The Smart Cube’s Co-Founder and MD, Omer Abdullah, named a 2020 ‘Provider Pro to Know’ by Supply & Demand Chain Executive

LONDON/NEW DELHI – 16 March 2020: Omer Abdullah, Co-Founder and Managing Director of The Smart Cube – a global provider of research and analytics solutions – has been named a supply chain ‘Provider Pro to Know’ by leading industry publication, Supply & Demand Chain Executive.

The Pros to Know Awards recognise supply chain executives that are leading initiatives to help prepare organisations’ supply chains for the significant challenges of today’s business climate. Supply & Demand Chain Executive received more than 500 entries for the 2020 Awards, from which it selected 200 Provider Pros to Know – individuals from software firms and service providers, consultancies or academia, who helped their supply chain clients prepare to meet these challenges.

Omer is responsible for deploying The Smart Cube’s procurement and supply chain solutions to help leading Life Sciences, Industrial, CPG and Retail companies drive tangible business benefits.

Through actionable, data-driven insights, Omer and his team enable clients to deliver savings across the supply chain, revenue growth through effective supplier management and supplier-enabled innovation, and deeper partnerships with business stakeholders. Recent successful outcomes include:

1. Working with a leading industrial company to execute network optimisation across its US supply chain, helped achieve $43 million increase in EBITDA via reduction in storage and transportation costs
2. For one of the world’s largest networks of automotive service providers, implemented supply chain inventory optimisation and forecasting, which enabled client savings of $7 million in just two product categories
3. One of the top-10 global biopharma businesses was facing excessive transport spend across its US supply chain; leveraging data analytics identified annual cost saving opportunities of $20 million, as well as a 25bps reduction in the cost-to-serve ratio and a 100bps improvement in on-time shipments
4. Helped a global robotics and automation client supercharge its supply chain with data analytics, resulting in tangible bottom line business benefits including: opportunities to improve EBITDA margin by up to 5%; potential to increase capacity utilisation from 40% to over 80% across multiple product categories; and cost savings from production volume consolidation generating a two-fold increase in profitability for several product categories.

Commenting on the announcement, Omer Abdullah, Co-Founder and MD of The Smart Cube said: “As CSCO and CPO roles continue to evolve, managing supply chain risk and spend are only a fraction of what’s expected. Today, these executives have to think differently and find more creative ways to support the overall corporate strategy – and that’s what we focus our time on at The Smart Cube. Being named a Provider Pro to Know by Supply & Demand Chain Executive is testament to our commitment to delivering continuous value and improvement to our procurement and supply chain clients.”

“The supply chain profession is ever-changing, with transformative technologies and evolutionary best practices driving greater efficiencies and innovations for companies. At the heart of it all are supply chain professionals. Supply & Demand Chain Executive congratulates the 2020 Pros to Know recipients who are setting the bar for supply chain excellence,” says John R. Yuva, editor-in-chief for Supply & Demand Chain Executive. “Whether you’re a practitioner or provider, the leaders in the profession are growing each year, with rising standards and thought leadership. Reach out to our 2020 recipients and engage with them, ask questions and seek feedback.”

Gautam Singh, CEO and Co-Founder of The Smart Cube added: “The past year saw us win 60 new clients, expand relationships with more than 50 existing clients and build share of revenue from our analytics solutions by 30% year-over-year. Omer’s work to identify new ways to add value to our supply chain clients has helped The Smart Cube consolidate our position as a market leader in procurement and supply chain intelligence and analytics, and his Pro to Know recognition is well deserved.”