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Debashis Tarafdar

Senior Research Manager, Manufacturing Insights Asia/Pacific

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With over 18 years of industry experience, Debashis Tarafdar has worked with large organizations in operations, consulting, planning, and business development functions. His domain knowledge of supply chain spans from manufacturing industry to logistics and distribution, and he has extensive experience in assisting organizations to use information technology to enhance their supply chain efficiency.

In his current role, Debashis is responsible for managing IT opportunity research in Asia/Pacific specifically focused on the manufacturing industry, providing an overview of the industry across key markets in the Asia/Pacific region and, the ICT deployment phase of key manufacturing segments, as well as identifying revenue opportunities for ICT providers and ICT priorities for this sector in line with business processes and models as market conditions change. Manufacturing Insights, an IDC company, is headquartered in Framingham, MA, and provides fact-based research and analysis on best practices and the use of IT to assist clients operating in the manufacturing sector.

Prior to joining IDC, Debashis was with Singapore Computer Systems Limited, where he was responsible for providing IT consulting in supply chain management and collaborative solutions to various local/multinational companies. With strong domain expertise in enterprise resource planning, demand planning, supply chain execution, e-procurement, and enterprise application integration, his key role was to help organizations leverage technology, adopt streamlined business processes, industry best practices and global standards. Before assuming a business consultant's role, Debashis spent nine years in engineering, maintenance and operations in a production environment.

Debashis was appointed an e-Advisor by e-SCM Council, Singapore, where he assisted organizations in the evaluation of their e-SCM maturity level and provided business and technical consulting to prepare them for the e-SCM certification. Debashis also served as a member of the EEAI Supporting Industries and services sub-committee of Singapore Manufacturers' Federation.

Debashis graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Technology (Hons.) in Mechanical Engineering. He also holds a Master of Business Management from the same university.

Research Authored by Debashis Tarafdar

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Notes from the Malaysia Manufacturers' Forum: Back to Supply Chain Basics
Debashis Tarafdar, Christopher Holmes
September, 2007 - Doc # AP664103P Customer Needs and Strategies
This Manufacturing Insights study presents key discussions and findings from a recent closed-door event, titled "Next-Generation Manufacturers: Masters of the Triple-Chains," in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...