Straight Talk Supply Chain Insights Supply Chains To Admire 299

Straight Talk Supply Chain Insights - Cool Technologies You Should Know 298

Straight Talk Supply Chain Insights - Value of SAP Planning Technology 297

Straight Talk Supply Chain Insights - S & OP - Putting The Pieces Together 296

Straight Talk Supply Chain Insights - Selection of a Demand Planning Solution 295

Supply Chain Insights - Driving Agility - Techniques that Matter - 294

Sleep Number, a 2019 Supply Chains to Admire award  winner, shares insights on the design of their supply chain to deliver  on the brand promise of wellness. With a focus on improving the quality  of the customer experience, the team applied test, learn and apply  strategies to design a supply chain that was fit for purpose for a  unique brand promise. Here we share insights from the Sleep Number  Supply Chain Vice President, Tony Rossi and the Chief Digital Officer,  John Brine, on how they made this happen. #293 Tags:  sleep number, Tony Rossi, John Brine, Supply Chains to Admire, Supply  Chain Insights, Supply Chain Excellence, wellness, supply chain  leadership

Straight talk with Lora Cecere, Founder of Supply  Chain Insights on Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP). In the past  two decades, companies have gone backwards with 45% lower effectiveness  of S&OP. The reasons are many, but the answers are clear. Here Lora  shares her insights. #292 Tags:  Sales and Operations Planning, S&OP, demand planning, feasible  supply planning, sales forecast, supply chain forecast, forecast value  add, Lora Cecere, Supply Chain Insights

Supply Chain  Insights monthly webinar on cool and evolving technologies. Presentation  given in October 2019 by Lora Cecere. The focus is on analytics,  blockchain and evolving trends. 291 Supplychain, cooltechnologies, analytics, blockchain, networks

In 2019, P&G revenues are forecasted to be  67B$. How does a very large company partner effectively with smaller and  innovative companies around the world. This is Michael Miller, Global  Process lead for Business Development at P&G, job. In this podcast,  Michael shares how to get started in innovating with new start-ups and  how to do this effectively. He also shares his insights on the Supply  Chain Insights Global Summit 2019. 290 Tags:  Supply Chain Insights, P&G, Michael Miller, Lora Cecere,  innovation, supply chain, sharktank, Supply Chain Insights Global Summit

Straight Talk - Supply Chain Insights With Lora Cecere - Aera Technology 289

Straight Talk - Supply Chain Insights - Doug With Think IQ 288

Straight Talk - Supply Chain Insights OM Partners 287

Straight Talk - Supply Chain Insights With Lora Cecere - Bristlecone 286

Straight Talk - Supply Chain Insights With Lora Cecere - DHL Resilience 360 - 285

Straight Talk - Supply Chain Insights With Lora Cecere - Optessa 284

Straight Talk - Supply Chain Insights With Lora Cecere - PINC 283

Straight Talk - Supply Chain Insights With Lora Cecere -Savi - 282

Consolidation of  technology providers attending the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit  2019 on the future of Supply Chain 2030. Tags: supplychain2030, supply chain insights, global summit, lora cecere, supply chain excellence  #281

In this podcast, Lora Cecere, Founder of Supply  Chain Insights, interviews Dean Ocampo, Senior Director of Marketing, at  Aera Technology on the future of supply chain planning, Supply Chain  2030 and how companies should prepare. Aera is an advanced analytics  company working on the concept of the “self-driving supply chain.” 280 Tags:  Supply Chain 2030, Aera, Cognitive computing, supply chain planning,  supply chain excellence, Supply Chain Insights Global Summit, Lora  Cecere

Dan Crenin, Commercial leader of Elemica shares  insights of the future of Supply Chain 2030. Improving networking  capabilities is essential to improving corporate social responsibility,  reducing waste and improving customer service.  #279 Lora Cecere, Supply Chain Insights, Supply Chain Insights Global Summit, Elemica, Dan Crenin

Interview by Lora Cecere, Founder of Supply Chain  Insights with Christine Barnhart, now of GT Nexus on the Future of  Supply Chain 2030, the barriers and drivers for joining a network, and  her plans for the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit.  #278 Tags Supply chain operating network, GTNexus, Infor, supply chain excellence, Supply Chain Insights, Supply Chain 2030

Interview with Andy Duncan, CEO of  Boardwalktech, on Supply Chain 2030 and the need to share data  effectively between trading partners. Boardwalktech is a simple digital  ledger that can be deployed in weeks between trading partners. On the  podcast, Andy shares case studies of how the digital ledger improved  value between companies. #277 Tags: digital ledger, boardwalktech, supply chain insights, supply chain insights global summit, data sharing, trading partners

