Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights

Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights


Latest Episodes

Blockchain and Cognitive Computing – 17 Use Cases
January 11, 2017

Helen King, Marketing Manager at Supply Chain Insights, interviews the company’s Founder, Lora Cecere, and discusses two recent blog posts penned by Lora. Among the two posts Lora describes 17...

Management of Risk in the Supply Chain with James Barnes of the Institute of Supplier Management
January 05, 2017

What is risk? How should companies formulate risk management strategies? In this podcast James Barnes of the Institute of Supplier Management shares his insights on risk management and supplier strategies....

Research and Lies
January 05, 2017

In this podcast Helen King, Supply Chain Insights’ Marketing Manager, interviews Lora Cecere, Founder of Supply Chain Insights, on research insights and lessons learned as an analyst. During this interview...

The World of Gray. The World of Black. Bridging the Two to Drive Growth.
December 27, 2016

No two supply chains are exactly alike and supply chain management is certainly not just black and white. Yet many companies have not perfected how to operate in “The World...

Launch of the Next-Generation Supply Chain Training Programs.
December 13, 2016

Launch of Next-Generation Supply Chain Training Programs by Supply Chain Insights. In this podcast the Founder of Supply Chain Insights shares information on the three options for companies to take...

A Call To Action: Testing the Future of Supply Chain
December 07, 2016

Sometimes being an individual is great. Other times it’s better to belong to something bigger. At Supply Chain Insights we see the potential of a future that connects all of...

How Did We Screw Up Procurement? with Jim Barnes of ISM
November 29, 2016

In this world where money moves faster electronically, and transactions are automated, why does it take so long for supplier onboarding? And why is the focus on terms versus removing...

Is IT Standardization Killing Your Growth Agenda?
November 18, 2016

IT standardization has been a popular strategy to manage investment and operations, but is it really the best thing for your business? In this podcast Lora and Alison discuss the...

VTech-A Supply Chains to Admire Finalist with Nick Delany
November 15, 2016

VTech Holdings, founded in 1976, has its roots in learning products. The company acquired the cordless phone division from Lucent technology in 2000. Initially this led to operating losses and...

Analytics in Politics and Supply Chain. How Pollsters and Corporations Are Getting It Wrong.
November 13, 2016

The pollsters taking the pulse of the country on their political leanings before the election got it wrong, which makes us think about how companies are often getting the data...