Straight Talk - Supply Chain Insights

In a countdown for the Supply Chain Global Summit, Alex Wisniewski, Digital PMO Group, will interview Lora Cecere, Founder of Supply Chain Insights on her latest blog posts. In this first post, Alex and Lora discuss Lora’s recent blog posts on Anaplan’s acquisition by Thoma Bravo and the increase in variability and the need for outside-in processes in supply chains.

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Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) excellence hinges on leadership. In this video, Jeff Stites, CEO of Bubbies, shares his personal experience in implementing S&OP and the role of Optimity in driving alignment.   

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Jeff Sites, Chief Executive Officer of Bubbies, discusses his first 90 days on the job and his efforts to drive organizational alignment. The result is profitable growth. The how is simple. Through Jeff’s leadership, the company improved to better manage cross-functional processes against market demand while understanding and managing constraints.

Tags: Supplychain, Bubbies, LoraCecere, S&OP

The Importance of Storytelling in Driving Supply Chain Change and Improvement

The biggest barrier for moving supply chains forward is education and alignment on next-generation supply chain processes. Christian Sautter leads process improvement for Bayer Consumer Products in Switzerland and used the Supply Chain Insights training and the SCOR model to drive change through the pandemic. When the pandemic happened, there was no plan in the drawer at Bayer to drive change. Christian used the training experience on next generation supply chain processes along with empathy and human perspective to build a plan to help his company lead through the pandemic. A great case study of a Gen Y employee driving change.

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Supply chain education should be the foundation of lasting change in the supply chain. However, building supply chain education programs is a barrier because the leaders in education do not see Supply Chain as a sexy or essential topic. Here we interview Ellen Joyce, Founder of the Digital Leader of Tomorrow in her journey to build educational programs for supply chain excellence.

Tags: Education, Supply Chain, Process Improvement, Supply Chain Insights, Lora Cecere

We pay truck drivers when wheels are turning. The inefficiencies of the COVID-19 supply chain environment make this more challenging. So, how can companies become better shippers and alleviate the issues with the shortages of truck drivers? Here we interview Desiree Wood, President of Real Women in Trucking. (Desiree coordinates the efforts of this 503C nonprofit while driving behind the wheel.)

Tags: Logistics, trucking, COVID-19, Desiree Wood, Lora Cecere, Supply Chain Insights, Better shippers

Interview with Supply Chain Leader Cynthia Sikora

Continuing the interviews with second and third-generation supply chain pioneers, we interview Cynthia Sikora, leader of the North American supply chain for Lego. I love Cynthia’s story of how she managed herself through job transitions and partnered with her family to ignite her career.

Tags: Lego, Supply Chain pioneers, Cynthia Sikora, supply chain excellence, Lora Cecere

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Straight Talk - Supply Chain Insights - Tali Rosman - Printing General Manager, Xerox Digital Manufacturing and 3D Printing #365