Guest Name: Ramit Maharjan, Head of Customer Service Experience IMEA at Henkel, Language: English, Publication date: March, 11. 2023

Ramit has over two decades of experience in various facets of Supply Chain leadership. He has led SCM operations in country clusters within IMEA/ APAC regions and has also worked in Europe managing global Business Transformation projects. 

He received Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification while working with GE and A3 certification at Henkel. He has exposure to multiple business cycles – growth, maturity and restructuring. Ramit is a published author and sought after speaker at various international forums. He is passionate about the topics of Leadership and Supply Chain.

A highlights questions:

• From the supply chain’s perspective, what is the meaning of customer service? And how do you see the evolution of customer service?
• How can we manage the CSE (Customer service expectation)? What are some key factors to be considered?
• How to use CS (Customer service) to enhance the performance of supply chain management?
• Talking a bit on tools & technology, what would you think about the role of technology in the customer service? 

Connect with Ramit on Linkedin here.

Guest Name: Francisco Cervantes, Recruitment Manager - Supply Chain & Procurement at Volt - International, Language: English, Publication date: Feb, 18. 2022

Francisco is currently a Recruitment Manager - Supply Chain & Procurement at Volt - International, and based in Singapore. His mission is to add-value to both candidates and clients in the Supply Chain & Procurement practices.

Before moving into Recruitment, Francisco worked as a Sourcing Buyer for the world's largest EMS organisation. At this position, he liaised with electronic components’ manufacturers, distributors, prospective and active clients, in competitive bids to serve a variety of prospective clients within the medical device, industrial equipment, and consumer electronics markets.

Volt (an Innova Solutions Company) is a multi award-winning, global workforce solution provider. Volt propels businesses and careers forward with expert momentum. Volt’s 35,000 employees work across 85 offices worldwide to provide workforce management and talent acquisition solutions to businesses and job placement services. Visit the website : https://www.voltinternational.com/

A highlights questions:

• Generally, in SEA regions (Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand & others….), how do you see current trends & markets for supply chain & procurement roles? 
• Which industry do you believe will continue to perform well in terms of job demand?
• This is a bit technical, but I wanted to know your advice about skills & competencies; What are the most important skills for supply chain professionals?
• For the C-level & executive positions, have you observed any significant changes in the company's or organization's supply chain and procurement roles?
• What advice would you give to supply chain professionals looking to advance their careers? Probably you have some "MAGIC WORDS" here?

Connect with Francisco on Linkedin here

Guest Name: Juli Lassow, Owner & Principal, JHL Solutions, Language: English, Publication date: Sep, 24. 2022

Retailers and brands should look to the circular economy to advance their business goals while simultaneously creating products and supply chains that are more economical, sustainable and adaptable for a changing world and a warming planet. Listen to this Podcast to hear Juli, Owner and Principal at JHL Solutions, share her thoughts on this fascinating topic where we asked her a few questions during our conversation.

• When and how should retailers and brands begin the initiative to contribute to the circular economy?
• Despite recent developments in circular economy, it seems that implementation of  circular economy still keep very challenging. What exactly is the problem?
• In a one-sentence; Why should everyone look into CE?

Juli Lassow, owner & principal @ JHL Solutions – committed to elevating private label retail partnerships, working as a consultant, speaker, and aspiring planet-saver. Connect with Juli on Linkedin HERE.

Guest Name : Helen Mackenzie,  Principal Advisor at Procurious  Language : English, Publication date:  Aug, 05. 2020

Helen is a Principal Advisor at Procurious where she is responsible for supporting the development of CPO Roundtables in the UK and Europe, webinar and podcast products, and grow the Procurious community. In addition, she is also supporting the delivery of Procurious 2.0. Prior to this role, she was Head of Procurement and Exchequer Services at Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar, UK.

Procurious (procurious.com) is the world’s first online business community dedicated to procurement and supply chain professionals. With over 40,000 members from around the globe, Procurious aims to empower procurement leaders to connect, collaborate, and take a more innovative professional outlook. To learn more about Procorious, please visit the website: https://www.procurious.com/

In this episode, we ask Helen the following questions:

• What are the challenges of leaders in the new supply chain world? 
• Why is the field of SCM lagging behind in choosing women as leaders?
• What are the impacts of women leadership in a variety of SC roles?
• What is the future of women's leadership in SCM?

Connect Helen on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/superstarhelen/

Guest Name : Bob Pojasek,  Managing director at Center for Corporate Performance & Sustainability (CPS)  Language : English, Publication date:  Aug, 03. 2020

Bob Pojasek is sustainability and sustainable development consultant, doing business as Pojasek & Associates LLC. He teaches an online, action-learning course in organizational sustainability at Harvard University. This course has been offered online to students from 50 countries over the past 18 years at Harvard University. He recently became a Member of the Education and Research Executive Board (EREB), the “leaders onboard with VCARE.”

In the past four months, Bob worked with some of his past students to launch The Center for Corporate Performance & Sustainability. CPS offers competency-based courses on the international “high-level structure” for organizational sustainability by leveraging ISO standards and risk management frameworks. This structure is used by a large corporation, its operating facilities, and its supply chain to create a program that leverages the new and revised ISO management system standards. Focus areas at the Center include sustainable development, social responsibility, resource productivity, pollution prevention, and risk management. The Center is looking forward to offering its first four courses in early September.  Visit more on https://centerforcps.com/

In this episode, we ask Bob the following questions:

• What does the sustainability professional need to learn to manage these changes while adding growth to the sustainability program?
• Bob, Can you tell us how they might be involved in training new sustainability managers or in the continuing education of the established sustainability managers?
• How does everyone get the information they need to participate in the new sustainability high-level structure?

Connect Bob on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobpojasek/

Guest Name : Tara Burdeshaw,  Vice president of Supply chain at WinCup  Language : English, Publication date:  July, 27. 2020

Tara is a Vice president of Supply chain at WinCup. Based in Stone Mountain, GA, WinCup is a leading manufacturer of disposable polystyrene cups, bowls, containers, straws and lids. She has over 20 years' experience in purchasing, sourcing, logistics, demand and supply planning, S&OP, inventory management, production and quality.  Prior to this role, Tara worked for several multinational corporations such as : Imerys, Stanley black & decker Inc., Lennox international, and Colgate-palmolive.

Tara has a proven track record in continuous improvement initiatives using Lean Six Sigma methodologies. Success in building high performing teams, resulting in strategy execution and superior results. Connect her on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tara-burdeshaw/

In this episode, the discussion focuses on how the supply chain can improve the company bottom line, this including the critical-success factors. 

Guest Name : Bob Pojasek,  Managing director at Center for Corporate Performance & Sustainability (CPS)  Language : English, Publication date:  July, 22. 2020

Bob Pojasek is sustainability and sustainable development consultant, doing business as Pojasek & Associates LLC. He teaches an online, action-learning course in organizational sustainability at Harvard University. This course has been offered online to students from 50 countries over the past 18 years at Harvard University. He recently became a Member of the Education and Research Executive Board (EREB), the “leaders onboard with VCARE.”

In the past four months, Bob worked with some of his past students to launch The Center for Corporate Performance & Sustainability. CPS offers competency-based courses on the international “high-level structure” for organizational sustainability by leveraging ISO standards and risk management frameworks. This structure is used by a large corporation, its operating facilities, and its supply chain to create a program that leverages the new and revised ISO management system standards. Focus areas at the Center include sustainable development, social responsibility, resource productivity, pollution prevention, and risk management. The Center is looking forward to offering its first four courses in early September.  Visit more on https://centerforcps.com/

In this episode, we discuss:

• The popular standards that can be used to further improve the ability of organizations to create world-class organizational sustainability programs.
• ISO 9004, that is a quality standard that helps companies provide quality management that is used for the sustained success of the organization.
• Adding organizational resilience to the organizational sustainability program.

Connect Bob on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobpojasek/

Guest Name : Ramatu Abdulkadir,  Chief Executive Officer at Heath Supplies Management Agency Language : English, Publication date:  July, 15. 2020

Ramatu Abdulkadir is a Chief Executive Officer at Heath Supplies Management Agency, Nigeria. She is known as an innovative Supply Chain professional with a passion for implementing bold and transformation solutions to drive and provide access to medicines in resource-constrained settings. She obtained the Ph.D in Logistics, Materials and Supply chain management from Liverpool John Moores University, UK.

In this episode, we ask the following questions:

• The COVID-19 crisis has shaken all aspects of health care operations, and one of the most critically overwhelmed components is the supply chain. What do you believe to be key challenges facing public health supply chain during covid-19 pandemic ?
• How do we cope with these challenges specially at the recent stage where many countries have been opening their border and live with “a new normal”?
• How can we effectively manage resilience on public supply chain resilience?
• Should we explore further opportunities to collaborate with other agencies globally and consider formal contingency/dependency plans

Connect Ramatu on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramatu-abdulkadir-4b333671/

Guest Name : Nyoman Pujawan, Ph.D,  Professor in Supply chain engineering at Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS)  Language : English, Publication date:  July, 13. 2020

Nyoman is a Professor in supply chain engineering at Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS), Indonesia. In addition to teaching and research, he is also a President at Indonesian Supply chain & Logistics Institute (ISLI), it is a professional association of Indonesian academics and researchers who work or have interest in the area of Supply Chain and Logistics. Academically, Nyoman has been  supervising many research students including the PhDs. He has published over 40 articles in respected international journals, presented papers in many international conferences, and actively involved in professional societies. The Author of two written-books in Bahasa Indonesia (Ekonomi Teknik; Supply Chain Management).

In this episode, we ask the following questions:

• How do you see a current trends in a supply chain specifically in Indonesia and the region ? What are the challenges and opportunities ?
• What do you believe to be a key factors in developing a successfully supply chain in term of business, government & education perspectives ?
• What advice can you offer to filling a gap between educational institutional and industry related to supply chain ?

Connect Nyoman on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nyoman-pujawan-ph-d-cscp-csca-620a985/

Guest Name : Bob Pojasek,  Managing director at Center for Corporate Performance & Sustainability (CPS)  Language : English, Publication date:  July, 10. 2020

Bob Pojasek is a sustainability and sustainable development consultant, doing business as Pojasek & Associates LLC. He teaches an online, action-learning course in organizational sustainability at Harvard University. This  course has been offered to online to students from 50 countries over the past 18 years at Harvard University. He recently became a Member of the Education and Research Executive Board (EREB) , the “leaders onboard with VCARE.”

In the past four months, Bob worked with some of his past students to launch The Center for Corporate Performance & Sustainability. CPS offers competency-based courses on the international “high-level structure” for organizational sustainability by leveraging ISO standards and risk management frameworks. This structure is used by a large corporation, its operating facilities and its supply chain to create a program that leverages the new and revised ISO management system standards. Focus areas at the Center include: sustainable development, social responsibility, resource productivity, pollution prevention, and risk management. The Center is looking forward to offering its first four courses in early September.  Visit more on: https://centerforcps.com/

In this episode, we discuss:

• When we combine sustainability practices, sustainability programs and contributions to sustainable development, how do we include risk management program?
• How is traditional risk related to the uncertainty risk that you described?
• Large corporations use risk management as a key process within their financial and non-financial internal audit program.  Do they use ISO 31000 for this purpose as well?

Connect Bob on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobpojasek/

Guest Name : Dustin Cochran,  Managing director at OMNIA Partners  Language : English, Publication date:  July, 04. 2020

Dustin is a Managing director at OMNIA Partners, based in the US, where he helps organizations better leverage their spend along with ~600 other members of OMNIA Partners to deliver better savings, speed and stewardship of 50+ indirect spend categories through Group Purchasing. He has been recognized as a Supply & Demand Chain Executive "Pro to Know" for 2017 & 2019. 

He is also the founder of CPONext, is a procurement organization that is focused on Young Professionals & bridging the perceived “skills gap”, enabling the next generation of procurement leaders.

In this episode, we discuss:

• What do you believe to be the key challenges facing your customers and their supply chains in the year ahead?
• What the advice can you offer to the supply chain & procurement leaders to overcome these challenges ?
• At the recent situation where uncertainty is becoming a major issues for many business; what are a top priority they (i.e supply chain & procurement leaders) need to focuses on?
  

Connect him on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustinkcochran/

Guest Name : Bob Pojasek,  Managing director at Center for Corporate Performance & Sustainability (CPS)  Language : English, Publication date:  July, 02. 2020

Bob Pojasek is a sustainability and sustainable development consultant, doing business as Pojasek & Associates LLC. He teaches an online, action-learning course in organizational sustainability at Harvard University. This  course has been offered to online to students from 50 countries over the past 18 years at Harvard University. He recently became a Member of the Education and Research Executive Board (EREB) , the “leaders onboard with VCARE.”

In the past four months, Bob worked with some of his past students to launch The Center for Corporate Performance & Sustainability. CPS offers competency-based courses on the international “high-level structure” for organizational sustainability by leveraging ISO standards and risk management frameworks. This structure is used by a large corporation, its operating facilities and its supply chain to create a program that leverages the new and revised ISO management system standards. Focus areas at the Center include: sustainable development, social responsibility, resource productivity, pollution prevention, and risk management. The Center is looking forward to offering its first four courses in early September.  Visit more on: https://centerforcps.com/

In this episode, we discuss:

• What is organizational sustainability
• What international management systems are use with the “high-level structure” to create a basic organizational sustainability program at the supplier level?
• What is the six pillars of  an organizational sustainability program that is consistent with the “high-level structure”?
• How does this structure differ from the current sustainability programs ?

