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Bitan Datta leads Boston Consulting Group’s Asia Pacific Center for Operations in Industrials. He works with industrial goods clients on engagements related to large-scale business transformation, operations analytics, performance turnaround, cost reduction, and growth strategy. He has significant comprehensive experience in the steel, cement, and automotive sectors, as well as in construction, heavy equipment, textiles, and pharma.

At BCG, Bitan has been actively involved in operations-related subjects such as operations analytics (predictive maintenance, data driven quality, production scheduling), product teardown, design to value (DtV), lean manufacturing, and procurement (spend analytics and should cost).

Bitan is dedicated to increasing the penetration of digital and analytics and other Industry 4.0 technologies in the Indian manufacturing sector. Prior to joining the firm, he worked at Accenture and ITC Limited.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

EDUCATION

  • B.Tech, honors, chemical engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • BCG Client Impact Awards, September 2017 and June 2017

Publications and Videos

Real-World Supply Chain Resilience

Real-World Supply Chain Resilience

Efficiency in supply chain operations shouldn’t come at the expense of flexibility. Here’s how leading companies achieve both.
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The Zero-Based Factory

To enhance competitiveness, companies must take a clean-sheet approach to deciding what, where, and how to manufacture.
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グローバル・サプライチェーンのレジリエンスを高める

企業はパンデミックにより露呈した構造的問題に対処するため、グローバル生産・供給ネットワークを再考し、レジリエンスを高める必要があります――たとえ、それがコスト増につながるとしても。