Interview with Richard Barnett, SVP of Marketing at  Levadata on the future of Supply Chain 2030. In preparation for the  Supply Chain Insights Global Summit, I am interviewing technology supply  chain leaders to gain insights into their views of the future of supply  chain. Richard, with a long tenure in supply chain management with both  i2 Technologies and GT Nexus and now at Levadata, is a thought leader  in the supply chain management space.  #276 Tags: Levadata, Richard Barnett, Supply Chain 2030, Imagine, Cognitive Computing, Sourcing

Interview with Shellie Molina, a senior leader in  supply chain management with experience at First Solar and Rollease  Acameda, shares insights on her use of the Supply Chain Insights  research. Gain insights from her views on the use of eBooks and Supply  Chains to Admire research to improve Sales and Operations Planning  (S&OP) and drive supply chain excellence. Tags:  S&OP, Sales and Operations Planning, Supply Chain Excellence,  Supply Chain Management, Benchmarking, Women in Supply Chain,  Leadership, Supply Chain Insights

Working with data scientists can be a lot like dogs  chasing their tail. The language and thought processes between business  users and data scientist teams are different, and the data scientists  can be arrogant and difficult to corral. In this interview, Lora Cecere,  Founder of Supply Chain Insights, interviews Jennie Wienke, Randall  Reilly, in how she navigates the gulf between data scientists and  business users. #273 Tags:  data scientists, organizational talent, analytics, business results,  supply chain management, lora cecere, Supply Chain Insights

Interview with Kevin Wong, COO of Nulogy on the  Building of Supply Chain 2030. In preparation for the Supply Chain  Insights Global Summit, Lora Cecere, Founder of Supply Chain Insights  interviews Kevin on how to build value networks.   272 Tags: Nulogy, supplychain2030, blockchain, networks

As we get ready for the Supply Chain Insights  Global Summit, Lora Cecere, founder of Supply Chain Insights is  interviewing all of the technologists attending to gain insights on how  they see Supply Chain 2030. Here Lora interviews John Tecce, manager of  North East Sales of ThoughtSpot. The company is a new form of analytics  combining enterprise search and artificial intelligence.   #271 Tags: supplychain, analytics, thoughtspot, loracecere, supplychaininsights

What is Supply Chain Excellence? In this discussion, Lora shares insights on Gartner Top 25 2019 winners on the effective frontier of balancing growth, inventory turns, operating margin and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) using data from the 2010-2018 time period. Here she explains why no company on the Gartner Top 25 2019 list beat peer group performance while driving improvement.  Tags: supply chain excellence, Gartner Top 25, Supply Chain Insights, Supply Chains to Admire, Supply Chain Index, supply chain, business strategy, network strategy

In 2019 only 35% of manufacturing leaders rate  their Sales and Operations Planning processes effective. In contrast,  65% rated the processes effective in 2016. In this podcast, Lora Cecere,  founder of Supply Chain Insights shares the reasons for this  precipitous decline. The remedy is enlightened leadership. To make the  shift, companies need to define what defines supply chain excellence and  how it ties to the business strategy. Then manage the supply chain as a  complex non-linear system to ensure the recognition of constraints, the  design of buffers, and the impact of changes in mix. Only 30% of  companies have “what if analysis” and only 50% of companies tie the  output of the tactical plan in S&OP to execution. As organizational  complexity increases—with seven S&OP processes using five different  technologies—getting the basics right matters more than ever. Tags: Sales and Operations Planning, IBP, Supply Chain Excellence, Demand planning, 

 Inventory, supply chain strategy, supply chain insights, Lora Cecere, supply chain tactics 

In this podcast, Lora Cecere interviews Doug  Bordonaro, Field Chief Technology Officer, on the use and relevance of  enterprise search to answer questions at the speed of business. Join the  podcast to understand how this new form of descriptive analytics can  improve supply chain decision making.  Tags Analytics, supply chain excellence, enterprise search, making decisions at the speed of business, descriptive analytics, 

Podcast with Lora Cecere and CJ Das from Simple  Tire discussing Analytics strategies. CJ is an innovative CIO driving  change in business through collaboration and delivering business results  from innovative analytics technologies. #266 Tags analytics, Tires, Simple Tires, Lora Cecere, Supply Chain Insights. Supply chain excellence

Why are inventory levels in the supply chain higher  post-recession than before 2007? In this podcast, Lora Cecere, founder  of Supply Chain Insights, share insights to answer the question and  offers guidance to better manage inventories in a complex world.  #265 Tags: Inventory, supply chain strategy, supply chain insights, Lora Cecere, supply chain tactics

How do we get started  with new forms of analytics? In this podcast, Lora Cecere addresses the  question of “should companies start with process innovation, data  cleanliness or governance?” The important first step is to get started.  In this podcast, Lora shares insights on how. #264 Tags Analytics, supply chain, insights, data-driven decision making, lora cecere

In this episode, Lora Cecere talks about S & OP and putting all your pieces together. 

Lora Interviews Heather Moe, Product Engineer for  ESRI on women in analytics. Heather is active in WORMS—Women in  Operations Research and Management Science.  In this podcast, Lora  Cecere, Founder of Supply Chain Insights discusses with Heather on how  to improve the presence of women in analytics positions.  Tags: #analytics, women, operations research, business

Does the supply chain space need another  conference? There are far too many today. Most follow a format of  sponsors, paid speaking and booths. The same content gets hashed again  over and over. In this podcast, Lora makes an argument for the need for a  different kind of conference. One where business and technology leaders  roll-up their sleeves together and imagine the supply chain of the  future together. With 95% of the industry stuck at the intersection of  cost, customer service and inventory, Lora thinks that it is important  to challenge the status quo. So if you are planning to go to industry  events which often focus on functional excellence of source, make and  deliver, consider stepping up to the plate to Imagine Supply Chain 2030  in an event designed for extreme networking of supply chain innovators.  This year’s event is in Chicago on September 3rd-6th. #supplychain, #conference, #imagine, #2030, #new technologies. 

Interview with Dematic on the use of the digital twin, machine learning and cloud to improve warehouse operations.  #warehouse management, #cloud, #machinelearning, #digitaltwin, 

In this podcast, Lora  Cecere addresses the question of “Who is Going to Win?” After a month of  speaking to venture capitalists, Lora shares her insights.  #supplychainplanning, #supplychain, #cloud, #analytics, #Supplychain2030

In this episode of Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights, Lora  talks with Shaun Snapp, Founder of Brightwork on SAP HANA and migration strategies.  SAP, HANA, supply chain planning, analytics 

Lora talks with  Joannes Vermorel, CEO of Lokad. He is an innovator in supply chain  planning. Here Joannes shares his vision of the future of supply chain  planning with Lora. Key words: supply chain planning, master data, open source analytics 

 In Supply Chain Insights monthly webinar, Lora  Cecere, Founder of Supply Chain Insights walks through the five potholes  of selecting a demand management solution. In this session, she shares a  framework of how to select a demand management solution.  Tags:  demand management, demand sensing, forecasting, supply chain  excellence, measurement, error, bias, and supply chain organizations

What is the role of software robots in the future  of Supply Chain? Listen as Gisele Nogueira from HMD Global shares  lessons learned on the use of software robots in customer service.  Tags: supply chain, RPA, automation, customer service, innovation

Supply chain, supply chain global summit, digital transformation, change transformation, supply chain excellence

Lora Cecere presents a webinar on "Update on Talent in The Supply Chain - Preparing for 2030" #253 Supply chain, supply chain global summit, digital transformation, change transformation, supply chain excellence

Lora talks with Marty Kisliuk, prior director of supply chain at FMC, on supply chain excellence. In this podcast, Marty shares his insights on the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit and his lessons learned. Tags: supply chain excellence, supply chain management, supply chain, Supply Chain Insights Global Summit

In this episode Lora interview Peter Gibbons, CEO of Tire Hub to discuss the creation of a join venture between two large tire manufacturers in North America. Peter is a seasoned supply chain executive. In the show, he discusses the start-up and the creation of the new joint venture, and his philosphy to make it successful. Episode 251 Tags: supply chain, Tire Hub, Peter Gibbons, leadership, tire industry, distributor models, supply chain excellence, start-ups, leadership

In this episode Lora Cecere, Founder of Supply Chain Insights talks about The Five Reasons Why We Have Not Reduced Inventory Supply chain, supply chain global summit, digital transformation, change transformation, supply chain excellence

Straight Talk - Supply Chain Planning - Sept 25 - #249

How can you balance opportunity against risk if you don’t understand the factors? Join this webinar to gain insights on recent research. Learn from experts as the guest panelists share their wisdom of how to best manage supply chain risk in this ever-changing world.

In this special episode we hear from Alina Beskrovna, Research Director, Supply Chain Insights and her observations about the great supply chain conference that many people from around the world attended, hosted by Lora Cecere of Supply Chain Insights.

Lora talks with Nick Lynch of Shell Oil in this in depth conversation about past and present supply chain needs and changes as well as the digital aspect.

In this episode Lora talks with Deanna Denton of Corning covering a great topic - AI and the labor market changes in the global business market place.

In this episode Lora talks with Kim Ballewske, Director of Distribution at La-Z-Boy about digital processes and the changing environment today.

In this episode Lora talks with Laura B of the Corning Company. Podcast # 244

Lora interviews Betty Oliver of Schneider Electric. Today they talk about educating students about supply chain and recruiting supply chain talent. – Podcast episode #243

Lora Cecere, Founder of Supply Chain Insights talks with Kyle Hamm VP of Customer Transformation – Podcast episode #242