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Improving Forecasting and S&OP — A Conversation with Alex Kahsar of ifm Supply Chain
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Improving Forecasting and S&OP — A Conversation with Alex Kahsar of ifm Supply Chain

November 14, 2023

At the 2023 edition of the North American Supply Chain Executive Summit series we sat down with Alex Kahsar of ifm Supply Chain to talk about one of the biggest issues supply chain leaders are struggling with right now: Something has happened to forecasting and S&OP accuracy in the post-pandemic business landscape. The tried, tested, and true best practices built up over years are not producing numbers that can be relied upon. How can any company do its best work building upon a fuzzy foundation? At the end of the day, Sales and Operational Planning and Sales and Operational Execution can only work with the numbers they are given, and too often either demand is not being met and money is being left on the table, or too much supply is being carried as inventory. Fortunately, technology and subject matter experts are keeping on top of the changing business realities, and there is a real opportunity for supply chain organizations to upgrade, retool, and rebuild their forecasting capabilities to create numbers that can be acted on with confidence. Give this episode a listen!

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Integrated Business Planning, Resiliency, and Risk in the Supply Chain — A Conversation with Michael Conley of Wolters Kluwer | CCH Tagetik
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Integrated Business Planning, Resiliency, and Risk in the Supply Chain — A Conversation with Michael Conley of Wolters Kluwer | CCH Tagetik

January 25, 2024

At the 2022 edition of the North American Supply Chain Executive Summit series we spoke with Michael Conley, a Technology Consulting Advisor with Wolters Kluwer, on Integrated Business Planning and its growing role in the world of supply chain professionals. How should organizations rethink their decision-making and planning to bring department heads together? How should teams share information and data to have a clear picture of shared objectives and obstacles? How can Finance be moved from a gatekeeper and final arbitrator into an equal partner and collaborator as supply chain leaders work day-to-day and think in the long-term? It is a fascinating and important idea, and it may well be the future of most businesses. Give this episode a listen, and see what you think.

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Generative AI: A Disruptive Game-Changer for Supply Chains, Demand Planning, and Sustainability — A Conversation with Paul Greifenberger of Logility
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Generative AI: A Disruptive Game-Changer for Supply Chains, Demand Planning, and Sustainability — A Conversation with Paul Greifenberger of Logility

February 8, 2024

At the 2023 edition of the North American Supply Chain Executive Summit series we sat down with Paul Greifenberger, Logility’s EVP, Americas, to talk about what Generative AI can offer supply chain executives. Earlier iterations of AI were task-oriented and required a lot of supervision. Generative AI works from a foundation of knowledge provided by the user and learns as it performs tasks, eventually building itself to the ability to perform important tasks without hands-on supervision. The democratization of data access, data analysis, and the ability to monetize information that traditionally would have been difficult or time-consuming to identify and action is being unlocked, and it offers supply chain executives powerful new capabilities in areas like forecasting and sustainability performance. Generative AI can give supply chain leaders results faster and in both quantitative and qualitative ways that are going to be revolutionary. To learn more, give this episode al listen!

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Eliminating Waste in the Supply Chain, Process Optimization, Automation, and Workforce Issues — A Conversation with Dheeraj Prasad of Zebra Technologies
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Eliminating Waste in the Supply Chain, Process Optimization, Automation, and Workforce Issues — A Conversation with Dheeraj Prasad of Zebra Technologies

February 27, 2024

At the 2023 edition of the North American Supply Chain Executive Summit series we sat down with Dheeraj Prasad to talk about how AI is helping supply chain organizations reduce waste, improve processes, enhance sustainability, and empower workers. From end to end of the value chain, AI-enabled automation is transforming how companies use data and allow their teams to be more productive without increasing headcount by using the right data to create an accurate demand forecast, which improves S&OP, and inventory management, and on and on step-by-step. Throughout the organization, people are freed from mundane repetitive tasks and data analysis to focus on the issues that matter most, which both boosts productivity and job satisfaction. What does training and coaching a workforce to engage with these tools effectively look like? How should supply chain organizations build trust for AI systems that are directing and prioritizing work? Listen to this episode for more!

