About Author

Robert Cowan is Director of Supply Chain Solutions Development for Avnet Velocity® where he and a team of supply chain architects design end-to-end solutions for digital and physical supply networks for organizations throughout the global electronic component ecosystem. Robert has been with Avnet for 12 years. Prior to Avnet, he held positions as a supply chain consultant, project manager and supply chain manager. He has a master’s degree in Logistics, Supply Chain and Project Management from SKEMA Business School in France, is a Project Management Professional (PMP) with the Project Management Institute, and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, UK.