Connect Bob on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobpojasek/

Guest Name : Lourdes Coss, MPA, CPPO,  Principal Owner at M.L. Coss and Associates, LLC  Language : English, Publication date:  June 26. 2020

Lourdes is an author, executive coach, professional speaker, consultant and trainer who specializes in procurement, personal development, leadership, and transformation. She is the principal owner at M.L. Coss and Associates, LLC.  Before running her own business, she held Chief Procurement Officer  (CPO) and executive level positions in some of the largest government organizations in the US. She dedicated most of her career to successfully leading procurement transformations resulting in multi-million financial and operational efficiencies. Visit her website on: https://www.lourdescoss.com/

In this episode we discuss:

• How does procurement reduce cost
• What are the basic steps in the procurement cost savings
• How to develop the strategy in procurement to be inline with a cost savings target
• What’re other considerations for procurement savings ? And any specific areas we should focus on ?

Guest Name: Vasudha Jaiswal, Supply Chain Director, PT Johnson & Johnson Indonesia, Language: English, Publication date: Aug, 31. 2022

Women are uniquely positioned to create tomorrow's supply chain organizations. Female supply chain executives at the helm of large organizations, such as Johnson & Johnson's supply chain organization, have fostered a more balanced perspective by leading with empathy, cooperation, and collaboration.

Questions: How are women "making an impact" in supply chain roles, and how can "business leaders help women" succeed in these roles?

Listen to this Podcast to hear Vasudha Jaiswal, Supply chain director at Johnson & Johnson Indonesia, share her thoughts on this fascinating topic.

Vasudha Jaiswal is an End to End Supply Chain Professional with 15+ years across roles of Demand Planning, Regional Supply Planning, Integration, Inventory Optimization, Customer Service, Warehouse and Distribution, and Digital Tools. She is currently the Supply Chain Director at PT Johnson & Johnson Indonesia. Connect with Vasudha on Linkedin HERE.

Guest Name : Dyci Manns Sfregola, CSCP,  Supply chain consultant at Akili Inc. Language : English, Publication date:  June 22. 2020

Dyci is a supply chain consultant at Akili Inc. The business management and technology consulting firm founded in 1992 with core purpose is to improve the business performance of the clients through the application of people, process and technology. Dyci's specialization focuses on: Sales & operations planning (S&OP), Supply and inventory management and Supply chain visibility & collaboration.

She hold a certification as a Certified Supply Chain Professional from APICS, a certified Anaplan model builder and also a member of CSCMP. Dyci received the BA in Spanish from the University of Georgia where she was named a UGA Amazing Student and recognized by BET’s Black Girls Rock as a M.A.D. Girl (Making A Difference) for her work in global development and education.  Read a full bio of Dyci here: https://www.dycimanns.com/

In this episode we discuss:

• The essential of Sales & operations planning (S&OP); The key principles and paradigm
• How a better executive S&OP maturity models can help a business to improve their results ?
• The main challenges in the implementation of S&OP
• Other key takeaways.

Guest Name : Karthik Rama,  Procurement Doctor Language : English, Publication date:  June 17. 2020

Karthik Rama is a Procurement consultant and known as "Procurement Doctor". His specialize focuses on the procurement transformation and has already 13+ years in helping organizations from varied industries, from all over the world. Connect him on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramakarthik/

In this episode we discuss:

• The essential of tender management and why does it matter for the business
• The benefits of having a tender management for a buyer and seller
• A features of TMS (Tender management system)
• Things to keep in mind after implementing the Tender Management system

Guest Name : Harry Purwoko,  Director at Sembada Pratama, The school of supply chain Language : English, Publication date:  June 13. 2020

Harry purwoko is a Director at Sembada pratama, the school of supply chain based in Jakarta, Indonesia. In addition, he is Director for the company call "Gok Perdana Solusindo" where focuses on providing a business coaching & boosting the profitability. Prior to this role, he has worked for several logistics companies including : Damco and DHL when he was appointed as director of national sales. He also been teaching the subject of logistics and supply chain at Institut Transportasi dan Logistik Trisakti, Indonesia. Connect him on: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harry-purwoko-b991418/

Highlighted-questions from the Show Include:

• The customer accommodation and it's position in a supply chain process-flow.
• A key elements of customer accommodation
• What advice can you offer to a supply chain leader when they wanted to start & empower this a customer accommodation ? 

Guest Name : Dr. Martin Kotula,  Global VP & Head of Value Advisory for Spend Management Language : English, Publication date:  May, June 10. 2020

Dr. Martin Kotula is a Global VP and Head of Value advisory for spend management at SAP. In a current role, he is leading a global team and being part of SAP's Center of Excellence for Spend Management. Helping companies and colleagues to drive digital transformation across the source-to-pay processes. Thought Leader, Presenter, Moderator and Evangelist. Prior to this position, Martin was Chief Value Advisor Strategic Customers and previously was Senior Director - Network Value Engineering MEE & EMEA-South at a same company (SAP). Visit more on: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sap/about/

Highlighted-questions from the Show Include:

• Brief on what is intelligent spend management ; what advice can you offer to procurement leaders when they wanted to start this journey ?
• The benefits of having intelligent spend management and why it matters for the business ?
• How can this tool tackle current issues on spend & procurement management ?  (i.e Best practices on implementation)

Connect him on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-martin-kotula/

Guest Name : Daniele Moreschi,  Sales Director at ProcureCon Language : English, Publication date:  May, June 06. 2020

Daniele is a Sales director at ProcureCon where he connects a procurement professionals with other leading minds through exciting conferences, networking events, and exceptional custom content. He runs three leading events for CPOs and senior procurement executives for both direct and indirect spend plus three category specific ones for Marketing, IT and HR spend. Prior to this role, Daniele was a Sales director at Worldwide business research. 

The ProcureCon event series brings together a unique blend of Procurement, Purchasing and Supply Chain experts from across all industries to share their experiences and knowledge with a team of people who truly embrace the strategically important field of Procurement. Visit on: https://procureconeu.wbresearch.com

Highlighted-questions from the Show Include:

• Adapting to the changes in ensuring that the process of learning is kept going well.
• What advice can you offer to make the path better and more effective in a fun way ?
• What the learning method looks like after Covid-19 where it is still unpredictable when it'll be ended. Let me know your view on this ?
• Changing the way of learning path by looking the evolution of seminars, conferences and etc.

Connect him on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielemoreschi/

Guest Name : Rebecca Howard,  Director at ADR International. Language : English, Publication date:  May, June 02. 2020

Rebecca is the Director of Learning for ADR International and has over 20 years’ experience of designing and delivering local, regional and global procurement training. She works closely with procurement executives and capability managers to design and build their procurement academies to close the capability gap. Typically, academies use a mixture of offline and online content to provide a blended learning experience that delivers a sustainable improvement in purchasing team performance. Prior to this role, she was a senior consultant at KPMG and previously was a senior buyer at the British airways.  Connect her on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccahowardprocurementleadership/

Highlighted-questions from the Show Include:

• What actually defines a leader? And how can procurement professionals work towards asserting themselves as leaders in their sector?
• What are the essential skills and capabilities that differentiate high performance from the average of procurement professionals ?
• How can I become a good procurement leader ? What leads to being a successful leader ?
• What is the impact of a good leadership in procurement to the organization and business ?

