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The Art of Indirect Procurement
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The Art of Indirect Procurement

Logistics and procurement should be team players that recognize each discipline’s qualities and contributions. During the 2017 edition of the North American Supply Chain Executive Summit, Executive Platforms was proud to partner with SupplyChainBrain to conduct a number of onsite interviews between our speaker faculty and SupplyChainBrain’s Editor-in-Chief Russell Goodman. — Greg Hamel Executive Director, Global Business Strategy and Indirect Purchasing Ford Motor Company Greg presently serves as Ford Motor Company’s Executive Director of Global Business Strategy and Indirect Purchasing. In this role he leads Ford’s $24 billion acquisition of non-production goods and services as well as Ford’s procurement strategies…

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Collaboration to Achieve our Goals: What Can We Do Together That We Cannot Do By Ourselves?
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Collaboration to Achieve our Goals: What Can We Do Together That We Cannot Do By Ourselves?

Demonstrating that achieving the big things requires the contributions of many stakeholders Global versus Local, or Global and Local? Debating the pros and cons of different approaches to delivering positive change How do we drive supply chain sustainability inside our own organizations and also up and down our value chain? Discussing holistic margin management in the context of ongoing communicative business relationships Asking the question, “What’s next?” — John Church is the Executive Vice President, Chief Supply Chain Officer and Global Business Solutions, at General Mills. As the Chief Supply Chain Officer, John has global accountability for Procurement, Logistics, Manufacturing,…

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Informed Decision-Making in a Volatile, Ever-Changing World
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Informed Decision-Making in a Volatile, Ever-Changing World

What qualifies as a World-Class Supply Chain? Why is it so difficult to maintain? Discussing how the challenges facing a global operation’s supply chain have evolved over time Highlighting the role of teamwork in fostering innovation in a fast-changing environment Looking forward: How does one strike a balance between agility and efficiency? — Meredith (Meri) Stevens is currently the Vice President, Strategy & Deployment, Johnson & Johnson Supply Chain responsible for leading end-to-end strategy and transformation to enable Johnson & Johnson to meet the needs of patients, customers and consumers in today’s dynamic healthcare market. In this role, Meri drives…

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Reducing Supply Chain Risk Susceptibility
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Reducing Supply Chain Risk Susceptibility

Refusing to deal with risk, which is an integral part of supply chain competence, is impermissible. During the 2017 edition of the North American Supply Chain Executive Summit, Executive Platforms was proud to partner with SupplyChainBrain to conduct a number of onsite interviews between our speaker faculty and SupplyChainBrain’s Editor-in-Chief Russell Goodman. — Antonio Galvao is a supply chain executive with over 26 years of experience encompassing planning, logistics, sourcing, engineering, manufacturing, product portfolio management, marketing operations and a proven track record of managerial success in generating multimillion dollar cost savings and double-digit percentage improvements in both customer service levels and productivity….

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The Process Improvement Conundrum: Standardizing Before Outsourcing, or Outsourcing Before Standardizing?
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The Process Improvement Conundrum: Standardizing Before Outsourcing, or Outsourcing Before Standardizing?

Driving regional requirements within a broader global supply chain ecosystem Tangible benefits of process automation and robotics Debating the pros and cons of insourcing and outsourcing Process automation as a bridge to future state design and ultimately, Supply Chain as a Service — During the 2017 edition of the North American Supply Chain Executive Summit, Executive Platforms was proud to partner with SupplyChainBrain to conduct a number of onsite interviews between our speaker faculty and SupplyChainBrain’s Editor-in-Chief Russell Goodman. — Mark Bakker is Head of Supply Chain Operations – Americas at HP Inc., managing Supply Chain execution for the Americas Region. He…

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Ten Strategies for Successful Organizations
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Ten Strategies for Successful Organizations

So-called “active” listening means seeking to understand, and it’s crucial for leaders to realize that. — During the 2017 edition of the North American Supply Chain Executive Summit, Executive Platforms was proud to partner with SupplyChainBrain to conduct a number of onsite interviews between our speaker faculty and SupplyChainBrain’s Editor-in-Chief Russell Goodman. Mark Heinrich is the President & Chief Operating Officer of PetroGo. Prior to this position he was a General Manager at Microsoft, where he led their supply chain and Logistics effort to build Microsoft’s Intelligent Cloud. Prior to joining Microsoft, Mark was the CEO of AAMSI, an aerospace…

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Interview: What Are Supply Chain Executives Talking About at NASCES16?

We interviewed Todd Fain, Transportation Impact’s VP of Freight Services, on some of the supply chain trends he discussed at the 2016 edition of the North American Supply Chain Executive Summit. — Transportation Impact, a 4-time Inc. 5000 company, comes from humble beginnings. In 2008, Keith Byrd and Travis Burt, both then senior-level managers at UPS, left the world’s largest shipping company after nearly two decades, respectively, to launch their own start-up with the mission of providing clients with the most competitive small package contracts in the country. Then, the company’s original headquarters was nothing more than a table and chairs in…

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Supply Chain Strategy: From Sell-In to Sell-Out
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Supply Chain Strategy: From Sell-In to Sell-Out

In today’s marketplace success is dependent upon embracing new technologies, data streams, and ways of interacting with consumers and trading partners. A true paradigm shift is underway, yet many companies, while embracing new technologies, fail to adjust their business rules and practices to fully leverage the benefits these new techniques offer. In this presentation Miguel Abuhab, Founder of NeoGrid, discusses: Why paradigm shifts are a necessity in today’s business climate for overcoming contemporary technology constraints How visibility into integrated metrics can help you drive profitability and move from a push-based to a pull-based model How manufacturers can maximize cash flow,…

