Crowd Sourcing with Bob Bahramipour of Gigwalk

Listen to Lora Cecere, CEO & Founder of Supply Chain Insights, as she interviews Bob Bahramipour, CEO of Gigwalk, as he discusses how they use crowd sourcing to collect data across North American locations.  CPG companies make investments in marketing but they have no visibility as to the effect, which is where we can help […]

Building Global Talent with Allison McFadden of IBM

Lora Cecere, CEO & Founder of Supply Chain Insights, interviews Allison McFadden, Director – Strategy & Business Development at IBM, on supply chain excellence.  Allison discusses how they deliver a signature client experience as well as the expertise of practitioners.  She mentions how their metrics look at client satisfaction as well as looking at how […]

Maximizing ROI in Supply Chain Planning

Listen to Naomi Frye as she interviews Lora Cecere on her latest report Maximizing the ROI in Supply Chain Planning – Insights from Quantitative Studies.  Lora looks at how supply chain planning has evolved over the last 40 years as well as reflecting on the opportunities of the future.  One question she asks is, “Should companies […]

What Is the Value Proposition of Vendor Managed Inventory?

Listen to Naomi Frye as she interviews Lora Cecere, CEO & Founder of Supply Chain Insights, on the survey results of the new Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) report. You can also hear what Lora feels explain her vision/dream of how VMI can be used in a downstream data test-and-learn strategy. View the report mentioned in […]

Do No Harm with Lora Cecere

Listen to Lora Cecere, CEO & Founder of Supply Chain Insights, as Naomi Frye interviews her on her latest blog post on network modeling and design, “Do No Harm….”  Learn why Lora feels that supply chains are stuck, why old technologies cannot move companies forward, and learn about the non-linear relationship between metrics. Read the […]

Evolution of the Healthcare Value Network with Lora Cecere of Supply Chain Insights

Please join Naomi Frye, from Supply Chain Insights, as she talks with Lora Cecere, CEO & Founder of Supply Chain Insights, as they discuss Lora’s latest Forbes blog post about how the healthcare value network has evolved over the last 3 decades.  Lora discusses how the alignment needs to shift for supply chains between the hospital, patient […]

Using Personalization in Stores with Collin Otis of Powered Analytics

Listen to Lora Cecere, CEO & Founder of Supply Chain Insights, and Collin Otis, CEO of Powered Analytics, as they discuss how technology can impact customers by using personalization within stores.  They power in-store discovery to help enrich your experience with your mobile device. Collin is launching a new platform/mobile app called Fabric which brings an […]

Social Networking and Business Applications with John Bermudez of Infor

Listen as John Bermudez, VP for Product Management at Infor, discusses his vision of having social networking work with business applications such as ERP, and S&OP,  with Lora Cecere, CEO & Founder of Supply Chain Insights.  They have built their sales & operation planning process around social networking.  Don’t overthink, but give your operations a new way […]

Living Progress with Judy Glazer of Hewlett-Packard

Listen to Lora Cecere, CEO & Founder of Supply Chain Insights, as she interviews Judy Glazer, Sr. Director – Social & Environmental Responsibility, Printing and Personal Systems of Hewlett-Packard, as they discuss sustainability.  Learn about “Living Progress” (Human Progress, Economic Progress and Environmental Progress – all to advance mankind and life on planet Earth) and […]

The Metrics That Matter to Sonoco Products with Keith Holliday

Listen to Lora Cecere, CEO and Founder of Supply Chain Insights, as she interviews Keith Holliday, Director – Corporate Supply Chain & Logistics at Sonoco Products, as they discuss what metrics matter to them (inventory, cash, AP, AR) as well as how they manage customer satisfaction.  They discuss how costs are creeping into the system because of […]