San Francisco Bay Area Chapter
San Francisco Bay Area IIT Kharagpur Alumni Presents
The Challenges of Collaborative Commerce in the High Tech Industry
By Denis Mathias, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
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About Denis Mathias
Denis Mathias is a partner in the Management Consulting Division of PricewaterhouseCoopers, in San Jose, California. He is the leader of the High Tech/SAP initiative in the Americas Theatre. Denis has over twenty years experience in global business transformation projects for U.S. and Japanese High Tech multinationals. In the past he has served as the Partner-in-charge of PricewaterhouseCoopers Management Consulting practice in Japan and on the Global Executive Board. He has spoken and written extensively on global transformation of High Tech companies, particularly as it relates to the strategic use of technology.Denis is also an alumnus of IIT Kharagpur.
About The Topic
One of the biggest issues facing CEO's in the High Tech Industry, is that de-aggregation (because of the need to focus on core competence and capital efficiency) has made the supply chain extremely inefficient. As a result, all major High Tech companies are looking for ways to collaborate with their supply chain partners, to improve channel visibility, and as a result, profitability.PricewaterhouseCoopers recently organized a Roundtable to discuss these challenges in the High Tech industry. This Roundtable was attended by leading High Tech companies, such as Cisco, Dell, HP, IBM, Philips, Applied Materials, Intel, Micron Technology, Sun Microsystems, Fujitsu and JDS Uniphase.
During this presentation, Denis Mathias will discuss the issues raised during the Roundtable, by OEM, as well as upstream suppliers, and the ways in which these companies are attempting to address these issues.
About The Professional Forum
Initiated in year 2000, the Professional Forum is an event hosted by IIT Kharagpur's Global Alumni Network for its alumni and friends of IIT Kharagpur. The purpose of the event is to enable professional networking, development and excellence.Past archives of events can be found here.