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MICROSOFT ’ S ÇAĞLAYAN ARKAN EXPLORES THE SUPPLY CHAIN
Çağlayan Arkan , Microsoft ’ s VP Global Strategy & Sales Lead for Manufacturing & Supply Chain , gives his take on digital factories and ‘ the art of possible ’
WRITTEN BY : HELEN ADAMS
Çağlayan Arkan leads Microsoft ’ s manufacturing and supply chain business globally , helping manufacturers run complex global supply chains .
“ My job is to help all customers to rethink how they operate , rethink their workforce – supply chain , security , data , cultural shifts as well as everything and anything that they worry about .”
As manufacturing moves from the industrial age to a digital age , Arkan is inspired by the role that Microsoft plays within the partner ecosystem .
“ I ’ m so fortunate to be doing what I ’ m doing , because it ’ s a historical point ,” he explains .
It ’ s an experience Arkan rightly deserves : after working across Türkiye and now based in Bellevue , Washington , he has had a hand in manufacturing from all sides . After undertaking internships and projects on factory floors , he went on to gain an MBA in Industrial Engineering .
“ I had over a decade of entrepreneurial time , owned a bunch of companies with partners , walked away from that and joined Siemens . That was me coming back to automation , energy , manufacturing and high tech .”
Now , Arkan is a part of Microsoft ’ s transformation .
38 August 2022