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. Constance Korol and Lora Cecere of Supply Chain Insights discuss Lora’s latest blog post “It’s Just Me and You Dude, The Secret is Safe. Promise”. Lora addresses a good question from the audience at one of her client meetings. This gnarly dude wanted to know what she meant by being more market driven and the difference between that and being demand driven. Secret is safe.. on Straight Talk with Supply Chain Insights. On this episode of Straight Talk with Supply Chain Insights, Lora Cecere discusses her latest blog post “It’s Just Me and You Dude, The Secret is Safe. Promise.” She answers the question of what it means to be more market driven and the difference between that and being demand driven. She also addresses why it may be so difficult to comprehend and what companies need to do to shift their thinking. Read The Secret is Safe on Supply Chain Shaman Blog: http://www.supplychainshaman.com/downstreamdata/it-is-just-you-and-me-dude-the-secret-is-safe-promise/   Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast #42

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. Constance Korol, Director of Marketing with Supply Chain Insights, interviews Lora Cecere Founder and CEO of Supply Chain Insights, on the latest research called Three Techniques to Improve Organizational Alignment. Constance Korol, Director of Marketing with Supply Chain Insights is your host on this episode of Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights. Constance interviews Lora Cecere on the latest company research report,  Three Techniques to Improve Organizational Alignment. Read the full research report on Three Techniques to Improve Organizational Alignment: http://supplychaininsights.com/three-techniques-to-improve-organizational-alignment/   Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast #41

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. Constance Korol, Director of Marketing with Supply Chain Insights, interviews Lora Cecere Founder and CEO of Supply Chain Insights, on the latest research behind The Role of the Store. Hear Lora describe the successful retail stores as a destination providing a good customer experience rather than the old traditional sales only model. Constance Korol, Director of Marketing with Supply Chain Insights is your host on this episode of Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights. Constance interviews Lora Cecere on the latest company research report, The Role of the Store. Find out what stores are on top and why. Hear how the companies that provide a good customer experience and view their stores as a destination such as Lululemon Athletica with in-store yoga classes, are winning. Read the full research report on Role of the Store: http://supplychaininsights.com/the-role-of-the-store/   Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast #40

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 interviews Dave Howland, Vice President of Land Transport Services at APL Logistics as they discuss collaborative logistics.  Hear how Dave and the team at APL Logistics help change the mindset of their customers to improve shipping patterns and reduce transportation costs. Lora Cecere, Founder and CEO of Supply Chain Insights interviews Dave Howland, Vice President of Land Transport Services at APL Logistics as they discuss collaborative logistics.  Dave shares insights on how they are disrupting the way things have been traditionally done to improve shipping patterns and reduce transportation costs. Learn how companies are saving money with improved relationships.   Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast #39

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. The processes in hospitals are highly manual. In many instances the stock is held in someone’s car and they drive it in the day of the case. Inventory is comingled and no one knows who owns it. These are the challenges that Karen Conway, Executive Director, Industry Relations at GHX shares with the audience in this episode of Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights. Imagine how we are supposed to track what products are actually being used in a hospital with manual processes and no efficient system. The old saying is “If there is a recall in the hospital you better hope its peanut butter because we can track that better.” Hear Karen Conway, Executive Director of GHX discuss the many issues of the healthcare value chain and solutions for the future.  Lora Cecere asks Karen to share her insights on new technologies in healthcare that are promising and clarify where is the opportunity.  Karen shares the importance of breaking down silos and leveraging data analysis. Hear more from Karen Conway on the Healthcare Value Chain panel discussion at the upcoming Supply Chain Insights Global Summit: http://supplychaininsightsglobalsummit.com/   Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast #38

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. What happens when “the crowd” decides on what should be made and they have access to build it themselves? What is this evolving role of the corporation when “the crowd” is beginning to become more and more self-sufficient? Find out in this episode of Straight Talk with Supply Chain Insights as our special guest Jeremiah Owyang, Partner at Altimeter Group shares his insights on the Collaborative Economy. What role does a company play if people can get things without the company? This is the discussion on this episode of Straight Talk with Supply Chain Insights. Lora Cecere, Founder and CEO of Supply Chain Insights interviews Jeremiah Owyang, Partner of Altimeter Group as he shares his thoughts on what he considers the Collaborative Economy.  Jeremiah gives examples such as “the crowd” deciding on what to build and building it themselves with the new technology of 3-D printing which can make things out of concrete, salt and even plastic. Hear how start-ups are leveraging these new technologies and emerging ideas are disrupting the traditional role of the company.  Check out a few shout outs including Kickstarter.com and Quirky.com. Continue the conversation at the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit: http://supplychaininsightsglobalsummit.com/   Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast #37

