Productivity Improvements Driving Sustainable Growth With Danone’s Vikram Agarwal

Supply Chain Podcast host Thomas O’Connor and Danone COO Vikram Agarwal discuss how Danone is transforming its supply chain to align to customer demands rather than bend to industry drivers. Vikram explains Danone’s key transformational drivers and goals, including improved resiliency and greater manufacturing agility and flexibility. Vikram delivers several strategic recommendations for supply chain leaders who want to implement these same principles, and delves into how digital tools can help these leaders achieve their transformation goals.

With 35 years’ experience in supply chains around the globe, Danone Chief Operations Officer Vikram Agarwal has worked at leading companies, such as Unilever, Avon, Dole Packaged Foods, and at private equity funds. Besides being well-versed with most disciplines within the supply chain, Vikram possesses a successful track record in supply chain turnaround, digitalization of operations, route to market expansion, procurement strategies, new business development, and M&A projects. He is also an avid advocate of sustainability in operations.

This episode explores:

• An overview of the scale and scope of Danone’s global supply chain operations. (00:43) 
• The need for supply chain transformation at Danone. (2:51) 
• Danone’s major pillars of supply chain transformation. (05:36) 
• Supply chain transformation’s impact on the financial model at Danone. (09:31) 
• Sustainability’s role in supply chain transformation at Danone. (12:00) 
• The key enablers driving Danone’s supply chain transformation. (17:50)