Bridging the gap between industry professionals and supply chain enthusiasts 

Bangladesh’s first-ever supply chain-based knowledge-sharing platform hopes to work as a catalyst to nurture future supply chain leaders of the nation

05 December, 2021, 12:05 pm

Last modified: 05 December, 2021, 12:07 pm

Team photograph of Supply Chain Alliance (SCA). The organisation works on case research, industry evaluation and content material advertising and marketing to make folks extra conscious of supply chain administration. Photo: Courtesy”>

Team photograph of Supply Chain Alliance (SCA). The organisation works on case research, industry evaluation and content material advertising and marketing to make folks extra conscious of supply chain administration. Photo: Courtesy

Do you understand how the cleaning soap you employ reaches the native retail retailers from the place it was made? Do you ever marvel how it’s made?
Starting from sourcing the uncooked supplies, bringing it to the manufacturing plant, storing it in warehouses, to circulating the merchandise amongst distributors, and lastly placing them up on cabinets in retail retailers so that you can purchase, might be the most straightforward approach one can describe the time period ‘supply chain’. 
Our world at this time wouldn’t have been doable with out the optimisation of supply chain administration. An efficient supply chain can carry a nation to the pinnacle of progress. 
With this perception, in 2019, Abir Ahmed Rabbi alongside together with his co-founders Rakib Kabir Niloy, Kazi Nahiyan Muktadir, Akib Zabed Nirob, FM Mujibur Rahman, launched Supply Chain Alliance (SCA) – Bangladesh’s first-ever supply chain-based knowledge-sharing platform.
Sketch: Abir Ahmed Rabbi”>

Sketch: Abir Ahmed Rabbi
“Prior to forming the SCA, I didn’t understand how or the place a cleaning soap out there at a neighborhood retail store would attain the ultimate shopper from the producers. I solely understood specific features of a enterprise that have been tangible. After a variety of analysis, I got here throughout the time period – supply chain administration,” mentioned Abir, throughout an interview with The Business Standard. 
When Abir understood the strategy of how merchandise attain ultimate shoppers, he needed to be taught extra and thus, grew a ardour for the supply chain. Abir and his crew gained a scholarship after taking part in a contest organised by the International Supply Chain Education Alliance (ISCEA) Bangladesh. After that, he availed an expert diploma in supply chain administration and turned a Certified Supply Chain Analyst in August 2019.
Upon digging deeper into the prospects of supply chain administration in Bangladesh, Abir figured there’s a massive gap in our supply chain information stream. “The college students of the totally different universities have a really restricted scope to achieve information about supply chain administration,” he mentioned.
In 2020, the SCA gained the Bangladesh Supply Chain Excellence Awards collectively initiated by the IPDC Finance Limited and the Bangladesh Supply Chain Management Society (BSCMS) to recognise the revolutionary strategies, options and methods adopted by companies and people to navigate the pandemic
He realised the want for equipping fellow college students with the supply chain information that they will use of their tutorial and skilled careers and thus, the SCA was shaped to bridge the gap between college students’ information and the supply chain. 
“I pitched the thought – to 4 of my CSCA mates – of forming a membership by means of which we are going to work with a distinct segment group of people that would unfold the thought of supply chain methods amongst their fellow acquaintances,” mentioned Abir.  

Now, the organisation has 76 members and have labored with round 15 to twenty main supply chain professionals who’ve helped them of their journey of spreading information. But there have been challenges and the journey has been aggravating for the crew. 
“There have been 13-14 golf equipment in our school already and convincing so as to add one other one was one among the largest challenges we overcame. Our moderator Dr Yousuf Kamal and our advisor Dr Nasrin Akter have repeatedly supported us on this course of. 
Building a progress mindset-oriented crew was one other problem and quickly after we launched the membership with the Covid-19 pandemic making its approach into Bangladesh. To resolve this drawback, we organized “SCA: HARBINGER” the place the executives obtained the alternative to be taught supply chain administration from the leaders and apply the information in case fixing though organising such occasions amid the pandemic was very troublesome as properly,” Abir defined. 
However, SCA has been impacting folks’s careers nonetheless; the platform’s essential goal is to succeed in supply chain fans throughout the nation. 
“We launched a nationwide occasion – SCAUpStream the place 45 to 50 universities participated in competitions, seminars, and workshops, from throughout the nation. Through this occasion, we met our membership’s goal as round 400 groups participated in the competitors and we efficiently managed to unfold our concepts amongst different institutes as properly,” mentioned Abir.
Other actions in the membership embody detailed classes about supply chains – supply chain administration, company tradition, case research, communication, and so on. 
“This yr, round seven members of our membership availed the CSCA diploma and round 8-9 members from our membership obtained scholarships from ISCEA – the highest quantity to this point. The executives of the membership have already printed three articles on supply chain administration. 
Currently, they’re engaged on case research, industry evaluation and content material advertising and marketing to make folks extra conscious of supply chain administration. In quick, the membership works as a catalyst to nurture future supply chain leaders of the nation,” mentioned Abir.
In 2020, the SCA gained the Bangladesh Supply Chain Excellence Awards collectively initiated by the IPDC Finance Limited and the Bangladesh Supply Chain Management Society (BSCMS) to recognise the revolutionary strategies, options and methods adopted by companies and people to navigate the pandemic
SCA members now wish to characterize Bangladesh on a worldwide stage by means of the membership and create future leaders who will create an affect on Bangladesh’s economic system. 
“We imagine that the people who’re part of our membership will likely be the future leaders who carry a few constructive affect on Bangladesh’s economic system,” added Abir.  
The organisation now serves as a bridge between learners and professionals in order that they will have a greater understanding of the industry. 
 

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