Dr. Imad Syed, Co-CEO of PiLog Group, has been featured in an insightful interview that has a Q&A session with prominent business magazines and news outlets. His discussion has appeared in Business Magazine UAE, Vocal Media, The Africa Times, The Singapore Journal, Entrepreneur Mirror, and The UK Times. This Q&A session with industry expert Dr Imad Syed, explores his professional journey and strategies for overcoming supply chain challenges. He discusses the inspiration behind his career, the role of data-driven solutions, and the implementation of AI and ML to enhance efficiency. Key topics include global supply chain integration, customized strategies for diverse industries, sustainability initiatives, and valuable career lessons. The insights highlight the importance of continuous learning, innovation, and investment in technology to stay at the forefront of digital transformation and data governance.
We started the interview by asking, “What inspired you to start your professional journey in this field?”
Dr Imad Syed replied, “My Academic interest and subsequent initial days in mathematics and physics; evolved the journey on setting importance for business KPIs & KRA… All been facts and data driven; structured & formulated my ambition to create continual value couple of decades ago… With forward thinking adopted the profession in Data Management Industry; today, I am pleased to organize and drive data driven business to next level with continual customer excellence.”
Dr Imad Syed replied, “Key Challenges in optimization of cross industry supply chain:
PiLog Value Engineering Portfolio of Innovate Products and Agile Service Delivery with Right structuring of People Process and Technology providing utmost value to customers; some of the key initiatives which helped optimize end to end Supply Chain Management
Dr Imad Syed replied, “PiLog Global customers are mega companies with global presence and in multi businesses and have organic as well as in organic growth. PiLog through its Digital and Supply Chain Transformation engagement have taken methodological approach to drive continual value for these organizations by…
Dr Imad Syed replied, “Supply Chain strategies definitely vary from industry to industry; geographically and also have impact of not just your internal business lines but also externally partners, their partners so on and so forth. So, in order to make it simple to drive, delivery and showcase value for change, we ideally
Dr Imad Syed replied, “Inducting of AI and ML in our Solution and Services have improved the supply chain operations of our customers through
Dr Imad Syed replied, “PiLog with its intuitive vision and mission had been on war footing for adopting latest and greatest technology, investment on high skill work force and with a high customer centric focus has been at forefront of digital transformation and data governance through
Dr Imad Syed replied, “PiLog from last decade and half had been focused on sustainability initiatives not just for its operations but also for customer; some of the initiatives PiLog was involved and take pride for being enablers or driving proponent, key examples:
Dr Imad Syed replied, “PiLog MDRM is multi-domain master and meta data management solution which ensure supply chain business process planning, execution and control required for driving process efficiencies and effectiveness.
Master and Meta Data Maintained and Governed in MDRM like Materials, Services, Model Service Specifications, Vendors, Customers etc. linked to Supply Chain will ensure business data and processes executed in SAP Materials Management, Customer Service, Sales and Distribution etc. is complied to ISO 8000, DUNS, UNSPSC Classification for planning, execution, reporting and other controls in SAP.
Integration with SAP ECC, S/4 HANA, Ariba and other products with SAP or seamless and interfaces on premise or cloud are certified by SAP.”
Dr Imad Syed replied, “PiLog has been always a company which believes in agility. Recent example was launch of PiLog Lean Data Governance Solution with AI Lens as Co-Pilot built on GEN AI was released within 6 months from the conception and released to market in Q1’2024.
They key factors which were of interest were:
“As a human and professional; we have to continually learn till grave. But having said that there few come to mind as important messages than lessons for budding professionals:
Do not be in comfort zone ” Dr Imad Syed concluded