Resilience in the Supply Chain
Simon Ellis, Director of Supply Chain Strategies
Practice, IDC Manufacturing Insights; August 2011
A lack of resilience, flexibility or “slack” in the supply chain leads to a brittleness that hampers the
ability to respond effectively to inevitable problems
or disasters, says Simon Ellis, director of the Supply
Chain Strategies Practice at IDC Manufacturing
Insights. By the same token, do we create unnecessarily complicated responses to these problems or
to complexity?
Manufacturing and the Global Supply Chain
Rich Thompson, EVP Global Supply Chain Practice,
Jones Lang LaSalle; August 2011
China and similar nations will always be in the mix
for turning out certain items, but when it comes to
more sophisticated items, there is a move to bring
manufacturing back to the U.S., says Rich Thomp-
son, executive vice president of the Global Supply
Chain Practice for Jones Lang LaSalle.
Reducing Legal Risk Through Better E-mail
Management
Scott W. Burt, President, Integro; September 2011
Scott Burt, president of Integro, shows how compa-
nies can improve their management of e-mail in
order to protect themselves in the event of litigation.
Why You Should “Plan for Every Part”
Tim Conrad, Director of Operational Excellence,
Gates Corp.; September 2011
Tim Conrad, director of operational excellence
with Gates Corp., outlines the concept of “Plan for
Every Part,” and shows how it can help companies
to manage their supply-chain cycles.
Tackling the Challenges of Contract
Manufacturing
Dave Harrington, VP, Supply Chain & Corporate
Quality, Stratus Technologies, Inc.; September 2011
Dave Harrington, vice president of supply chain
and corporate quality with Stratus Technologies,
Inc., expllains why the outsourcing of manufactur-
ing is such a difficult proposition “on its best day.’
What You Need to Know About Enterprise
Architecture
Roddy Martin, SVP Global Supply Chain, CCI; Sep-
tember 2011
Roddy Martin, senior vice president of Global Sup-
ply Chain with CCI, lays out the concept of enter-
prise architecture, and explans why it’s so
important to proper supply-chain management.
What’s Driving Logistics and the Supply Chain
Today?
Bill L. Spiker, VP Business Development, APL Logis-
tics; September 2011
Bill Spiker, vice president of business development
with APL Logistics, talks about the common themes
that are emerging around key supply-chain and
logistics initiatives today.
Minimizing Risk Created By Suppliers’ Behavior
Samad Muhammad, Aerospace & Manufacturing,
Atlantic Software Technologies & Bob Heaney, Sr.
Research Analyst, Aberdeen Group; September 2011
In this Power Lunch session hosted by Supply-
ChainBrain, Samad Muhammad of Atlantic Software Technologies is joined by Bob Heaney,
senior research analyst with Aberdeen Group,
in a discussion of the risks that must be managed when dealing with multiple suppliers
around the world.
Best Practices in Engineering Collaboration
Tim Fleet, VP Product Manager, Sword C TSpace &
Gregory L. Schlegel, Professor, Supply Chain Risk
Management, Lehigh University; September 2011
In this Power Lunch session hosted by SupplyChainBrain, we sit in on a discussion about the
importance of engineering collaboration, with
Tim Fleet, vice president and product manager
of Sword CTSpace, and Gregory L. Schlegel,
professor of supply chain risk management at
LeHigh University.
Meeting the Challenge of Rising Supply-
Chain Risk
Dr. Omera Khan, Sr. Lecturer in Logistics & Sup-
ply Chain Management, University of Hull; Sep-
tember 2011
Dr. Omera Khan, senior lecturer in logistics and
supply chain management at the University of Hull,
explains why supply-chain risk is on the rise, and
tells what global companies can do about it.
The Impact of Packaging on Transportation
Efficiency and Sustainability
Tom Blanck, Principal & Practice Leader, Packag-
ing Optimization Practice, Chainalytics & Gary
Girotti, VP, Transportation Practice, Chainalytics;
September 2011
A discussion of how innovations in packaging can
contribute to increased sustainability and lower
logistics costs. Featuring two executives from
Chainalytics: Tom Blanck, principal and practice
leader in the firm’s packaging optimization prac-
tice, and Gary Girotti, vice president of the trans-
portation practices.
Using Sales & Operations Planning to Launch
New Products
Kris Hauer, VP, Global Payment Servicing, Ameri-
can Express; September 2011
Kris Hauer, vice president of global payment sourc-
ing with American Express Co., details the critical
elements in launching a sales & operations plan-
ning process, with a particular focus on new-prod-
uct launches.
Revamping the Organization for Forecast
Excellence
Lora Cecere, Partner, Altimeter Group; October 2011
Where exactly should the forecast organization
report? Lora Cecere, partner with the Altimeter
Group, shares some best practices for improving
that group’s standing in the company.
Keys to Deploying Advanced S&OP
Sanjiv Sharma, Head of Sales & Operations Plan-
ning, Rolls-Royce; October 2011
Sanjiv Sharma, head of sales and operations
planning with Rolls-Royce Energy Systems,
advises on how often planners should meet to
share information, as well as how to embrace
“reality-based” planning.
Coping With Demand Variability in the Elec-
tronics Supply Chain
Dave Lentz, Director of Innovation & Solutions Mar-
keting, Avnet Electronics Marketing; October 2011
It’s one of the most difficult industries in which to
assess actual demand. Dave Lentz, director of inno-
vation and solutions marketing with Avnet Elec-
tronics Marketing Americas, talks about how
electronics companies are attacking the problem of
demand variability.
The Changing Role of the Business Forecaster
Bob Leonard, Vice President Sales, Forecast Pro;
October 2011
To be a forecaster today means something quite
different than just a few years ago. Bob Leonard,
vice president of sales with Forecast Pro, reveals
how the discipline has matured and taken on new
importance.
How S&OP Can Bring Your Organization
Together
Arnold Mark Wells, Principal, End-to-End Analyt-
ics; October 2011
Too many companies are still plagued by a “siloed”
mentality which keeps various functions from col-
laborating fully on demand planning. But Arnold
Mark Wells, principal of End-to-End Analytics, sees
reason for hope.
Demand Planning: Taking Its Rightful Place in
the Supply Chain
Chaman L. Jain, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, St.
John’s University; October 2011
Dr. Chaman L. Jain, professor of economics in
the Tobin College of Business at St. John’s Uni-
versity, talks about how the demand-planning
function has changed in his decades of observ-
ing global supply chains.
E-Commerce Fulfillment Is Here to Stay
Alan Taliaferro, Senior Manager Supply Chain,
Deloitte Inc.; November 2011
Alan Taliaferro, senior manager for supply chain
management with Deloitte Inc., explains the impact
of social media on electronic commerce fulfillment,
while outlining some best practices in that area.
How to Select the Right Sourcing Strategy
Kate Vitasek, Faculty, Center for Executive Education, The University of Tennessee; November 2011
Kate Vitasek, a member of the faculty at the University of Tennessee’s Center for Executive Education,
discusses what companies should have in their
“sourcing toolkits” to optimize their supplier-man-agement programs.
A Contract Logistics Executive’s View of the
Supply Chain
John Pattullo, Chief Executive Officer, CEVA Logis-
tics; November 2011
John Pattullo, chief executive officer of CEVA Logis-
tics, shares his vision of the “growth engine” in sup-
ply chain for the next decade.
A New Supply-Chain Metric: Total Cost to Serve
David Landau, VP Industry Marketing, Manhattan
Associates; November 2011
David Landau, vice president for industry mar-
