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A Speaker Roundtable from NASCES24 — A Supply Chain Conversation Among Senior Executives on the Issues and Ideas that Matter Most
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A Speaker Roundtable from NASCES24 — A Supply Chain Conversation Among Senior Executives on the Issues and Ideas that Matter Most

At the 2024 edition of the long-running and successful North American Supply Chain Executive Summit series we sat down with some of our speakers and delegates to record a special episode of Executive Platforms’ BluEPrint Podcast series reviewing the top-of-mind issues and ideas of supply chain executives today as chosen by the NASCES24 attendees, weighted by popularity.

With topics ranging from controlling costs, procurement and sourcing, digital transformation and AI, forecasting and S&OP, to managing growth and capacity in a changing business landscape while working to be an employer of choice in the battle for Top Talent, and much more, this is a conversation that should be of interest to every supply chain professional working today. Give it a listen!

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Paving the Way for Supply Chain Teams to Thrive: Engaging Leader Behaviors Foster a Culture of Belonging and Allyship
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Paving the Way for Supply Chain Teams to Thrive: Engaging Leader Behaviors Foster a Culture of Belonging and Allyship

— Paul GallagherChief Supply Chain OfficerGeneral Mills Paul Gallagher is the Chief Supply Chain Officer at General Mills. He is responsible for all facets of supply chain strategy & execution, including Sourcing, Planning, Manufacturing & Engineering, Logistics & Customer Operations, and Healthy, Safety & Environment. Paul joined General Mills in 2019 as VP of North America Supply Chain, where he was accountable for operations in Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. with 30+ sites and 10,000 employees. His responsibilities for North America – and his focus on transforming the network to drive competitive advantage for the business – continue in his…

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Becky Crane of General Mills — A Bright Future for Supply Chain and Manufacturing Careers
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Becky Crane of General Mills — A Bright Future for Supply Chain and Manufacturing Careers

At the 2024 edition of the North American Supply Chain Executive Summit series we sat down with Becky Crane, General Mills’ Vice President of Manufacturing & Engineering, to talk about how industry leaders are working to make careers in their manufacturing and supply chain organizations attractive to the next generation, especially in light of how people are thinking differently about their worklife-balance, goals, and expectations. Being an employer of choice is important, but how does a large manufacturing organization like General Mills find the right balance between being a great place to work and making sure the work gets done? In this interview, Becky talks about General Mills’ experience to date and the lessons learned she wants to share with other manufacturers and supply chain professionals to make sure they are making opportunities for their people to learn, grow, and make choices that benefit both themselves and their employers. For all this and more, give this episode a listen!

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Panel: Supporting the Women Who Make Our Manufacturing Organizations Work
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Panel: Supporting the Women Who Make Our Manufacturing Organizations Work

At NAMES24 we recorded a panel discussing the women who make manufacturing organizations work.

Discussing, debating, comparing, and contrasting options in the New Normal of Work when we talk about working caregivers, employee mental health programs, work-life balance, flexibility and moving away from one-size-fits-all thinking, maternity leave, post-maternity leave reintegration, and more.

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People-Centric Manufacturing Transformation
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People-Centric Manufacturing Transformation

Becky Crane has 20 years’ experience at General Mills working across the company’s end-to-end supply chain, in multiple U.S. and international locations. Highlights include plant manager at one of our largest facilities (Hannibal, Mo.), as well as standing up a global procurement organization in Switzerland as an expat. She’s known for leveraging her breadth of experience to build bold strategies and highly effective cross-functional teams to solve problems and create long-term advantage for our businesses. Crane leads manufacturing, engineering and global safety teams with accountability for over 9,000 employees (approximately 30% of the company’s employee base). This includes responsibility over $1B in capital across the enterprise, standardizing processes and establishing strong business partnerships to enable advantaged agility and accelerate innovation.

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