Supply Chain Index Launch

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

Supply Chain Index History

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

Worker Feedback Via Mobile Phone with Ayush Khanna of LaborVoices

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 […]

The Value of Retail Scorecards with Dean Blanke of Johnsonville Sausage

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 […]

The Iron Triangle with Philippe Lambotte of Mattel

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 […]

Analytics and Topline Growth with Donnie Haye of IBM

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 […]

The Evolution of Analytics with Patrick Bower of Combe International

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 […]

New Analytics with Steve Sigrist of Newell Rubbermaid

Steve Sigrist, VP Customer Development Operations, is a supply chain innovator at Newell Rubbermaid. He is constantly trying new forms of analytics to help him discover innovative ways to help the customer. Join this podcast to understand Steve’s current views on new forms of analytics for visualization and shelf sensing at Newell Rubbermaid.   Straight Talk […]

New Forms of Analytics with Anne Robinson of Verizon Wireless

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? […]