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Solar supply chain in Indian context has a number of uncertainties due to demand/supply fluctuations and unclear visibility of state policy. Competition from global suppliers adds to this uncertainty for domestic ones. Supply chain planners are facing challenges on account of such uncertainties. The role of planners need an additional skill set over and above generic supply chain planning, to optimize interest of all stakeholders of supply chain. The paper tries to bring out additional skills and competencies required in solar supply chain planning. Paper include a brief discussion as to why a generic supply chain planning skills are not sufficient for optimizing solar supply chain in Indian context.
Keywords: Solar planning skills, Solar Supply Chain, special planning skills.
Introduction:
Solar industry is passing through a number of uncertainties of demand and supplies globally. Such a market where uncertainty of demand exists creates a challenge to a planning role. A generic planning role as described in an FMCG industry where demand and supplies are uncertain within a predictable band of variation, solar supply chain demand and supplies variation is highly uncertain. Planning for an FMCG, is a well-established model, forming a base for other further complex supply chain planning. Additional width variables (Shukla and Mali, 2015) creating complexities to planning for different products and customer segments is under evolution along with industry sector.
In the research paper it is hypothesised that the generic planning skills and competencies alone are not sufficient to build a strong supply chain planning for solar industry. The research paper brings out additional skills set expected from solar industry planners to cover up further complexities.
Our basic alternate hypothesis in this research paper is "HA - Role of supply chain planners needs to be strengthened with specialized skill mapping for effectiveness of solar energy companies". Our various interviews with solar organizations tries to understand what skills set can strengthen this role across the industry.
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Literature Review:
The aspects of supply chain planning skills include collaboration, coordination, integration, requirements as laid down by planning literature. These stated skills are very generic and need customization specific to industry sector. The literature mentioned here tries to substantiate some of such planning skill requirements. Further paper has developed...