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. Joe Krkoska, Global Director at Dow AgroSciences Supply Chain is the special guest for this episode of Straight Talk with Supply Chain Insights.  Lora Cecere interviews the “instigator” behind creating this podcast series as he shares his insights on the end-to-end value chain and seeing beyond the function. Lora Cecere interviews the “instigator” behind creating this podcast series, Joe Krkoska, Global Director at Dow AgroSciences Supply Chain shares his insights on the end-to-end value chain and seeing beyond the function. Joe talks about a value chain that starts with the supplier’s suppliers to customer’s customers and going from a concern of cost to driving value. Hear Joe discuss how his part of the $7 billion AgroSciences unit at Dow has made great strides in cycle time management, demand sensing and consequently getting better at new product launches and fulfilling promised orders. In summary, Joe’s advice to supply chain leaders who want to achieve a good value chain will have to explore these five categories: design, planning, visibility, metrics, leadership.   Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast #35

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. Straight Talk with Supply Chain Insights welcomes Keith Henry, Vice President, Global Industry Marketing and Solutions for Manufacturing of Teradata to the show. Keith shares his perspective on big data. Keith Henry, Vice President, Global Industry Marketing and Solutions for Manufacturing of Teradata shares his insights on big data. He points out that big data has been around for 10-15 years and sees it as an opportunity.  Hear how Keith defines big data as volume, velocity and variety. Also, find out who he thinks is managing big data well.  Keith also points out that Supply Chain is an overall value process and when companies go at handling big data seriously, they make it work. Lastly, hear what Teradata is doing with big data and what is new on the horizon with the Hadoop platform and other new forms of tools. Join the Conversation of Big Data at our Supply Chain Insights Global Summit http://supplychaininsightsglobalsummit.com/   Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast #35  

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. Hear talent insights from Jake Barr, formerly of Procter and Gamble, now Principal and CEO of BlueWorld Supply Chain Consulting LLC on the current state of supply chain talent. Lora Cecere, Founder and CEO of Supply Chain Insights, interviews Jake as he describes the situation as “the Achille’s heel of most companies today.” In this podcast you will hear Lora Cecere, Founder and CEO of Supply Chain Insights interview Jake Barr, formerly of Procter and Gamble, now Principal and CEO of BlueWorld Supply Chain Consulting LLC on the current state of supply chain talent. Dubbed by Jake the “Achille’s heel of most companies,” talent in the supply chain is a big problem and it is on track to get worse. Jake describes the efforts to tackle this issue at Procter and Gamble while he was there included retraining, encouraging every employee to consistently add to their skill base and hired from within.  He even states that if a company does not take similar steps it is like having a “giant going out of business sale.” Hear more of these great insights and sound bytes from Jake on this podcast. Help Supply Chain Insights Understand Talent in the Supply Chain by Taking this Survey http://www.survey.supplychaininsights.com/x/cgi-bin/ciwweb.pl?StudyName=tal1302&u=sciw&hid_pagenum=1&hid_link=1&hid_javascript=1   Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast #34  

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. Hear talent insights from Cindy Urbaytis, VP, Managing Director of the Institute for Supply Management in this Supply Chain Insights Podcast. Lora Cecere, Founder and CEO of Supply Chain Insights interviews Cindy as they discuss the current state of the global talent pool and next steps to tackle the issue. In this podcast you will hear Lora Cecere, Founder and CEO of Supply Chain Insights interview Cindy Urbaytis, VP, Managing Director of the Institute for Supply Management as they discuss insights on the current state supply chain talent.  Cindy mentions that although we may initially assume that companies have tightened their belts with hiring freeze, the problem lies in finding professionals with the right skill sets. Cindy and Lora discuss not only challenges faced here in the US, but also in other countries where unemployment may be up to 30% but do not possess the skill set in order to get hired. Lastly hear about latest research from both Supply Chain Insights and ISM in this area and what we are learning to tackle this global problem. Help Supply Chain Insights Understand Talent in the Supply Chain by Taking this Survey http://www.survey.supplychaininsights.com/x/cgi-bin/ciwweb.pl?StudyName=tal1302&u=sciw&hid_pagenum=1&hid_link=1&hid_javascript=1   Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast #33

