Rasheed Mohamad , Executive Vice President at Alcatel Lucent Enterprise , gives insights into transformation , automation and the importance of predicting outcomes
ALCATEL-LUCENT ENTERPRISE
Rasheed Mohamad , Executive Vice President at Alcatel Lucent Enterprise , gives insights into transformation , automation and the importance of predicting outcomes
For any modern business to be successful in procurement , supply chain and logistics , ‘ systemisation ’ is the name of the game . Rasheed Mohamad , Executive Vice President of Global Operations , Business Technology and Quality of Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise , knows that for a business ’ transformation journey to be successful , this systemisation must be applied to its entire infrastructure - including its internal processes .
“ It is important that innovation is approached holistically , rather than being confined to one department or an isolated aspect of your business ,” he says .
Mohamad manages the end-to-end ( e2e ) delivery of the whole quote-to-cash ( q2c ) ecosystem at ALE . After a customer places an order , the procurement , planning , supply chain and logistics all work together as an e2e delivery process .
He is also responsible for business technology , which is a CIO function , ensuring that all of the tools , infrastructure , and , he says , “ perhaps most importantly , the mindset of the people ” are kept in accordance with ALE ’ s transformation and “ coined with quality ”, to make sure that they deliver the best results for their customers .
Mohamad began his career as an engineer with SFO technologies in India , moving on to network design roles with the Indian government , before finally joining Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise (‘ Alcatel ’ at the
152 July 2022