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Panel – Strategies to Identify, Develop, and Retain the Leaders Your Organization Needs for the Future
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Panel – Strategies to Identify, Develop, and Retain the Leaders Your Organization Needs for the Future

  This was the final session of September 12th of the 2016 edition of the North American Supply Chain Executive Summit. The discussion revolved around strategies to identify, develop, and retain future leaders. The panelists from left to right are: Selina Kaing, Head of Global Transportation & Supply Chain Analytics, Google Selina Kaing leads strategy for global transportation and supply chain analytics as part of Google’s retail operations. She joined Google in 2010 as part of the supplier sourcing team handling the company’s multi-billion dollar spend base and more recently led partner development for Google’s Motorola division (now part of…

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Supply Chain Excellence in the Digital Age
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Supply Chain Excellence in the Digital Age

Reuben Slone delivered the opening keynote on September 13th of the 2016 edition of the North American Supply Chain Executive Summit entitled, Supply Chain Excellence in the Digital Age. Reuben Slone is Senior Vice-President, Supply Chain for Walgreen Co., based in Deerfield, Illinois. He serves on the Walgreens Executive Operating Committee with responsibility for Retail and Pharmacy Renewal, two initiatives that will replace the company’s store and pharmacy systems. As head of supply chain, Slone is responsible for inventory management and replenishment, imports, transportation, distribution center operations and logistics for the company. Slone previously worked at OfficeMax, where he served as…

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Lenovo’s Customer-Centricity Transformation
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Lenovo’s Customer-Centricity Transformation

Ben Massie shared Lenovo’s experience transitioning its supply chain into a customer-facing, customer-focused operation at the 2016 edition of the North American Supply Chain Executive Summit. While there were no cameras rolling during his presentation, he offered this summary of his case study in an interview  in the Exhibition Hall on September 13th. Ben Massie is the Executive Director of Global Customer Fulfillment for Lenovo’s Datacenter Group. In this role Ben is responsible for all e2e elements of Lenovo’s datacenter clients order to delivery experience across every region with employees in 12 different countries. Previous to this role Ben ran…

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Risk Management: What Should Supply Chain Executives Learn from the Hanjin Shipping Bankruptcy?
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Risk Management: What Should Supply Chain Executives Learn from the Hanjin Shipping Bankruptcy?

Philip Damas heads up Drewry Supply Chain Advisors, the logistics arm of the Drewry Group and has more than 30 years experience in the international ocean transport sector and maritime supply chain design and optimization. He gave this interview on risk management in the Exhibition Hall on September 13th at the 2016 edition of the North American Supply Chain Executive Summit. Philip Damas is the founder and operational head of Drewry Supply Chain Advisors, the logistics arm of the Drewry Group and now the global leader in freight rate benchmarking. He is also a director of the Drewry group. Prior to…

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Panel: Improving Communication and Collaboration Up and Down the Supply Chain
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Panel: Improving Communication and Collaboration Up and Down the Supply Chain

This was the final panel discussion on September 13th of the 2016 edition of the North American Supply Chain Executive Summit. The discussion revolved around improving communication and collaboration up and down the supply chain. The panelists from left to right are: Jeff Moorefield, SVP of Global Operations, Tennant Company Jeff Moorefield is responsible for worldwide operations including supply chain, manufacturing, logistics and distribution. Since joining Tennant in 2015 Jeff is focused on eliminating waste in the process to driving speed and velocity into the overall supply chain, while understanding and improving the total customer experience. Before joining Tennant Company Mr….

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“Imagine if…” Uncovering the Possibilities in Supply Chain Reinvention
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“Imagine if…” Uncovering the Possibilities in Supply Chain Reinvention

Daniel Myers delivered the opening keynote on September 12th of the 2016 edition of the North American Supply Chain Executive Summit entitled, “Imagine if…” Uncovering the Possibilities in Supply Chain Reinvention. Daniel Myers leads Mondelēz International, Inc.’s procurement, manufacturing, engineering, and customer service and logistics groups, which represent more than 70,000 of the company’s employees. Under Daniel’s leadership, Mondelez has funded a major reinvention of its worldwide supply chain with a goal of delivering over $3 billion in savings over three years. Daniel worked for Procter & Gamble for 33 years, serving in roles across all areas of the Supply…

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Back to the Future: Achieving Big Goals Begins with the Fundamentals
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Back to the Future: Achieving Big Goals Begins with the Fundamentals

After his workshop presentation with Snyder’s-Lance, the EP Team had an opportunity to talk with Dan Spatz one-on-one about some of the trends he is hearing about in the supply chain world. We asked him what supply chain executives should be thinking about today to get ready for the next five or ten years. While Dan heard a number of great achievements and lofty ambitions from the speakers at the North American Supply Chain Executive Summit series, he said the foundation for those successes were laid years ago. Today’s supply chain executives need to identify what they want to achieve and…

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Building a Knowledge Network to Enable End to End Orchestration
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Building a Knowledge Network to Enable End to End Orchestration

CorpU – “Building a Knowledge Network to Enable End to End Orchestration.” from Executive Platforms on Vimeo. Alan Todd delivered a presentation on September 12th at the 2016 edition of the North American Supply Chain Executive Summit entitled, “Building a Knowledge Network to Enable End to End Orchestration.” CorpU’s focus on virtual learning communities allows them to connect people all over the world to quickly and effectively communicate new ideas and information. In this video, Alan shares how this approach allows organizations to accelerate their training programs, deliver uniform results, and eliminate initiative fatigue. A pioneer in the field of…

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