Guest Name : Lawrence Kane, COP-GOV, CSP, CIAP,  Innovative sourcing & procurement leader.  Language : English, Publication date:  May, 31. 2020

Lawrence Kane, COP-GOV, CSP, CIAP was inducted into SIG Sourcing Supernova  Hall of Fame in 2018 for pioneering leadership in strategic sourcing,  procurement, supplier innovation, and digital transformation. The  bestselling author of 19 books, he has been interviewed by FOX, The Jim  Bohannon Show, Computerworld, Forbes, Art of Procurement, Police  Magazine, and more. He is also a contributing author to the  Outsourcing Professional Body of Knowledge (OPBOK), Strategic Sourcing  in the New Economy, Unpacking Collaborative Bidding, Ask an Expert,  Fighter’s Fact Book 2, Wicked Wisdom, Campfire Tales from Hell, Beyond  the Picket Fence, and The Problem of Practical Karate. Connect him on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrenceakane/

Highlights from the Show Include:

• Lawrence explains the essential of supplier diversity and why does it matter for the organizations and businesses.
• The value of having a supplier diversity; what and where there are opportunities.
• A few tips in making a diversity happens in procurement

Guest Name : Andreas Kemmner,  CEO A&K-Group.  Language : English, Publication date:  May, 29. 2020

Andreas is the CEO for Abels & Kemmner (A&K) Group, specialized in the design, the  implementation and the optimization of market synchronized supply and  production chains and the automation of all related planning processes. He has been working in logistics for over 25 years, managed more than 250 national and international projects, concerning the optimization of supply chains regarding cost, inventory, delivery readiness and lead time.

Abels & Kemmner was founded in 1993 as a spin-off from the  Institute for Industrial Management (FIR eV) at the RWTH Aachen  University by the two engineers and economists Dr. Götz-Andreas Kemmner  and Dr. Helmut Abels. Today, Abels & Kemmner focuses on two areas: Supply chain and  logistics optimisation as well as restructuring and productivity  improvement. This linkage of specialist knowledge with general management issues characterises the work of all A&K  consultants. In 2005, A&K opened an office in London to focus specifically on the UK market. Abels & Kemmner is one out of 23 German consultancy which has been awarded TOP Consultant for the German Mittelstand in 2013, 2014/15 and just recently 2016. Visit more on: https://www.ak-online.de

In this episode, we cover:

• How to manage and control the cost within a supply chain
• Finding the cost's opportunity and a few example of the quick-wins of optimizing a supply chain cost.
• Internal vs. external cost's opportunity and how to overcome them.

Connect him on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kemmner/

Guest Name : Rodney Apple,  Founder and managing partner at SCM Talent group.  Language : Indonesian, Publication date:  May, 27. 2020

Rodney Apple serves as the Managing Partner of SCM Talent Group which he  founded back in August of 2004 in Atlanta, GA. He has been completely  specialized in end-to-end supply chain recruitment since 2001 when he  joined The Home Depot (Fortune 13 at the time) to lead the recruitment  for their very first supply chain department. Rodney went on to lead all  professional and executive supply chain recruitment for The Coca-Cola  Company for 6+ years followed by a few other clients that included  Kimberly-Clark, Cummins and PWC.

Rodney’s passion for the field of supply chain management is evident  through his involvement within the industry and various supply chain  associations. He has presented at CSCMP and APICS global conferences,  has been serving as the Career Coach for ASCM (formerly APICS) since 2014, and in 2017 became an APICS Magazine Department Author, contributing articles under “Professional Development”. Rodney also authors the Supply Chain Talent Blog where he shares best practices in supply chain recruiting, leadership  development, job search strategy, resume optimization, interviewing  techniques and related topics. Visit more on: https://www.scmtalent.com

In this interview, Rodney explains why mentorship matters in a supply chain career:

• The benefits of mentorship program
• Advise to the leader for starting the mentorship program in their organization
• Do's and Don'ts for a mentors and mentees

Connect him on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scmtalent/

Guest Name : Benard Odote,  Co-founder at TTP Procurement Foundation.  Language : Indonesian, Publication date:  May, 2. 2020

Benard is a procurement executive. He is a co-founder at TTP procurement foundation, it’s a not-for-profit (NGO) to pioneer 4th industrial revolution technologies providing scalable and sustainable solutions to the benefit of all participants. Additionally, he is Advisory Board at the Centre for Citizenship, Enterprise and Governance & Birmingham City University (CCEG-BCU) 4IR Research Centre and Director at  FURSA supplier discovery portal.

TRANSNATIONAL TRANSPARENT PROCUREMENT (TTP) FOUNDATION; TTP Foundation pledge is to create a better future through resource management using the latest 4th industrial revolution technologies of AI, Blockchain and IoT to equip young professionals for growth and impact the wealth of their organizations, their communities, and ultimately their nations; the resource management of everything that has intrinsic value to society such as natural sustainable riches, intellectual assets and even financial instruments including procurement spend. Visit more on: www.ttp.center;  www.hop-global.com; www.fursa.africa

In this episode, we cover:

• Supply chain's performance and future challenges on demand complexity
• Improving the bottom-line performance
• A quick wins

Connect him on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ttp-procurement-foundation/

Guest Name: John D. Reiser, EVP, Global Supply Chain, The Cannon Group Inc, Language: English, Publication date: Aug, 20. 2022

John is an experienced global supply chain executive with a demonstrated history of creating a best-in-class supply chain department. He works in the e-commerce, wholesale, distribution and manufacturing industries. John has experience at privately owned and private equity backed companies with strong Operations, Sourcing, Negotiation, Import, Logistics, Supplier Development, Supplier Rationalization, Planning, Team Building, M&A, P&L and SIOP skills. In addition, John has lived in Shanghai, established overseas offices and global distribution centers throughout the USA, China and the EU.

John is currently EVP, Global Supply Chain at The Cannon Group Inc,.

Here are some of the highlighted-questions from the podcast:

• I’m curious your thoughts on global supply chains. What are the biggest changes in a post pandemic-world?
• Some expert says that this is a good time to swicth the supply chain sourcing strategy from centralized structure into a decentralized. What is your take on that? Is that a good idea?
• I wonder what you advice would be on how to deals and responds the supply chain disruption? 
• Talk a bit about leadership in supply chain crisis - What have you seen the most sucessful supply chain-leader do? What do they have in common in their approach to maximizing their impact?

Connect with John on LInkedin HERE

Guest Name : Stephan de Barse,  Executive vice president at o9 Solutions Inc.  Language : Indonesian, Publication date:  May, 23. 2020

Stephan is a EVP (Executive vice president) at o9 Solutions where he is responsible for driving digital transformation with some of the leading fortune-500 companies. He holds a BSc and MSc in Accountancy and an Executive Master of Finance and Control from Nyenrode Business University (The Netherlands). In addition, Stephan holds an Executive MBA degree at BI Norwegian Business School which comprises of modules at UC Berkeley Haas, California, USA and Nan Yang University of Singapore.

As the market leader in decision management software, o9 Solutions helps the world's best companies in Consumer Products & Goods, Retail & Apparel, and Industrial Manufacturing. With solutions that cover integrated business planning, revenue management, and supply chain management, we service our customers on their terms — mobile, laptop, email — by connecting all of the information used in a company, both internal and external.  Visit the website on: https://o9solutions.com/

In this episode, we cover:

• The IBP process is a key component for any organization to remain competitive and streamline operations accordingly.
• Current trends of IBP and a few key challenges on the implementation
• The next generation of IBP can helps the organization to manage the complexity of demands.
• Advice to the business leader in improving the maturity levels of IBP.
• A few case study - best practices

Connect him on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephan-de-barse-driving-digital-transformation/

Guest Name : Ken Titmuss,  CEO at  Ken Outsourcing Services.  Language : Indonesian, Publication date:  May, 21. 2020

Ken is a Supply Chain, Operations and Manufacturing consultant. He has run his own business, Kent Outsourcing Services, and has worked with well over 200 companies assisting them in all aspects of their manufacturing planning and control systems and providing their employees with education courses to raise their level of understanding of Operations and Supply Chain Management. Ken has been very involved with SAPICS for last 30 years from running the Cape Town Chapter, to being on the Board of Directors and holding the position of President for two terms of 2 years.

Ken is an APICS Master Instructor for the CPIM, CSCP, CLTD, Principles Series, Lean Program as well as for the APICS Instructor Development Programs. He is also Member of VCARE’s Education and Research Executive Board (EREB), Canada.

In this episode we cover the top ten reasons that contribute to Inaccurate Inventory; starting from education and training, cycle counting, Policies, Procedures and Computer Work Instructions, Housekeeping, Receiving, Warehouse Security, Visible Performance Measures, Shipping, Discipline, Continuous Improvement.

Connect him on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-titmuss-4408341/

Guest Name : Canda Rozier,  President at  Collabra consulting.  Language : Indonesian, Publication date:  May, 19. 2020

Canda is a former Chief Procurement Officer at multiple global companies, who lead the formation of the global sourcing and procurement organizations, and drove P2P transformation. She currently is  President of Collabra Consulting, which focuses on sourcing and procurement projects.  In 2019 Canda was awarded the SIG Sourcing Star award for thought leadership in strategic sourcing, procurement, and supplier management.  She known as a proven leader in designing and executing sustainable process and operational improvements and has an extensive experience in acquisition due diligence and integration, divestiture of operating units, and sourcing synergies. Connect with her on : https://www.linkedin.com/in/csrozier/

Highlighted questions:

• What are negotiation process in procurement; and why does it play a critical role in today’s business?
• What are key success factors for an effective procurement negotiation?
• What advice can you offer to the procurement professional to improve their negotiation skills ? Can you please tell us any tips and techniques for winning the negotiation ?

Guest Name : Jarot Anorogo,  Principal consultant at  PQM Consultant.  Language : Indonesian, Publication date:  May, 16. 2020

Jarot is a principal consultant at PQM consultant, based in Indonesia. He has worked for more than 20 years in the field of operations and supply chain. Prior to this role, he was working in various roles at multi national companies such as : Panasonic and ADR Group. His specialization focuses on: Lean implementation, Supply chain management, Agile and design thinking, Total productive management,  TQM and core tools, and also business process improvement.  As principal consultant, he helps company in implementing a Lean and effective supply chain management, this including the industry in sectors of banking & financial, services and healthcare. Visit more on : https://pqm.co.id/

He hold B.Sc and M.Sc in Industrial Engineering and certified supply chain professional (CSCP) from the APICS, US.

Highlighted questions:

• How do you see a current trends of Supply chain and our people's capabilities to support the growth of supply chain in Indonesia and region? How do you see a profession of supply chain recently ?
• What are key skills and competencies need for a professional in supply chain?
• What advice can you offer to the business leader for scale up their supply chain (i.e in term of people, system, business process etc...)
• Can you please us the success story from your client when their improving the supply chain?

Connect him on LInkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jarot-anorogo-5a083318/

Guest Name : Adebayo Adeleke,  President and CEO at  Adebayo Adeleke LLC.  Language : English, Publication date:  May, 14. 2020

Adebayo Adeleke is President and CEO at Adebayo Adeleke LLC. He is an entrepreneur, retired U.S Army Officer and global thought leader. Adebayo is also a Managing Partner at Pantote Solutions LLC (Dallas, TX), a Principal Partner and Senior Supply Chain Consultant for Epot Consulting Limited and a Lecturer in Supply Chain Management at the Sam Houston State University. He is also a distinguished member of the bipartisan New American Economy, a coalition of business leaders and Mayors launched by Michael Bloomberg and Rupert Murdoch to influence policymakers and public opinion towards comprehensive immigration reforms.

His profound knowledge and expertise in the fields of Risk Management and Security, Supply Chain Management and Logistics, Leadership and Geopolitics, Diversity and Inclusion makes him a positive influencer, thought leader and generator of authentic ideas and novel scenarios that birth winning experiences for individuals, organizations, and governments.  Visit more on : https://adebayoadeleke.com/ 

The following questions were being asked :

• Leadership is playing a critical role in supply chain management; especially in order to address the demands of a global economy. What is your view on this ?
• Adopting dynamic leadership behaviors may be what supply chain functions need to close the skills gaps and retain in the strategic-talent.  Can you please tell us a bit about the dynamic leadership ?  and how has the organization put these dynamic leadership into practice
• This is a question we have been asked numerous times by the CEOs searching for the right person to lead their supply chain strategies: What are the critical skills of supply chain leaders ?

Connect him on LInkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adebayoadeleke/

Guest Name : Dr. Marcell Vollmer,  Chief Innovation Officer at Celonis.  Language : English, Publication date:  May, 12. 2020

Marcell is Chief Innovation Officer at Celonis where  he focuses on supporting customers and partners to define and execute digital transformation strategies globally.  Prior to this role he was Chief Digital Officer at SAP where he drove strategies to help the world’s leading companies to eliminate procurement and supply chain complexity. Before that he was Chief Procurement Officer at SAP where he led over 200 professionals who managed billions in global spend volume and created a shared services team. Prior to that he held strategic project and finance roles roles at SAP.

Before SAP, he worked for DHL Express as a manager of several integration projects in finance, controlling and HR. He earned his degree in Economics from the University of Hamburg in Germany.

About Celonis
Celonis (www.celonis.com) is the New York- and Munich-based leader in Enterprise Performance Acceleration software. Built on the process mining technology it pioneered, its Intelligent Business Cloud helps organizations to rapidly remove operational friction to become a superfluid enterprise. Companies around the world including Siemens, L’Oreal, Uber, Citi, Airbus and Vodafone rely on Celonis to guide action and drive change to business processes, resulting in millions of dollars saved and extraordinary customer experiences.