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 Supply Chain Insights research report: Big Data Handbook, Constance Korol interview’s Lora Cecere, Founder and CEO of Supply Chain Insights. You will hear results and insights and find out if most survey respondents find Big Data as a problem or an opportunity. In this episode of Straight Talk with Supply Chain Insights Constance Korol and Lora Cecere of Supply Chain Insights discuss the latest results and research report, “Big Data Handbook”.  The results show the difference in outlook between IT and supply chain. Hear Lora’s take on Big Data and her tips on what companies should do to take their first steps towards leveraging structured and unstructured data. Get the Big Data Handbook Research Report: http://supplychaininsights.com/big-data-handbook/   Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast #32  

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. Today’s topic is Healthcare Value Chain with guest panelist Roddy Martin, Managing Director and Managing Consultant of Accenture. Hear Roddy’s insights on the current state of healthcare and how the industry needs a “Walmart” healthcare value chain leader. Constance Korol is your host as Lora Cecere interviews Roddy Martin, Managing Director and Managing Consultant of Accenture. Hear great sound bytes from Roddy that shows the current state of healthcare and what the industry needs to be successful in the Race for Supply Chain 2020. Lowering healthcare costs is important along with a good understanding of Big Data. Roddy mentions that looking at unstructured and structured data could provide deep insights to solve real problems. This podcast is a good introduction to what will be covered at the upcoming 2013 Supply Chain Insights Global Summit. Hear more about Healing the Healthcare Value Chain at the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit. http://supplychaininsightsglobalsummit.com/   Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast #31          

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. With two months to go, Lora and Constance check-in to discuss the latest updates on the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit 2013. Hear the topics, speakers and networking opportunities that will make this event unique and fulfilling for the entire supply chain community. The Supply Chain Insights Global Summit is upon us and Lora Cecere gives us an update on the latest agenda, speaker line up and networking opportunities for this Sept 11-12, 2013 event.  Guest speakers include supply chain leaders from Procter and Gamble as well as Intel. Topics include Big Data, Healthcare Value Chain, Supply Chain and Social and hear case studies from companies that are ranked high on the Supply Chain Index. This event is small with only 150 seats available and no exhibitor hall. Find yourself here amongst great supply chain leaders and listen to this podcast to hear more reasons for you to register now. Supply Chain Insights Global Summit website: http://supplychaininsightsglobalsummit.com/   Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast #30  

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. Host Constance Korol interviews Lora Cecere as she talks about her latest blog post and work with Rick Sather, SVP Customer Supply Chain of Kimberly-Clark. Hear how the company added millions of dollars to net sales as they embraced this new process and added the right technology to support it. In this episode of Straight Talk with Supply Chain Insights, Lora Cecere discusses her Strategy Day and work with Kimberly-Clark on being more demand driven. Hear how she proceeded after much push back and lead the company to embrace the process change and added technology that ultimately added millions of dollars in net sales. Lora tells us how impressed she was with the Kimberly-Clark team and how helpful it was to have top management in support of the end-to-end supply chain journey. Check out Kimberly-Clark, A Demand Driven Leader Blog Post: http://www.supplychainshaman.com/new-technologies/kimberly-clark-a-demand-driven-leader/   Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast #29

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. We are on the countdown to the 2013 Supply Chain Insights Global Summit and it’s time for a check-in to see who will be speaking and addressing the Supply Chain Index. Hear Lora Cecere’s update on where the company is with the Supply Chain Index and the discoveries they have made since the last Index podcast. In this podcast you will hear a check-in with Lora Cecere on where the company is with their research on the Supply Chain Index. You will also hear who will be guest speaking at the upcoming Supply Chain Insights Global Summit September 11-12th. Learn more about how the Index was formed and how companies can utilize the Index to have better conversations with their financial teams. Check out the 2013 Supply Chain Insights Global Summit site here: http://supplychaininsightsglobalsummit.com/   Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast #28