In this podcast, host Caroline Chumakov is joined by Eric O’Daffer to discuss the winners of Gartner’s eighth annual Power of the Profession Supply Chain Awards. The awards honor inspiring innovations at organizations around the globe in the areas of process, technology, customer and patient care, human breakthroughs, and social impact.

From the 84 submissions in four categories, this year’s four winners are:

• Pfizer, for Customer or Patient Innovation of the Year, as well as Supply Chain Breakthrough of the Year
• Schneider Electric, for Process or Technology Innovation of the Year
• Shell, for People Breakthrough of the Year
• Microsoft, for Social Impact of the Year

The stories of these winners — each of which has built an internal process to foster innovation — should inspire CSCOs to learn more about the Power of the Profession Supply Chain Awards. It should also interest them in examining where innovation is coming from at their own organizations.