Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights

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Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.AudioPlayer.embed("audioplayer_446", {soundFile:"http%3A%2F%2Fsupplychaininsights.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fpodcasts%2FHow_SandOP_Drives_Agility-Podcast_13.mp3"}); Lora Cecere from Supply Chain Insights shares thoughts on the latest study in the field “How Sales and Operations Planning  Drives Agility.”  Host Constance Korol interviews Lora as she shares her vision for why this study is important and her vision for 2013 Sales and Operations Planning. Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast #13

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Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.AudioPlayer.embed("audioplayer_454", {soundFile:"http%3A%2F%2Fsupplychaininsights.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fpodcasts%2FHow_Do_We_Heal_the_Healthcare_Value_Network-Podcast_9-Straight_Talk_with_Supply_Chain_Insights.mp3"}); A Proverb says: “Physician, heal yourself…” Lora Cecere gives this statement a new twist. Listen as she discusses “healing” the healthcare supply chain by redefining WHO the actual “customer” is; moving from a managed sickness viewpoint to a concentration on wellness, thus evolving the Healthcare industry into to a true Value Network. Healthcare needs a reality adjustment. This podcast is it. Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast #9

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Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.AudioPlayer.embed("audioplayer_462", {soundFile:"http%3A%2F%2Fsupplychaininsights.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fpodcasts%2FSupply_Chain_Talent-Podcast_5-Straight_Talk_With_Supply_Chain_Insights.mp3"}); There is a looming middle-management supply chain talent crisis. In this podcast Lora Cecere drags this potentially disastrous problem out of the closet for everyone to see, and to learn what companies are doing to mitigate the vacuum to be left as baby-boomer, mid-management supply chain leaders retire. Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast #5

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.AudioPlayer.embed("audioplayer_464", {soundFile:"http%3A%2F%2Fsupplychaininsights.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fpodcasts%2FSupply_Chain_Plateau-Podcast_4-Straight_Talk_with_Supply_Chain_Insights.mp3"}); Lora Cecere claims we are at a supply chain plateau. In this podcast, Lora maps out where we are after 30 years of supply chain management; how companies THINK they’ve made profound progress, but are actually stuck on what she calls the supply chain “plateau.” Find out how to push off that plateau and make new progress towards conquering the Effective Frontier. Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast #4

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.AudioPlayer.embed("audioplayer_466", {soundFile:"http%3A%2F%2Fsupplychaininsights.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fpodcasts%2FOpen_Content_Research-Podcast_3-Straight_Talk_with_Supply_Chain_Insights.mp3"}); Supply Chain Insights produces three to four supply chain research reports a month and publishes them in front of the firewall for all to read and share with their networks, at no charge. Why do we do it? Hear Lora Cecere, Founder of Supply Chain Insights, talk about the concept of open content research and how we as a company love to see our graphs in other people’s PowerPoint decks. Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast #3

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