Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Listen to Lora Cecere, CEO & Founder of Supply Chain Insights as she discusses with Naomi Frye what she has learned from doing the supply chain index.  They will discuss the different industry patterns, what is working and what is not.   Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast #88

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Learn how industry specific trends have changed over the last 8 years by listening to Naomi Frye interview Lora Cecere, CEO & Founder of Supply Chain Insights discuss how she came up with the formula for the supply chain index.   Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast #87

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Listen to Lora Cecere, CEO and Founder of Supply Chain Insights, as she and Marty Kisliuk, Supply Chain Director at FMC Corp., discuss his supply chain strategy.  They examine how metrics are needed to show you how well you are doing, or not, against step change.  He mentions how you wrestle with redefinition of the frontier on continuous improvement.   Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast #86

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Listen to Lora Cecere, CEO of Supply Chain Insights, as she interviews Ayush Khanna, Product Manager at LaborVoices, regarding corporate social responsibility and how his company is helping manufacturers today. With today’s outsourcing, manufacturers are looking at how they can gain better brand visibility into what is happening in the factories. This allows companies to gather information from the workers using mobile phones. Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast #85

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Do you want to understand the value of using Retail Scorecards?  Listen to Lora Cecere, CEO and Founder of Supply Chain Insights as she interviews Dean Blanke, Director of Supply Chain at Johnsonville Sausage.  Data is powerful but the relationship is the key so that you truly share the data.  So using data helps you to meet the scorecards.  Become partners with your sales force so they can help you gain your retailer partners’ trust. Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast #84

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Lora Cecere, CEO and Founder of Supply Chain Insights, interviews Philippe Lambotte, SVP Supply Chain Management at Mattel, on his concept of “The Iron Triangle” of supply chain metrics.  Philippe has had a 25-year supply chain career at Procter & Gamble, Kraft, Merck and now Mattel.  Listen to their conversation to understand the changes and cost structures between the 3 industries. Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast #83

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Do you want to know more about the evolution of analytics?  Learn about Descriptive, Predictive and Prescriptive analytics.  Lora Cecere, Founder and CEO of Supply Chain Insights interviews Donnie Haye, VP of Supply Chain Smarter Analytics at IBM.  Learn how supply chain can grow topline growth by using analytics.   Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast #82

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Listen to this fascinating interview with Patrick Bower, Senior Director of Combe International, on the evolution of analytics. Listen to Patrick, a true supply chain veteran, as he speaks on the elimination “Excel ghettos” and how to use analytics to answer the questions that you don’t even know to ask.   Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast #81

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Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Listen to Lora and Anne Robinson, Director of Strategy and Supply Chain Analytics at Verizon Wireless, discuss the use of innovative analytics.  Anne shares her thoughts on predictive and prescriptive analytics (by the way, she is a past-president of INFORMS) and Big Data, specifically volume, velocity and variety. Does volume really apply to your industry? Maybe not… but velocity and variety really come into play. Hear how to tap into these two very important “Vees.” Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast #79

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Based on the latest Supply Chain Insights research report, hear Lora Cecere discuss the latest findings in their Metrics that Matter for supply chain investigation. With assistance from staff at Arizona State College, the team tackle on a new benchmarking metric of resiliency. Hear why this is important and how it could be used in every industry by the supply chain line of business leader. Based on the latest Supply Chain Insights research report, hear Lora Cecere discuss the latest findings in their Metrics that Matter for supply chain investigation. With assistance from staff at Arizona State College, the team tackle on a new benchmarking metric of resiliency. Hear why this is important and how it could be used in every industry by the supply chain line of business leader.  Learn how it is a core metric to use in determining supply chain excellence. Read the report mentioned in the podcast, Supply Chain Metrics That Matter: Improving Supply Chain Resiliency: http://supplychaininsights.com/supply-chain-metrics-that-matter-improving-supply-chain-resiliency/   Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast #78

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Want to find the opportunities behind order sensing? Find out in this episode of Straight Talk with Supply Chain Insights as Lora Cecere Founder and CEO of Supply Chain Insights interviews Joshua Halpern, Co-Founder & Executive VP of Integrichain. Learn how this implementation is a win for the channel and win for the supplier. Want to find the opportunities behind order sensing? Find out in this episode of Straight Talk with Supply Chain Insights as Lora Cecere Founder and CEO of Supply Chain Insights interviews Joshua Halpern, Co-Founder & Executive VP of Integrichain. Learn how this implementation is a win for the channel and win for the supplier. Find out why order sensing makes a difference. Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast #77   Also hear Josh on a special webinar: http://supplychaininsights.com/upcoming-webinars/

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Lora Cecere, Founder and CEO of Supply Chain Insights, talks with Constance Korol about corporate training. Companies are stuck and this two-day program shows them a different way to think, work and to get off the plateau. Learn what insights Lora has to share and the evolution of the program since inception one year ago. Lora Cecere, Founder and CEO of Supply Chain Insights talks with Constance Korol about corporate training. This two-day program is designed for the supply chain line of business user as well as vendors that provide supply chain solutions.  In the course of a year, Lora has educated a global audience to think differently, going from an inside-out process model to outside-in.  Hear Lora’s learnings and insights from teaching the course for a year now. Learn more about how the training can get anyone in the supply chain field on the right track. Find out more about our Corporate Training here: http://supplychaininsights.com/services/training/ Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast #76

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Lora Cecere, Founder and CEO of Supply Chain Insights, talks with Constance Korol about her new book Metrics That Matter and her recent interview with Peter Gibbons, Executive Vice President Global Supply Chain, from Mattel.  Hear a sneak peek from Lora of what insights Peter has to share and get a glimpse of how this leader is utilizing the right metrics at his company. Lora Cecere, Founder and CEO of Supply Chain Insights, talks with Constance Korol about her new book Metrics that Matter; and specifically, her recent interview with Peter Gibbons, Executive Vice President – Global Supply Chain, from Mattel. The book will incorporate perspectives from many supply chain leaders, including Peter, on their supply chain practices and the metrics that matter for their company. You will also hear what Lora has learned so far from these interviews and a bit more about how the book is coming along. Read Lora’s latest blog post “Writing, Working on my Book” here: http://www.supplychainshaman.com/market-driven/writing-working-on-my-book/ Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast #74      

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. In this podcast, part of the 2014 New Year’s Resolutions miniseries, Lora Cecere, Founder and CEO of Supply Chain Insights, talks with Keith Holliday, Director-Supply Chain, of Sonoco Products.  Hear Keith’s reflections from 2013 as well as resolutions for 2014. Learn what this supply chain leader will work on with his team for a better 2014. Listen to the full New Year’s Resolution Podcast miniseries here: http://supplychaininsights.com/2014-new-years-resolutions-from-top-supply-chain-leaders/ Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast #73