The Power Of Supply Chain & Buying Local | Arjun Kashetty | Tedxoshawa

Covid brought the importance of supply chain management to the forefront. Arjun's talk focuses on the importance of developing human capital capable of managing supply chains. He points out the fact that manufacturing has become very complicated due to worldwide sourcing of materials and we are at a place where simplification in the form of re-shoring is part of the solution to rising prices.

References quoted in this talk:
Slide 1: Statistics Canada. (2025, March 4). Annual retail trade, 2023. Retrieved from https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/250304/dq250304a-eng.htm
World Bank. (Latest Year). Canada Trade Profile. Retrieved April 26, 2025, from https://wits.worldbank.org/CountryProfile/en/Country/CAN/Year/LTST/Summarytext
Slide 2: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). (2021, May). Removing the Ever Given from the Suez Canal is just the beginning. Retrieved from https://www.asce.org/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/civil-engineering-magazine/article/2021/05/removing-the-ever-given-from-the-suez-canal-is-just-the-beginning
Source: BBC News. (2021, March 29). Suez Canal: Ever Given ship freed after a week. Retrieved from https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56559073
Arjun Kashetty is a professor, and supply chain expert. With over a decade of experience in logistics, supply chain management, and demand planning, Arjun has held key roles at organizations like Walmart, Sobeys, and The Home Depot.
Arjun shares his industry expertise at Seneca and Durham Colleges, where he inspires the next generation of global business leaders through teaching and mentorship. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx