000216065-l9v5

Ud. 11.10.2025

Pub. 26.8.2025

Health of Organization

30.9.2025

McKinsey

Organizational health and performance go hand in hand. 

Our latest research in India highlights the practices that set the healthiest organizations apart, including three that make the biggest difference. 

Read more: Improving organizational health in Indian companies

September 10, 2025 | Article

By  Ben Fletcher  and Chaitali Mukherjee with Raina Mohalanobish

https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/people-and-organizational-performance/our-insights/improving-organizational-health-in-indian-companies

3 practices differentiate the healthiest organizations in India

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/narayana-rao-kvss-b608007_organizational-health-and-performance-go-activity-7378635401760202752-cdVp

WHAT IS A HEALTHY COMPANY?

May 19, 2021

by Dan Markovitz

https://www.markovitzconsulting.com/blog/what-is-a-healthy-company

12 April 2018
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Presentation by Jim Laub
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Organizational health is also a concept of importance for top management.

Definitions of Organizational Health

For the organi­zation, the definition of health  may be stated as: a healthy organization is an organization which establishes and maintains a mutually beneficial relationship with its environment.

Organizational health is  the capacity to deliver—over the long term—superior financial and operating performance. (McKinsey)

The capacity to deliver has to be improved along with using it deliver performance.
http://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/organization/our-insights/the-hidden-value-of-organizational-health-and-how-to-capture-it

April 1, 2014 article

Even though many authors have not mentioned it, we can describe some characteristics of the organization as disease. An organization where the CEO is despised is a sick organization. No body can be a healthy CEO, who develops hatred in the employees of the organization. Leaders that means managers in the organization must have the capability to assemble followers. They should not become group leaders in organizations and create conflict between employees and create a context for fights, cases and dismissals. In majority of the commercial organizations where conflict among employees is started by the leaders are doomed to fail. There are leaders who join organizations of relative peace and stability but convert them into organizations of strife, mistrust and dissatisfaction.

Shaomin Huang and  Gerald Ramey have proposed a method of measurement of organizational health through four propositions

PROPOSITION 1 (organizational effectiveness):
a)  Strong attention to task orientation will lead to higher organization effectiveness.
b)  A more involved work force will lead to higher organization effectiveness.
c)  An increase in innovative practices among workers will lead to higher organization effectiveness.

d)  Optimal interaction among the variables of innovation, involvement and task orientation (collectively, not individually) within  the work force will improve organization

effectiveness.

PROPOSITION 2 (leadership):
a)  An increase in appropriate supervisor support will lead to more leadership within the
organization.
b)  A decrease in excessive control mechanisms will create more leadership within the
organization.
c)  An increase in autonomy will increase leadership within the organization.

d)  Optimal interaction among the variables of autonomy, control, and supervisor support

(collectively, not individually) within the work force will improve leadership in the

organization.

PROPOSITION 3 (team work efficiency):
a)  Increased clarity in all communication will reduce destructive conflict in the organization.
b)  An increase in cohesiveness among peers within the work force will decrease destructive
conflict in the organization.
c)  A reasonable release in work pressure  will decrease destructive conflict in the organization.
d)  Optimal interaction among the variables of clarity, peer cohesion,and work pressure (collectively, not individually) within  the work force will reduce excessive and
destructive conflict in the organization.

PROPOSITION 4:
Assessment on organization effectiveness, leadership, and team work efficiency showing multiple causalty effects is a valid and appropriate method of evaluating organizational health.

McKinsey - Measurement of Health of Organizations

McKinsey helps you to measure your Organizational Health Index

Healthy organizations perform better. In healthy companies, employees know where the organization is headed; understand how they fit into the strategy to get there; have the tools, capabilities, and motivation to execute; and are empowered to innovate and change.

The Organizational Health Index is a survey-based diagnostic. It  has been deployed by more than 1,300 organizations worldwide. The data collected from employees and executive, provide the consultants and company managers  to understand the underlying mind-sets and behaviors that drive performance. Country- and industry-specific benchmarks are available  to compare like with like.

http://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/organization/how-we-help-clients/organizational-health-index

A detailed article

http://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/organization/our-insights/the-hidden-value-of-organizational-health-and-how-to-capture-it



For the CEO

http://chiefexecutive.net/your-companys-health-performance-is-not-enough/

Shaomin Huang and  Gerald Ramey,    "Organizational Health Assessment: a Romania Firm Case Study"


This article is part of #AtoZChallenge 2017 for Blogging Posts. My Theme for the Challenge is Top Management Challenges - Full List of Articles  http://nraomtr.blogspot.com/2016/12/a-to-z-2017-blogging-challenge-top.html


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Narayana Rao K.V.S.S. said...

Failing during learning. Failing during performing. Failing during learning is personal. We need to continue till we learn. Failing during performing has both personal and external components. We want the audience to enjoy. But they may not. We have to accept such failures as a part of the profession of performing. But personal failure to perform adequately is something we need to think through and pledge to avoid in the future. It may be through some relearning or advanced learning or through more rehearsals or through stricter quality control. We want some private audience to judge our performance. Whether it is up to standard or not. But we should not give up once we start any activity as a profession. For that matter even serious amateur initiatives. Perseverance is important for the ultimate success. There is nothing wrong in displaying learning board for a longer time. Thank you for the post. My post for the day for letter H is:
Health of Organization

H for Happiness- What is it like to be in the state of happiness and how to attain it?
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H is for HORIZONS #AtoZ Poetry
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#atozchallenge Letters to my Embryos: H is for Hospital
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Making Digital Transformation Effective and Successful - Effectiveness First, Efficiency Next

 

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mckinsey_the-factories-leading-the-way-in-digital-activity-7372388743502270464-SwQ7

Four steps highlighted

• Invest and Build Technology,  People, and Process  capabilities.
• Develop  reusable tools and modules to deploy solutions quickly in multiple processes.
• Take a localized approach to solution adoption in each process. Educate and involve  the local frontline talent to fine tune the solution to suit the customer profile, resource profile and employee profile etc.
• Prevent Process Debt - Reengineer each process to use the full power of technology.

https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/operations/our-insights/lighthouse-lessons-four-mindsets-to-make-digital-transformation-stick