Continued Growth for APICS in 2011
Abe Eshkenazi, CEO, APICS; December 2011
Abe Eshkenazi, CEO of APICS, summarizes high
points of the association’s activities in 2011 and pro-
vides an outlook of what is ahead in 2012.
How Complexity Will Shape Future
Supply Chains
Mike Giguere, Principal and U.S. Supply Chain
Leader, PwC; December 2011
Most companies were caught in 2008 with way
too much inventory in their pipelines, leading
them to search more aggressively for ways to
better forecast and manage demand, says Mike
Giguere, principal and U.S. supply chain leader
at PwC. Giguere explains why the growing
complexity of global supply chains makes this
task more difficult and how that complexity will
shape supply chains of the future.
Blueprint for Successful Lean
Implementations
Mike Loughrin, CEO, Transformance Advisors;
December 2011
Successfully implementing lean principles within a
corporation requires distinct contributions from
top-level, middle-level and front-line employees,
says Mike Loughrin of Transformance Advisors.
Loughrin details what is required from each group
and offers tips on overcoming challenges specific
to each area.
Building an S&OP Program that Delivers
on Expectations
Joe Shedlawski, Principal, JSF Associates; December
2011
Joe Shedlawski of JSF Associates says there are two
key capabilities needed for a company to become
more demand driven: more accurate demand sig-
nals and shorter cycle times. Shedlawski discusses
how a well-run sales and operations planning
process can accomplish both.
A New Perspective on Risk Management
Brian W. Hagen, Managing Director, Decision
Empowerment Institute; December 2011
Brian W. Hagen, managing director of the Decision
Empowerment Institute, explains why risk man-
agement has failed as a decision-making tool for
many companies.
The Path to Success in Strategic Sourcing
Tim Jordan, Associate Director, Supply Chain
Management, MAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc.;
December 2011
Tim Jordan, associate director for supply chain
management with MAP Pharmaceuticals, talks
about the key elements involved in setting up a
strategic sourcing program for global companies.
Creating Value Through Supply-Chain Risk
Management
Blake Johnson, Consulting Professor, Stanford Uni-
versity; December 2011
Blake Johnson, consulting professor with Stanford
University, details the value that companies can
derive from supply-chain risk and flexibility man-
agement, and how sales and operations planning
can help.
An Introduction to Portfolio Planning
Eric Symon, Principal, Digital Tempus; Decem-
ber 2011
Eric Symon, principal with Digital Tempus, says
that many companies fall to exploit the full
advantages of portfolio planning, including the
ability to manage the lifecycles of products
according to their unique characteristics, cus-
tomers and markets.
How Can Your Company Become
Demand-Responsive?
Rakesh Sharma, President & Founder, Zyom, Inc.;
December 2011
The trend toward outsourced manufacturing
has boosted the need for collaboration between
partners across the supply chain. Rakesh
Sharma, president and founder of Zyom, Inc.,
talks about how companies can achieve this
goal by adopting the principles of demand
responsiveness.
An Introduction to the Supply Chain
Risk Leadership Council
John J. Brown, Director, Risk Management, The
Coca-Cola Company; December 2011
John J. Brown, director of risk management
with The Coca-Cola Company, traces the
council’s origins and mission. He also dis-
cusses the major challenges that companies
are facing today, and will encounter in future,
in the critical area of supply-chain risk man-
agement.
The Challenge of Lean Supply-Chain
Collaboration
Jay Hollenbeck, Director, Business Solutions, Flex-
tronics; December 2011
Jay Hollenbeck, director of business solutions with
Flextronics, offers his opinion as to what’s missing
in the relationship between original equipment
manufacturers and contract manufacturers, and
how the two parties can enable the real-time
exchange of data in order to drive day-to-day sup-
ply-chain flexibility.
Incorporating Risk Management Into S&OP
Gregory L. Schlegel, Adjunct Professor, Supply
Chain-Risk Management, Lehigh University;
December 2011
Sales and operations planning is an estab-
lished concept within many companies.
What’s new is the effort to combine it with
detailed risk management. Gregory L.
Schlegel, adjunct professor of supply-chain
risk management at Lehigh University, out-
lines what a success program should look like,
and how companies should balance prepared-
ness and flexibility.
Conflict Resolution: A Critical Part of Global
Supply Chains
Stewart L. Levine, Esq., Resolutionary, Resolution-
Works; December 2011
Stewart L. Levine, founder of Resolution Works,
offers some tips on how partners within a sup-
ply chain can deal with the inevitable conflicts
and potential misunderstandings that emerge in
the normal course of doing business.
Going Green With Sales Carbon Operations
Planning
Silvia Leahu-Aluas, Owner, Sustainable Manufac-
turing Consulting; December 2011
Silvia Leahu-Aluas, owner of Sustainable Manufac-
turing Consulting, shows how two concepts—sales
and operations planning and sustainability—can
be combined to create a supply chain that maxi-
mizes efficiency and service levels while adhering
to environmentally responsible practices.
Managing S&OP in a “V”-Shaped Business
Cycle
Marianne K. Gatten, Director, Strategic Planning &
Business Development, Emerson; December 2011
In a tumultuous economy, companies might be
tempted to abandon their traditional sales and
operations planning process, and rely instead on
“gut” feelings to develop a forecast. That’s exactly
the wrong approach to take, says Marianne K. Gat-
ten, director of strategic planning and business
development with Emerson.
INDUSTRIES
Logistics Challenges of the Miller/Coors Merger
Christopher Kitchen, Manager, Reverse Logistics,
MillerCoors; February 2011
Christopher Kitchen, manager of reverse logistics
with MillerCoors, recalls the logistics challenges
that emerged in the wake of the two big beer makers’ merger in 2008.
Asset Management in the Oil and Gas
Supply Chain
Terence Leung, Director, Industry Management,
Savi Technology; March 2011
Only a robust solution can provide the tracking and
tracing capability oil company operators and serv-
ice providers need for successful asset manage-
ment, says Terence Leung, director industry
management, Savi Technology.
Incorporating Consumer Behavior into
Retail Decisions
Cynthia Coulbourne, Global Retail Portfolio Leader,
IBM; March 2011
IBM has extensively studied consumer behavior pat-
terns over the past three years, most recently with a
survey of 30,000 consumers across 13 countries.
Cynthia Coulbourne, global retail portfolio leader at
IBM, shares the findings of this research and dis-
cusses their implications for retail supply chains.
Looking Outside the Four Walls in Retail
Distribution
Chris Cole, Chief Executive Officer, Intelligrated;
March 2011
Retail logistics providers increasingly are being
challenged to look for productivity gains
beyond the four walls of the warehouse or dis-
tribution center, says Chris Cole, CEO of Intel-
ligrated. Specifically, retail customers want their
logistics partners to help them be more efficient
in their stores by packing and loading orders so
they come off the truck aisle- and shelf-ready.
He explains how new software can help
providers meet this demand.
