Summary: <p class="audioplayer_container"><span style="display: block; padding: 5px; background: #f8f8f8;" id="audioplayer_41">Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version <a href="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash&promoid=BIOW" title="Download Adobe Flash Player">here</a>. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.</span></p> <p></p> <p>Defining supply chain excellence is easier to say than to do. The <em>Supply Chains to Admire<sup>TM</sup> </em>Methodology is an attempt by S<em>upply Chain Insights </em>to identify companies within peer groups that outperform. In this episode of Straight Talk with Supply Chain Insights, Helen and Lora talk with special guest Samuel Borthwick, Research Associate at Supply Chain Insights, about the methodology and lessons learned behind the 2017 Supply Chains to Admire<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/11/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em;">.</p> <p>A test of a true leader is the ability to not only drive higher levels of performance, but to sustain competitive advantage over time. Using the Supply Chains to Admire analysis, three companies—Apple, Cummins and TSMC—are winners for two consecutive years. Dollar Tree and L’Oréal are winners for the past three years. And Cisco, a consistent top performer, has made the winners list for the past four years.</p> <p>Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast episode #220</p>