The following questions were being asked :

• How do you see the major trends in driving digital transformation disruption in 2020 and beyond ?
• What advice can you offer to the business leader when they want to start the transformation ? What are key success factors in implementing the digital transformation ?
• Why talent is the core factor for digital transformation objectives ?
• What are typically a major challenges and how to deal with uncertainty when companies are doing the transformation.
  

Connect him on LInkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcellvollmer/

Guest Name : Susan Walsh,    Founder at The Classification Guru.  Language : English, Publication date:  May, 10. 2020

Susan is a founder at The classification guru. She has years of experience in classifying data; working with multiple taxonomies. She’s worked at the core of data classification, and has managed, trained and developed large teams of data classifiers. Prior to that, she had the first business, a women's clothing shop, and before that she spent a decade in sales and account management in FMCG organisations, which gives her the unique position of observing the data from both a technical and corporate perspective.

The classification guru helps businesses and procurement professionals solve the problem of getting reliable insights from their spend data in order to save money and make better business decisions that they can deliver back to their organisation faster and more cost-effectively than using large consultancies or spend analytics providers. See the details on : https://www.theclassificationguru.com/our-services

The following questions were being asked :

• How do you see the importance of data strategy in a procurement’s role?
• What advice can you offer to the procurement leaders on how to build a more “clean” and “structured” data, so that they can be beneficial for supporting the spend-management and other purposes in procurement’s role?
• What are key success factors in building a data strategy ?
• Many leaders say that the future of procurement is data driven. What are your thoughts on this ? Do you see any correlation with building a data strategy which we’re talking about ?

Connect her on LInkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanewalsh/

Guest Name :Mike Mortson,   Founder and CEO at Supply Chain Game Changer.  Language : English, Publication date:  May, 07. 2020

Mike is a founder and CEO at Supply Chain Game Changer.  It is  Supply Chain Blog for Transformative Change. A Forum for sharing experiences and expertise in Supply Chain, Operations, Business Management, Logistics, Distribution, Procurement and Change Leadership. Prior to this role, he was a Vice President, Supply chain at Indigo and then Celestica. Visit the website on: supplychaingamechanger.com

His specialties focus on: All Aspects of Manufacturing, Warehouse Operations, Aftermarket Operations, Retail Supply Chain management, as well as Supply Chain, Inventory and Freight/Logistics Management 

Key takeaways :

• How do you see the disruptive technologies with respect to supply chain? What're a major changes looks like in the next 5 to 10 years from now?
• What are the biggest risks facing supply chain leaders with regards to the digitization in supply chain?
• What skill mix required to overcome the challenges in digital supply chain ?

Connect him on LInkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-mortson-5864511/

Guest Name : Azuka Okeke,   Regional Director, Africa Resource Centre for Supply Chain.  Language : English, Publication date:  May, 05. 2020

Azuka is currently serving as a Regional Director for Africa Resource Centre for Supply Chain. She oversees supply chain transformation projects in several African countries with a key focus on Nigeria, Azuka is an expert in engaging governments and is currently serving as a thought partner and advisor to national ministries of health in Africa. She is a leader in facilitating private sector collaborations with public sector and has done this on platforms such as the World Economic Forum. Currently, she has pioneered the setting up of a supply chain membership platform for the private sector in Nigeria that has strengthened private sector spending for public health. 

She has over 15 years’ experience working on several international and local development projects and has successfully supported the institutionalization of sustainable solutions in public health delivery in Nigeria. Project experiences range across a number of different donor groups and implementing partners including; BMGF, USAID, GAVI and The Global Fund. A proud Canon Collins Scholarship recipient (2011- 2013); Commonwealth Scholar (2013); and member West African Postgraduate College of Pharmacist. Received training from prestigious world class institutes namely Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cornell University and University of Liverpool School of Public Health. She is currently taking a Financing course at the Edinburgh Business School, UK.

Key takeaways :

• What is your view on women's contribution in the field of supply chain globally and particularly in Africa.
• Reflecting on the UN sustainable development goals where the goal is to have gender-equality for women and girls all around the world; What advice can you offer to start for making a better contribution of women in the supply chain ?
• Why is promoting inclusive supply chain leadership essential for now ?

Connect him on LInkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/azuka-okeke-0814a746/

Guest Name : Steven Carnovale, PhD,  Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management at Rochester Institute of Technology .  Language : English, Publication date:  May, 01. 2020

Dr. Carnovale, Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management at the Saunders College of Business at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Prior to joining RIT, Dr. Carnovale was Nike Professor of Supply Chain Management at Portland State University from Sept. 2014 to June 2018. Dr Carnovale is a supply chain strategist and econometrician specializing in interfirm networks, risk management and global sourcing/production networks with a specific focus on equity-based partnerships. 

He is an Associate Editor at the Journal of Supply Chain Management and the Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management. His research has appeared in the Journal of Supply Chain Management, the Journal of Business Logistics, the Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, the European Journal of Operational Research and Annals of Operations Research among others. Dr. Carnovale earned his B.S. and PhD degrees at Rutgers University, specializing in Supply Chain Management and Marketing Sciences. Prior to his academic work he co-founded a marketing strategy and consulting firm, worked in sales and operations management roles in the IT sector, as well as in market research and marketing analytics roles.

Key takeaways :

• Why is the visibility taking an essential role in the recent supply chain.
• How does visibility create a value?
• What would be the best way to capture the value of visibility ?
• In relation to the supply chain visibility: What advice can you offer for choosing the right tech. solution ?

Connect him on LInkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-carnovale-phd-076b7813/

Guest Name: Bernardo Nugroho Yahya, Professor at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Language: English, Publication date: July, 26. 2022

Bernardo Nugroho Yahya is currently a Full Professor with the Industrial and Management Engineering Department, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, South Korea. He has been working on various industry business consulting and engineering projects with Korean companies. His current research includes statistical pattern recognition, machine learning, business process intelligence, and data analytics.

He received the B.S. degree in industrial engineering from Petra Christian University, the M.S. degree in information system engineering from Dongseo University, and the Ph.D. degree in industrial engineering from Pusan National University. Connect with Bernard on Linkedin here.

Here are some of the highlights from the podcast:

• Could you please explain a bit what is a process mining and what are the biggest advantages using a process mining?
• In relation to the supply chain, I did a small research on several journals where said that process mining helps to improve visibility and transparancy within a supply chain. How does it work anyway?
• I wonder if you could talk about your experience has been with the process mining, maybe from your own-study & research where you’ve found that process mining adds value for the organization? Could you please ellaborate that?
• Do you believe that the technology will play a significant role for the implementation of process mining? How should we think about it?

