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. Daniel Weber, SVP of Supply Chain at Beiersdorf, is our very special guest on this episode of Straight Talk with Supply Chain Insights. Lora Cecere, Founder and CEO of Supply Chain Insights interviews Daniel on the reasons why his company is able to perform on top of our Supply Chain Index analysis. Hear his story of why it is a marathon not a sprint at his company to do so. Constance Korol is your host as Lora Cecere interviews Daniel Weber, SVP of Supply Chain at Beiersdorf as they discuss the recent findings in our company’s Supply Chain Index Research. Our research showed that year over year Beiersdorf  had cash to cash/inventory improvement where Lora states is pretty unique. Daniel talks about how their company treats supply chain as an end to end process not a function. He also shares thoughts on leadership and what’s next for the company. Hear his “running event” advice for supply chain leaders that are trying to change supply chain at their company to an end to end process. It is more of a marathon than a sprint. Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast #27

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. Rick Sather, Vice President of Customer Supply Chain at Kimberly-Clark, is the very special guest on this week’s Straight Talk with Supply Chain Insights.  Hear how Kimberly-Clark transformed their supply chain to improve costs, take lead times out and improved their top-line sales. Regina Denman is your host as Lora Cecere interviews Rick Sather on how Kimberly-Clark made the transition to becoming demand driven.  Rick discusses how they integrated the supply chain teams and the sales teams and how that has helped them make the connection from the shelf all the way back. They looked at how they could take cash out of the system and now how can they make sure they have right product at the right place for a commercial benefit. Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast #26  

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. Karen Conway, Executive Director of Industry Relations at GHX, is the very special guest on this week’s Straight Talk with Supply Chain Insights.  Hear how GHX is looking at what supply chain data is needed, and in what format, for usability. Regina Denman is your host as Lora Cecere interviews Karen Conway on her perspective of how to heal the healthcare industry and the use of implantable devices at GHX. Karen talks about the opportunities for healthcare reform worldwide to deliver better value with the different buying and selling organizations.  Listen to how supply chain plays across departments for a more holistic view of cost, quality and outcomes. Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast #25

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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. Fran O’Sullivan, General Manager, Integrated Supply Chain at IBM chats with Lora Cecere of Supply Chain Insights about the importance of layering analytics over the traditional ERP to achieve a higher level of supply chain. Find out what Fran has to share and what excites her in the area of analytics besides WATSON! Constance Korol is your host as Lora Cecere interviews Fran O’Sullivan of IBM on her perspective of the importance of analytics in supply chain.  Fran talks about If the forecast is always wrong, how a company can leverage another layer of analytics to provide more of a range to help make smarter and quicker business decisions. Hear her three lessons learned at her tenure at IBM. Also hear what excites her in the latest work IBM is doing in supply chain. Hear Fran O’Sullivan as a guest panelist in “The Race for Supply Chain 2020” Webinar: http://supplychaininsights.com/research/webinars/ Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast #23

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 research report S&OP: State of the Union 2013, Founder and CEO of Supply Chain Insights, Lora Cecere provides insights on the survey results and discusses why it is so important for companies to be agile. Constance Korol is your host and interviews Lora Cecere on the current state of Sales and Operations Planning/ S and OP. Lora discusses the importance of moving up the S and OP maturity model, aiming to become more agile as a company. She also discusses the importance of the company defining their own S and OP process and avoiding the semantic war of S and OP vs IBP (Integrated Business Planning). Lora provides a good understanding of the highlights from the research report and shares advice for the companies that want to create change. Check out our Sales and Operations Planning: State of the Union research report: http://supplychaininsights.com/sales-and-operations-planning-current-state-of-the-union/ Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast #22

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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. Lora Cecere talks about the good work that her and Abby Mayer, Research Associate are doing at Supply Chain Insights to find out the metrics that matter per industry. In this podcast, Constance interviews Lora on the latest metrics that matter research report specific to the apparel industry. We find out that apparel are the laggards and why. Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast #19

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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. Host Constance Korol talks with Lora Cecere about the importance of listening and understanding social. It’s not just about the “F word.” Facebook. It is so much more, and a full understanding of it throughout the company can lead companies to competitive advantages and opportunities. Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast #17

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. Find out why Lora says its not a big data problem, it’s a big data opportunity. Host Constance Korol interviews Lora as she shares her vision of why big data is important and defines what it is. Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast #16

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. Find out why Lora Cecere finds voice-directed warehousing the disrupter and the game changer in supply chain. This talk is based on the same titles research report that delves into how companies use voice-directed picking and shares the benefits. Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast #14

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 from Supply Chain Insights shares thoughts on the latest study in the field “How Sales and Operations Planning  Drives Agility.”  Host Constance Korol interviews Lora as she shares her vision for why this study is important and her vision for 2013 Sales and Operations Planning. Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast #13

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 on this latest Supply Chain Insights research report. They dive into how the Consumer Electronics industry was deemed “cream of the crop” with their supply chain and discuss the metrics that matter the most. Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast #12