Straight Talk - Supply Chain Insights

Nick Lynch is your average supply chain guy. He drives organizations to test and learn and experiment with new technologies by building a guiding coalition. Here in this lessons in leadership series, Lora interviews Nick on how he built guiding teams at Shell to test and learn and drive change management.

Tags: Nick Lynch, Shell, Lora Cecere, Lessons in Leadership, Supply Chain Insights

In this new podcast series on leadership and lessons learned by supply chain baby boomers, Lora Cecere, Founder of Supply Chain Insights, interviews Rick Davis, now the founder of DemandChain.AI. In her travels, Lora has never seen anyone more effective at influence management. Here Lora probes to understand how Rick managed himself through his twenty-eight-year tenure at Kellogg with nine changes in leadership with multiple twists and turns.

tags: Rick Davis, Lora Cecere, Supply Chain Insights, Supply Chain Leadership, Influence Management, Leadership, Supply Chain Excellence

In May, Supply Chain Insights kicks off a new podcast segment with interviews of business leaders on lessons learned. The pandemic accelerated retirements and baby boomer turnover, and Lora wants to be sure to capture the insights and voices of past supply chain leaders. In each podcast, business leaders share their definitions of supply chain leadership; lessons learned, and insights to share. Here Lora kicks off the podcast series.

Tags: lora Cecere, supply chain insights, leadership, supply chain,

In this episode, Lora talks to Pervinder of Blume Global about supply chain logistics globally with a focus on India and China.  #332

Interview with Scott Sureddin, CEO of North America, of DHL on the pandemic and the future for 2021. In this interview, Scott gives advice for supply chain business leaders and academics.

Tags: Logistics, DHL, pandemic, supply chain, customer service, supply chain talent.

Supply Chain Technology. Venture Capitalists are Sharks in the Water. Is This a Good Thing?

As more and more venture capitalists turn supply chain companies and roll-up assets for a consolidation strategy, we address is this a good thing for the market? Should line of business users be concerned about E2open’s announcement to go forward with an IPO through a SPAC. We think yes. Here we share our reasoning.

Tags: venturecapitalinvesting, supplychain, supplychainmanagement, technology

Vaccine to Vaccination. Covid-19 Response Requires Supply Chain Innovation

Pfizer released great news on the COVID-19 vaccine this week, and Biden announced the formation of a new Coronavirus task force. In this podcast, we address the road from a vaccine to vaccination and why supply chain innovation is needed.

Tags: Covid-19, vaccine, operationwarpspeed, vaccination, supplychaininnovation

Driving diversity in supply chain is a goal for DHL. In this podcast, Meredith Singletary, Senior HR Director shares insights on how they have redefined maternity leave benefits to help working families. I celebrate DHL’s leadership in this area.

#supplychain, #womeninsupplychain, #DHL

John Monarch is the Founder of ShipChain. In this podcast, Lora Cecere, Founder of Supply Chain Insights, inteviews John to share his insights on blockchain and the use of standards and public blockchain formats.

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As  supply chain leaders come to grips with the impact of COVID-19, we talk  to the leaders to get answers. Here we share a podcast with Troy Hicks,  SVP of Herbalife, on managing the supply chain in a harsh operating  environment.

Tags: Lora Cecere, Supply Chain Insights, Supply Chain Excellence, Herbalife, Troy Hicks