Guest Name : Patrick Rigoni, Ph.D,  Founding Partner at SmartChain International LLP .  Language : English, Publication date:  April, 28. 2020

Patric Rigoni is Founding partner at SmartChain International LLP, a team specializing in delivering sustainable change through the application of innovative solutions to business problems and a strong focus on change management. Patrick has a long career in operations and operational excellence and has held positions in global teams in Johnson & Johnson and Mylan Pharmaceutical where he was responsible of leading major transformations in the area of operations management, supply chain and S&OP. He is a certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt and Lean Assessor and he is a endorsed Master Instructor with the Demand Driven Institute. Visit the website on: https://smartchainllp.ch/

Key takeaways :

• Why is the supply chain agility becoming an essential in today's environment?
• What are the major challenges to achieving supply chain agility and how to overcome them ?
• What advice can you offer to help business leaders to take the first step when they want to implement agility in the supply chain?

Connect him on LInkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickrigoni/

Guest Name : Dr. Muddassir Ahmed,  Founder at SCMDOJO .  Language : English, Publication date:  April, 25. 2020

Dr. Muddassir Ahmed is founder at SCMDOJO. This is a platform for learning and sharing with the intention to enable supply chain professionals & supply chain team to solve the problems they face in their jobs & business. The enablement will come by proving relevant and best in class knowledge bank (ebook, guides, training & talks, courses, videos) and self-assessment tools to solve the problems faced by the supply chain professionals. SCMDOJO now has more than 55,000 of visitors and 77,000-page views a month. With 21,700 active Newsletter subscribers, and a tribe of over 46,000 social media followers who mostly supply chain professionals. Visit the website on: https://www.scmdojo.com/

Dr. Muddassir Ahmed is a Manufacturing Operations, Procurement and Supply Chain leader from international multi-site manufacturing experience in Electrical, Hydraulics and Internet industries. He has received a Ph.D. in Management Science from Lancaster University Management School, an MSc. in Management of Production from the Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden and a B.E. in Textile Engineering from NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan.

Key takeaways :

• How the supply chain leaders can begin to identify and re-visit their supply chain strategy in meeting the business competitiveness.
• The essential of  4-pillars of supply chain strategy which are: people, process , system and execution
• What's the first step a supply chain leader should take to start applying the advice you offer in the pillars of supply chain strategy ?

Connect him on LInkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-muddassir-ahmed/

Guest Name : Konrad Grondek,   Consultant and trainer at MPM Productivity management .  Language : English, Publication date:  April, 23. 2020

Konrad is CPIM LEAD INSTRUCTOR, JONAH® CONSULTANT.  He is currently a trainer and consultant for consulting firm called "MPM Productivity Management", based in Poland, Europe.  His specialties focuses on: TPS / Lean Manufacturing, Kanban, 5S, problem solving (7 tools, FMEA, APQP, Shainin DOE), Sales & production plan, Operations and Supply chain.

Licensed TFC trainer - The Fresh Connection - an advanced supply chain simulator (innovative 'web-based business' simulation involving participants in making strategic decisions in the enterprise management process).

Key takeaways :

• Mitigating supply chain planning risks
• The forecasting and scenario planning - specifically in the S&OP.
• The challenges and how to overcome.

Connect him on LInkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/konrad-grondek-1648072/

Guest Name : Lee Campe,   Owner/President at Performance Excellence INC .  Language : English, Publication date:  April, 21. 2020

Lee Campe is President of Performance Excellence Inc  and a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt. Prior to starting Performance Excellence, Lee was a Master Black Belt (MBB) for the Home Depot, where he was responsible for coaching employees and mentoring projects across the US. Projects Lee mentored provided the company with over $200 million in saving.  The performance excellence INC is an Industry Leading Lean Six Sigma consultant. Expert in all facets of Six Sigma to include DMAIC, DMADV and Lean. Expert in Lean Six Sigma deployment and start up as well as Lean Six Sigma training at all levels/roles.

Key takeaways :

• How does a lean six sigma contributes into the supply chain strategy
• Lean vs. agile approach in supply chain strategy
• Learn a few example how these tools are able to reduce unnecessary cost at your end.

Connect him on LInkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leecampe/

Guest Name : Wolfgang Lehmacher,  Board member, advisor and business angle.  Language : English, Publication date:  April, 18. 2020

Wolfgang is a recognized thought leader and practitioner in supply chain and logistics, member of the Logistikweisen, an expert committee and think tank under the patronage of the German Federal Ministry BMVI, participant in the World Economic Forum global expert network, and founding member of the Centre of Excellence for Global Emerging Supply Chain Technologies, Singapore. The book author is FT, Forbes, Fortune, BI, Nikkei contributor. 

He was Director, Head of Supply Chain and Transport Industries at the World Economic Forum, Partner and Managing Director (China and India) at strategy consulting firm CVA, and President and CEO of GeoPost Intercontinental at France’s La Poste. Prior to La Poste, he was Head of Eastern European and Mediterranean Regions, and Country General Manager Switzerland at TNT. 

Key takeaways :

• View on current trend a global trade and its correlation on supply chain. How does a Covid-19 impact to the business-supply chain globally.
• The opportunity we do have in designing a better and more effective supply chain (i.e people, process etc.)
• Building a synchronized global trade in supply chain
• How the business leaders step forward to be more agile and adaptable in facing a global trade supply chain.
  

Connect him on LInkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wolfganglehmacher

Guest Name : Julien Brun,  Managing Partner at CEL Consuting  Language : English, Publication date:  April, 16. 2020

Julien is a Managing partner at CEL Consulting. Additionally, he is also Co-Founder of Vietnam Supply Chain, Chairman of EID a start-up accelerator in South East Asia, Board member of the French Chamber of Commerce & Industry in Vietnam. Over the past 20 years, Julien has developed an insightful understanding of emerging market dynamics and cultural influences. With a particular focus in developing countries in Asia, Africa, South America, Julien has specifically been involved in the field of supply chain, manufacturing, logistics, sourcing, and retail sectors and in specific technology applications in these industries.

About the CEL Consulting: It is a consulting firm specialized in delivering strategic and operational advisory and training services to multinationals and local groups in ASEAN. Visit the website on: https://www.cel-consulting.com/

Key takeaways :

• What disruptions are being seen in various sectors of industry & what are the difficulties companies are currently facing now?
• How supply chain people can cope with the current volatility of demand and also uncertainty around logistics & transportation? Are there other supply risk that may appear in coming weeks?
• How Asian and Western supply chains will  reshape after the crisis?

Connect him on LInkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julienbrun/

Guest Name : Julien Robineau,  Head of Supply chain planning at VITRA  Language : English, Publication date:  April, 13. 2020

Julien is a supply chain professional and having work for 15 years in variety of business mostly in logistics, planning and supply chain field. Currently, he is Head of supply chain planning at Vitra where he takes the responsibility for managing a strategic product portfolio planning and based in Germany.  Hold a master degree on logistics and supply chain planning from the Universite De Montreal, Canada. Prior to work at Vitra, he has worked for SR Technics Group, Jet Aviation and Bombardier Transportation. 

