Dr.Robert Desouza is the the Executive Director of the 'The Logistics Institute - Asia Pacific,Singapore .He is a Chartered Engineer and a distinguished writer,speaker.consultant and advisor in the area of supply chain management. He is a member of the Editorial Boards of the International Journal of computer integrated manufacturing and the International Journal of the Logistics Research and Application. He also serves on the Advisory Panel of The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport,Singapore (CILTS), as a Council Member of the Singapore eSupply Chain Management (eSCM) Council and on the boards of Directors/Advisors of several IT-based corporations.