The Digital Supply Chain: Making the Leap with a Ball and Chain

Supply Chain Insights Founder Lora Cecere discusses the digital future of supply chain and why it matters in this podcast.  While many companies want to start down a digital path, they may not know the steps to take.  Listen to this podcast to get a clearer understanding of why this matters to your business and […]

What Is the Value Proposition of Sales and Operations Planning?

S&OP is one of the hottest topics that Supply Chain Insights researches. Many companies struggle, but for those that can find a common ground between sales and operations planning are more aligned, agile and effective.  In this podcast, Lora Cecere discuss the benefits of making this leap and how to get there. Straight Talk With […]

Improving Inventory Management in a Market-Driven World

Lora Cecere talks with Alison Crawford on a new report about the concept behind being market driven.  What does it mean, what does it provide, and how do you get there?  Listen in to understand how to align your business to market demand and improve your operations to harness the power of being market driven. […]

The Nine Lives of Cats and Supply Chain Professionals

Alison Crawford, Director of Marketing for Supply Chain Insights, talks with Lora Cecere, Founder of Supply Chain Insights, about the future of supply chain careers.  In her recent Forbes blog post, Why Supply Chain Jobs Matter, Lora posits that over the course of a career we’ll have nine different “lives” or jobs.  With the increasing complexity […]

A Personal Invitation

Today, I am excited to announce the launch of a community to help the supply chain professional. The community is open, available for all to share content, and engage in two-way dialogue in a meaningful way. Over the last six months we have pre-populated content—videos, podcasts, infographics, maturity models, and research studies—to spark impactful conversations. […]

Turkish Grocery Leader ȘOK Markets with Mustafa Altindağ

Lora Interviews a Turkish grocery leader, Mustafa Altindağ, the CEO of ȘOK Markets. ȘOK is a $2 billion grocery retailer with a network of 2,500 stores and 17 DCs.  He had a technology project that was implemented within 3 months to organize the information for deliveries for the right time with the right products to the right stores. Keep […]

Schneider Electric’s Global Supply Chain Community with Annette Clayton

Lora Cecere, CEO and Founder of Supply Chain Insights, interviews Annette Clayton, EV & Chief Supply Chain Officer of Schneider Electric, and discusses the supply chain community they have set up worldwide.  First they designed how they wanted it to work, and then decided how to align everyone, as well developing talent they needed by growing […]

Lenovo – Global Culture and Supply Chain Excellence with Mick Jones

Listen as Lora Cecere, Founder and CEO of Supply Chain Insights, as she interviews Mick Jones, VP of Global Logistics at Lenovo, as he talks about the onboarding and integrating the x86 supply chain from IBM.  Mick discusses the 5 things that define us:  the will to win, ability to fail successfully, the absolute focus […]