Key takeaways :

• A cultural challenges on the global level
• Managing a cultural response is taking very important roles in contributing to a success of supply chain management 
• Build a harmonized global supply chain culture where everyone respects local culture without disrupting the company’s culture

Connect him on LInkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julien-robineau/

Guest Name : Radu Palamariu,  Managing Director at Alcott Global  Language : English, Publication date:  April, 10. 2020

Radu is a Managing Director at Alcott Global, an Executive Search solutions for the world’s top companies in eCommerce, supply chain, logistics, and tech in transportation. Radu’s job is to connect people with global experts, thought leaders and executives in all things supply chain. He does his best to pick their brain on Supply Chain and Logistics leading-edge technologies, leadership stories, and personal success habits. 

Visit Alcott's website on: https://www.alcottglobal.com/

He is focused on end to end Supply Chain Executive Search: C-level, Vice President, General Management, Supply Chain leadership, Logistics leadership, Procurement leadership, Operations, Regional/Global Project Management appointments. 

The discussion focuses on the following topics:

• What qualities make a good leadership in supply chain
• Managing a supply chain in the uncertainty era (i.e Challenges with a global pandemic of Covid-19) 
• Growing the leadership's skills and competencies in the supply chain ?

Connect him on LInkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/radugadesign/

Guest Name : Peter Schram,  Independent Advisor  Language : English, Publication date:  April, 08. 2020

Peter is an independent advisor and recognized as subject matter expert in Supply Chain with almost 20 years of experience and has a specialization on: Demand and Supply Planning, Long Range Planning (LRP), Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), Sales and Operations Execution (S&OP), Even-Driven Demand Planning, Supply Chain Organization Design, Supplier Management and Planning and Performance Management.

He has been worked for leading organizations like Gartner, Philips/Signify, Paccar/DAF Trucks and IG&H consulting. And also a broad international experience in supporting Fortune 500 companies in multiple industries including Manufacturing, CPG, Healthcare, Aerospace, Energy & Utilities and High Tech.

The discussion focuses on the following topics:

• The Covid-19 and how it does change the supply chain globally especially on the demand and supply side.
• Overcome the challenges on supply disruptions.
• Anticipating the disruption and how company does the Supply chain mitigation risks.

Connect him on LInkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/schrampeter/

Guest Name : Federico Fioretto,  Founder and CEO at Exsulting  Language : English, Publication date:  April, 05. 2020

Federico is Founder and CEO of ExSulting, the Italian Startup in Business Intelligence and Strategic Sustainability advisory providing the unique ISO based Sustainability rating Embedded Sustainability Index®.

Creator of  The CASE Method® for Sustainable Leadership and effective decision making. One of the only two European professionals chosen, by US President Barack Obama YALI (Young African Leaders Initiative) project to raise a new generation of business and social leaders for the African Continent.  He is also chair of the Embedded Sustainability Committee of AIAS, the largest Italian organization for HSE professionals and managers. Since 2018 associate of C-lever.org, a Belgian social enterprise operating in international projects of Sustainable Development. Visit the website on: https://exsulting.com/en/home

The discussion focuses on the following topics:

• A current trends in sustainability
• The Embedded  Sustainability Index or or ESIndex®, this is a tools to assess and support the Company's along its journey to Sustainability and the Circular Economy.
• Leadership on sustainability;  How does culture influence the sustainability's transformation 

Connect him on LInkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/federicofioretto/

Guest Name: Joanne Flinn, Business author and Sustainability advisor, Language: English, Publication date: July, 21. 2022

Joanne Flinn is an award-winning business author and advisor. Her most recent book, Greensight ~ The Sustainability Handbook for Company Directors helps executives, Boards and the C-suite address the twin challenges of growth and ESG. She works with Boards and C-suite teams to align strategy and culture for sustainable results.  You can connect with Joanne over on Linkedin here.

Here are some of the highlights from the podcast:

• What specifically motivated you to focus on sustainability and then just also released a new book - Greensight: the sustainability guide for company directors?
• I’d love to hear more about sustainability in business. What does it mean?
• As a leader, how should we think to get everyone on board for the sustainability transition? What are actually the essential things in this space?
• What advice can you offer to the business leader on how to ensure that we have the right attitudes, culture, and governance in place to thrive, not just survive, in the world of tomorrow?

Guest Name : Dr. Paul A. Jilani,  Supply chain expert, Certified executive coach.  Language : English, Publication date:  March, 28. 2020

Dr. Jilani is a seasoned Supply Chain Specialist with over 13 years’ extensive experience in industry procurement, logistics, and supply chain management. He has extensive training and expertise in procurement and logistic processes, humanitarian supply chain, operations management, strategic sourcing and management, warehousing and distribution, shipping, and imports management, among others.

Dr. Jilani holds a Doctorate in Global Supply Chain Management from Walden University, USA. His studies also include an MBA in Procurement and Supplies Management from KCA University, and a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration in Entrepreneurship from Kenya Methodist University, Nairobi Kenya. He is an experienced trainer of trainers, a facilitator, a university lecturer. He is also a Certified Executive Coach and is an alumnus of the Strathmore Business School Executive Coaching for Managers Program (ICF certified) and Public Policy Executive Program.

The discussion focuses on:

• A key challenges on warehouse operations; Including a wasted-cost
• The structured-approach in eliminating unnecessary cost and convert the warehouse into a profit cluster.
• Technology apps. in warehouse operations
  

Connect him on LInkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-paul-a-jilani-dba-mcips-chsca-8bba2567/

Guest Name : Prof. Iwan Vanany,  Professor at The Industrial Engineering, ITS. Language : Indonesian, Publication date:  March, 24. 2020

Iwan Vanany is a Professor at The Industrial Engineering from Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (www.its.ac.id), Indonesia. His focus primarily on Business Process Re-engineering, Food Supply chain and Halal Operations Management. He obtained a Ph.D in Manufacturing & Industrial Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM).

Our discussion focuses on:

• Current & future trends of food-supply chain including a halal supply chain and digital-supply chain
• Key challenges & how to convert it into the opportunity
• Covid-19: How food-supply chain does prevent the impact of Covid-19

Connect him on LInkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iwan-vanany-4158a715/?originalSubdomain=id

Guest Name : Frederic GOMER,  Partner at B2G Consulting. Language : English, Publication date:  March, 20. 2020

Frederic Gomer is The managing partner of B2G Consulting, an international consulting firm engaged in supply chain transformation in emerging and challenging markets. With his background as a global end to end supply chain management expert, Frederic has extensive experience working in a range of industries including manufacturing, aerospace, automotive, retail, pharmaceutical, heavy industries & oil & gas. Visit the website on: http://b2g-consulting.com/

In this episode, the discussion focuses on:

• The advantages of S&OP process
• Improving the alignment among function, data, and technology that impact S&OP and corporate performance
• Develops a framework for assessing a current stage of performance and then prioritizing the performance’s improvement
• A case study where a better S&OP can boost the ROI (Return on investment) 

Connect him on LInkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frederic-gomer-657986/