Wheels of Fortune- A Celerity Cover Story on Multi-Modal Transport Issues

Dr. Kamal Kishore Sharma, Head of CSAT at AIIM cited for his contributions to a Cover Story on insights around multi-modal logistics and related issues in the supply chain.

https://www.supplychaintribe.com/magazine/may-june-2020/wheels-of-fortune.html

The world needs tons of such efforts to raise representative issues of the supply chain world. .

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