Straight Talk - Supply Chain Insights

As part of our podcast series of first and second supply chain pioneers, Lora Cecere, founder of Supply Chain Insights, interviews Philippe Lambotte, Chief Supply Chain Officer of Tonal. Philippe, a first-generation supply chain pioneer, started his career in Europe with P&G and moved through various leadership roles with Kraft, Merck, J&J, and Mattel before moving to his current position. Philippe’s advice is simple—take advantage of new opportunities and grow through cross-functional roles.

Tags: #supplychaininsights, #PhilippeLamotte, #firstgenerationsupplychainpioneers, #careeradvise, #supplychainmanagement

In this series on supply chain leadership, Annette Clayton, CEO and President of Schneider Electric North America, shares insights on her career while advising future leaders. Annette believes that women often have self-doubt on job readiness and need to raise their hands early and often. She also shares insights on why supply chain leadership is such a pivotal and essential career as we face more and more disruption.

Tags: Annette Clayton, Schneider Electric, Careeradvice, Supplychainmanagement, supplychaininsights, firstandsecondgenerationpioneers

Ann Dozier focuses on being a transformational supply chain leader. Her advice to the new generation of supply chain leaders? Focus on outcomes, be involved in the industry and drive value.

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Hannah Kahn, the CEO of Alom, is a leader in supply chain management. She continually fights for digital transformation and employment equality. Her message to supply chain leaders managing their careers? Be empathic, show heart, and be a lifetime learner.  

#businessleaders. #supplychainmanagement, #supplychaininsights, #careeradvice Supply chain, supply chain global summit, digital transformation, change transformation, supply chain excellence

As ocean containers grew in size, land-locked ports struggled with unloading. In this podcast, Steve Peaslee, CEO of WickedHyper discusses the use of robotics and hyperloop technology with advanced analytics for visibility to attempt to help reduce port congestion.

#globalsupplychains, #buildbetter, #supplychaininfrastructure 

In his first week in office, President Biden signed Executive Order 14005, Ensuring the Future is Made in All of America by All of America’s Workers, launching a whole-of-government initiative to strengthen the use of federal procurement to support American manufacturing. But, in this world of complex, global supply chains, what does “Made in America” mean? And, how should companies use the mandate to drive a guiding coalition to change sourcing and manufacturing strategies?. Here Tony Uphoff, President, and CEO of Thomasnet.com gives his perspective.

#thomasnet, #madeinamerica, #globalsupplychains

To prepare for the future, Lora Cecere, Founder of Supply Chain Insights, interviews supply chain leaders to share their insights on what made them successful and what advice they have for upcoming supply chain leaders. Here she interviews John Sicard, CEO of Kinaxis. John started his career as a technologist building code and led an innovative supply chain planning company. In the discussion, John speaks of continuous learning and leadership lessons.

Tags: Supply chain, leadership, supply chain insights, lora cecere, john sicard

Abstract. In this world of variability and improved analytics, there is no substitute for the right question. Getting to the right question is a barrier for most executives hard-wired in historical paradigms. Here we turn to Anthony Howcroft, author of the book Questions—A Users Guide, for advice on how to formulate a good question and what it means for leaders.

Tags: Anthony Howcroft, Swarm Engineering, Questions, Supply Chain Excellence, Advanced Analytics.

Jose Deya is a Founding member of the new start-up Indigo revolutionizing agriculture in Brazil and Argentina. Why use crop additives if you can improve the soil conditions for farmers through additives? Does the answer to global warming lie in sustainable farming? In this podcast, Lora Cecere explores how Indigo, a new business venture in agriculture, is attempting to innovate in sustainable agriculture:

#indigo, #agriculture, #loracecere,, #joseDeya, #supplychain

In this podcast, Lora Cecere, Founder of Supply Chain Insights, shares a company and software solution story. All too often, a company has the right solution but did not know they do and go on a nonsensical and circuitous path to try to replace their supply chain planning software with lower-performing solutions.

#supplychainplanning, #technology