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  <title><![CDATA[ISyE Alumnus Karan Agrawal Shares His Supply Chain Insights on "Supply Chain Now" Podcast]]></title>
  <body><![CDATA[<p>Supply chain has fascinated Karan Agrawal since early in his college career. As an avid coffee drinker, he began thinking about how the coffee beans in Costa Rica seamlessly translate into a cup of coffee in the USA. His growing curiosity about supply chain led&nbsp;him to found <a href="https://www.scl.gatech.edu/apicsgt">APICS at GT</a>.&nbsp;</p>

<p>⁠Now an alum (BSIE 19), Karan works for&nbsp; Dell in Austin, TX on an operations strategy team, focusing on strategic initiatives&nbsp;to digitize Dell&#39;s global supply chain.&nbsp;Karan was recently featured on the &quot;Supply Chain Now&quot; podcast, speaking on &quot;Why Millennials are Perfect for Supply Chain &amp; How to Successfully Start Your Career.&quot;&nbsp;⁠</p>

<p>⁠&quot;Every millennial today wants to be in a cross-functional role,&quot; he notes. &quot;And supply chain, by definition, is a global interconnected network which has numerous complex problems to solve.This challenge excites me everyday.&rdquo;</p>

<div>⁠You can listen to the podcast episode <a href="https://supplychainnowradio.com/episode-194/">here</a>.</div>

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