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Supply Chain Process Improvement — A Conversation with Steven LaBruzzy of Celonis
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Supply Chain Process Improvement — A Conversation with Steven LaBruzzy of Celonis

April 2, 2024

At the 2023 edition of the North American Supply Chain Executive Summit series we sat down with Steven LaBruzzy, a Value Engineering VP and Supply Chain Expert at Celonis, to talk about how an evolving business landscape offers opportunities for supply chain professionals to rethink and reevaluate their systems and processes, tactics and toolkits. As businesses move from reactive responses to unprecedented disruptions into proactive planning for a less stable working environment with a more diverse range of challenges, what should they be thinking and doing differently? What should they be learning about, and who should they be partnering with? For all this and more, give this episode a listen.

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4PL Solutions for Today’s Supply Chain — A Conversation with Jordan Kass of C.H. Robinson | TMC
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4PL Solutions for Today’s Supply Chain — A Conversation with Jordan Kass of C.H. Robinson | TMC

May 17, 2024

At the most recent edition of the North American Supply Chain Executive Summit series we sat down with Jordan Kass, the president of TMC, a division of C.H. Robinson, to talk about how supply chain executives are rethinking their logistics in the post-pandemic business landscape of frequent disruption, and how 4PLs are contributing to that ongoing conversation. While third-party logistics companies have always and will always be an important component of supply chains at local, regional, national, and international levels, 4PLs —organizations that take on many of the planning, oversight, and coordination powers of a supply chain organization, including directing and monitoring the actions of 3PLs— are uniquely positioned to modernize and reorganize long-established plans and networks to better meet the needs of today’s businesses. In this conversation we get into what that kind of partnership looks like, how it makes an impact, and what senior supply chain leaders need to be thinking about and learning about as they restructure their organizations for a successful future. Give it a listen!

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Risk is Inevitable–Disruption is Optional: Building a Resilient and Agile Supply Chain
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Risk is Inevitable–Disruption is Optional: Building a Resilient and Agile Supply Chain

July 5, 2023

Reginaldo has a rich history at Unilever spanning over 30 years with extensive supply chain experience in both developed and emerging markets.

After graduating from Universidade de Sao Paulo as an electrical engineer, Reginaldo started his journey at Unilever Brazil as a trainee in 1991. Just two years later, he was responsible for building a new factory and the production of a new category – powder detergents.

Since then, through leadership positions across Unilever’s supply chain in North America, Latin America and Central America, Reginaldo has been at the forefront of transforming our supply chains, ensuring they are future-fit.

In his most recent role, Reginaldo served as Executive Vice President of Unilever Mexico, Central America and Greater Caribbean overseeing 11 countries, 12 product categories and high levels of growth despite the pandemic. Before this he oversaw our supply chain in North America and Latin America, generating double digit growth in the profitability of one of our largest regions.

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Authentic Leadership and Rising to the Challenge of New Supply Chain Business Realities
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Authentic Leadership and Rising to the Challenge of New Supply Chain Business Realities

July 5, 2023

Ivanka Janssen is the Chief Supply Chain Officer of Philips. Ivanka is one of the most prominent supply chain executives in our network. She has had a long career across different facets of the supply chain in several companies across the fast-moving consumer goods industries and for the last three years, she has been leading the supply chain function for Philips.

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Global Supply Chain: We STRIVE for the Best
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Global Supply Chain: We STRIVE for the Best

July 5, 2023

Thierry Tricot is Schneider Electric’s Senior Vice President of GSC Europe since December 2022, leading manufacturing and distribution operations for the region, with an end-to-end SC responsibility covering safety, quality, customer satisfaction, procurement, upstream and downstream supply chain as well as fabrication and assembly.

With more than 12 years of experience at Schneider Electric based in France and Germany, he led various global teams (Equipment and Transformers Supply Chain, Quality and Supply Chain Strategy for the Energy Business) transforming the Supply Chain and driving profitable.

Thierry Tricot is a driven leader with strong international exposure and experience to manage and turn around businesses in competitive and fast changing environment. Before joining Schneider Electric, Thierry worked (1991-2003) at Alstom as Technical Director, being responsible for the development of new products and technical support to the sales forces, and then at Areva as Engineering To Order Plant and Business Managing Director, this till 2010 when the company (Electrical Distribution Business) was acquired by SE.

Thierry holds a Master in Electrical Engineering from Ecole Centrale de Lyon (France). He has served for 8 years as administrator of the Regensburg University and is currently serving as Chairman of the Board of Schneider Electric Germany GmbH.

Thierry is actively supporting the development of Women Handball in Bavaria.

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Generative AI and Supply Chain Transformation
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Generative AI and Supply Chain Transformation

July 5, 2023

As a Partner and General Manager, Mike leads the product and engineering teams responsible for Microsoft’s Supply Chain Business Applications. He brings 18 years of leadership experience across Operations, Management and Technology. Mike has held roles in the US and Internationally with companies ranging from a few hundred employees to tens of thousands. Having led teams across in various organizations (Amazon [Last Mile Global Expansion, NA Retail], Convoy [Marketplace Growth], Nike [NA Demand Planning], Best Buy [multiple]) there’s always a theme of technology and the movement of goods. At Microsoft, his product and engineering teams are building technology to help customers and partners accelerate their supply chain using cloud, AI and edge technologies.

Originally from Canada, Mike holds multiple patents in supply chain and loves speaking/advising on the intersection of supply chain and technology. He holds an MBA (focused on Supply Chain Management) from Pennsylvania State University, a LSS Green Belt, and a BA from Simon Fraser University. He currently resides in Seattle with his wife and two children.

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Building A Resilient Supply Chain in all Contexts
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Building A Resilient Supply Chain in all Contexts

July 6, 2023

Fares Sayegh is Procter & Gamble’s Senior Vice President, Product Supply Fabric Care, Global Supply Network Operations and Manufacturing Disciplines. A native of Lebanon with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Fares began his career in 1988 at Procter & Gamble in Saudi Arabia. Over the past three decades Fares assumed several leadership positions in supply chain, commercial and Global Business Services /IT roles. Before his current role, Fares took over the European Product Supply market operations which he ran until the beginning of this year. Since 2004 Fares has been residing in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Strategies to Embrace, Reimagine, and Optimize the Supply Chain of the Future
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Strategies to Embrace, Reimagine, and Optimize the Supply Chain of the Future

July 5, 2023

Vineet has 37 years of global experience in the CPG industry in several functions and countries. He recently retired from Nestlé as Senior Vice President, Global Head of Supply Chain. In this role he managed global responsibility for strategy, operational performance, and transformation projects for E2E supply chain including demand & supply planning, physical logistics, customer service, materials management, digital supply chain, etc.

During his distinguished career, Vineet has held senior leadership roles in Management Teams for 25 years and has had extensive multi-functional experience in a variety of roles ranging from strategy formulation to global transformation projects in business as well as technology. An Indian national, he completed his MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad in 1986 before embarking on his career.

Vineet sits on the board of Nestlé Enterprises SA, but his contributions extend beyond Nestlé. Vineet is passionate about development and poverty redressal, human rights, sustainability and reducing inequalities. Vineet’s leadership as the co-chair of the Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative (SSCI) of the Consumer Goods Forum and his work as a key member of The Future Insights Network’s Coalition demonstrate his passion for driving sustainability, re-defining the role of business in the society, and developing supply chain profession to its full potential.

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Procurement of the Future: Partnering with our Suppliers
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Procurement of the Future: Partnering with our Suppliers

July 6, 2023

Bart Jongen has extensive, end-to-end Supply Chain & Procurement experience that includes S&OP, Operational Supply Chain Management, Logistics (W&D), Procurement (Direct & Indirect), Program & Project Management, Cost Management, Change Management and Digital Implementations for 30 years within the Consumer Products, Medical Devises and Services, Lighting Solutions, Airline Maintenance, Indoor Climate Solutions, Wind Energy, Manufacturing, 3/4PL and Advisory sectors

He specializes in Change Management, Supply Chain Transformations, Project & Program Management (ERP & Advanced Planning), Cost Management, Supply Chain Excellence, Process Improvements, Network Optimization, Insourcing, Outsourcing, Supply Chain Organizational Design and Capabilities , Customer Collaboration, Supplier Relationship Management, Contract Management, Procurement, Sourcing as well as Mergers & Acquisitions

Before joining Volvo Cars early 2023, Mr. Jongen worked for global organizations such as Philips, IMI, Air France-KLM, Vestas, LM Wind Power & Gartner acting at executive level in strategic design, deployment and operating optimized supply chain & procurement solutions.

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Panel: Increased Energy Costs, Inflation, and the Supply Chain
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Panel: Increased Energy Costs, Inflation, and the Supply Chain

July 5, 2023

At EUSCES23 we recorded a panel discussion on increased energy costs, inflation, and the supply chain.

From breaking down today’s economy and markets through the lens of global supply chains and supply constraints, to discussing renewable energy sources vs. fossil fuels: Which should we be focusing on throughout our supply chains and what changes need to be made for future efficiency and reliability? Give it a listen!

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Focusing on the Next Generation of Supply Chain
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Focusing on the Next Generation of Supply Chain

July 6, 2023

David is a thought leader and industry expert in the field of Global Supply Chain. David spent 23 years with Microsoft Corporation as General Manager of Global Supply Chain and Supply Chain Technology officer, he was involved in every product launch from Windows 2000 through to the most recent Surface and Xbox products. He has built and managed numerous global teams, has led across multiple disciplines including Manufacturing, Strategic Sourcing, Fulfillment and Logistics, Forecasting, Planning and Channel Management. He has played a key role in major acquisitions including Nokia, built world class teams and continuously evolved Microsoft’s Supply Chain capabilities in a multi-channel environment.

As Supply Chain Technology Officer David was additionally responsible for determining the next generation of technologies that could augment and enable Supply Chain capabilities. In this capacity he worked with numerous Private Equity and Venture Capital partners to understand potential opportunities and the overall industry landscape for technology in Supply Chain.

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Leveraging 4IR During a Significant Supply Chain Transformation of a Consumer Goods Business
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Leveraging 4IR During a Significant Supply Chain Transformation of a Consumer Goods Business

July 6, 2023

Holbach has been working at Henkel in various executive positions in Supply Chain, Operations, Purchasing and Sales since 1996, when he started in Corporate Purchasing after finishing his master’s degree. This was followed by various assignments in Germany. Having finished his PhD during a sabbatical period, in 2002 he moved to Mexico integrating two newly acquired businesses. Thereafter he returned to the headquarters and was in charge of global purchasing for the Laundry & Home Care business for several years until 2007. Holbach subsequently took control of the global supply chain for the same business, and a few years later gained global responsibility for the manufacturing operations.

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Our Customer-Centricity Transformation Journey
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Our Customer-Centricity Transformation Journey

July 6, 2023

Bettina Castillo is a leader with a big passion for building a resilient world-class supply chain together with internal and external stakeholders. She strives to deliver exceptional quality to the IKEA customers and people connected to the IKEA supply chain. Always with value-based leadership, connecting business and people with a focus on simplicity throughout changing environments.

Bettina is the Global Supply Operations Manager at IKEA Supply, the organisation responsible for the development of IKEA´s transport and logistic services capacities and its operations, as well as the responsibility for managing the physical flow of IKEA products from the suppliers to the stores. Together with 400+ passionate co-workers around the world, she sets and steers the global development agenda and secures performance excellence in the area of global supply operations.

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