Passing the Baton: Insights on Supply Chain Talent

Supply Chain Talent: The
Missing Link for Process
Excellence?

Supply Chain Insights LLC Copyright © 2017, p. 2
What I Used to Believe

What I Found: Only 12% Of Companies Are Driving
Improvement and Performance Better Than Their Peer Group
at the Intersection of Operating Margin and Inventory Turns,

The Supply Chain Is a Complex System with Increasing
Complexity

The Dance with the Long Tail
Increase in
Demand
Latency

2006
2016
2006
2016
3
4
5
6
0.00 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.10 0.12 0.14 0.16 0.18 0.20 0.22 0.24 0.26 0.28
InventoryTurns
Operating Margin
Corning Omron
Best Scenario
OMRNY
0.06, 4.72
GLW
0.18, 4.41
Average (Operating Margin, Inventory Turns)
Source: Supply Chain Insights LLC, Corporate Annual Reports 2006-2016 from YCharts
Glass Manufacturing. Operating Margin vs.
Inventory Turns (2006 – 2016)

2006
2016
2006
2016
4
5
6
7
8
9
0.00 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.08 0.09 0.10 0.11 0.12 0.13 0.14
InventoryTurns
Operating Margin
DOW BASF
Best Scenario
BASFY
0.11, 5.50
DOW
0.07, 6.27
Average (Operating Margin, Inventory Turns)
Source: Supply Chain Insights LLC, Corporate Annual Reports 2006-2016 from YCharts
Chemical Industry. Operating Margin vs.
Inventory Turns (2006 – 2016)

Productivity From the Third Industrial Revolution Stopped in
2004

Supply Chain Excellence: What Makes a Difference?

ERP Implementations Are The Easy Part. Process
Improvement Is Harder.

A Closer Look at Effectiveness

What Drives Value?

Business pain

Organizational Design

CostVolumeGrowth
CEO
Chief
Customer
Officer
Chief
Marketing
Officer
Sales
Account
Teams
COO
VP of Supply
Chain
Customer
Service
Procurement Logistics
CFO
CIO
VP of
Manufacturing
Quality
The Typical Organization Is Not Aligned

Horizontal Team Alignment

View of the Supply Chain Team

Views of Finance

Information Technology

Middle Management Has Greatest
Shortage of Supply Chain Talent

Expectations

Baby Boomers Work More per Week Than Do Millennials

Job Satisfaction

Important Factors

Contrasts: Boomers and Millennials

Importance: Male Versus Female

Driving Diversity: Contrasts

Top Five Characteristics

Differences

Gap Analysis

Millennials Stand Out for the Perceived Performance Gap in
Training and Professional Development

A Closer Look at Diversity

Opportunity and Growth Are Key Terms to Why Supply Chain
Is a Good Career

Top Three Challenges

Most Important Characteristics of a Boss

Those Who Are Students/Looking for Work Care More Than Others About
a Boss Embracing Diverse People and Ideas

Top Skills for Supply Chain Employees Include Problem-
Solving, Analytical, and Ability to See the Big Picture

Those Not Yet Working Care More About Getting Growth
Training, Next Generation Training, and Internships

Top Supply Chain Positions in Perceived Demand Are
Demand Planner, Supply Planner, and Data Scientist

Academics Consider Demand Planners and Data Scientists to
Be More in Demand Than Do Business Employees

Three-Quarters Have a Supply Chain Organization and Just Over
One-Quarter Have a Supply Chain Human Resources Department

Key Terms Related to Human Resource Department Improvement
Include Development, Opportunities, and Communication

Wrap-up
• Encourage diversity.
• Drive new opportunities
through the adoption of new
technologies and challenge
current thinking.
• Drive internships and an
understanding of
manufacturing
• Teach students how to
manage the supply chain as
a complex system.
• Challenge traditional thinking.

Time to Take a Different Path?

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About Lora Cecere
• Founder of Supply Chain Insights
• “LinkedIn Influencer”
• Guest blog for Forbes
• Author of 5 books: Bricks Matter (2012), Shaman’s Journal (2014),
Supply Chain Metrics That Matter (2014), Shaman’s Journal (2015),
Shaman’s Journal (2016)
• Partner at Altimeter Group (leader in open research)
• 7 years of Management Experience leading Analyst Teams at
Gartner
and AMR Research
• 8 years Experience in Marketing and Selling Supply Chain
Software at Descartes Systems Group and Manugistics (now
JDA)
• 15 Years Leading teams in Manufacturing and Distribution
operations for Clorox, Kraft/General Foods, Nestle/Dreyers
Grand Ice Cream and Procter & Gamble.
Contact Information:
• Email: lora.cecere@supplychaininsights.com
• Blog: www.supplychainshaman.com (15,000 pageviews/month)
• Forbes: www.forbes.com/sites/loracecere
• Twitter: twitter.com/lcecere (8,200 followers)
• LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/loracecere (186,000 followers)
• LinkedIn Influencer: www.linkedin.com/today/author/446631

Five Themes:
1. Supply Chains to Admire
2. Changing Economies and Changing Times
3. Digital Supply Chain Innovation to Power Growth
4. Driving Supply Chain Transformation
5. Leadership and Supply Chain Talent
Register Now!
• Registration is $1750 and includes breakfasts, lunches and
receptions
• Seating is limited to 150 attendees
• Discounted room rates at The Ritz-Carlton expire August 15th
• Email us at regina.denman@supplychaininsights.com
www.SupplyChainInsightsGlobalSummit.com
Fifth annual event  Designed for line-of-business leaders  Explore the future of business processes

Three Options: Next-Generation Supply Training
SEVEN COURSES OFFERED
1.Supply Chain Metrics That Matter
2.Building the Customer-Centric Supply Chain
3.The Market-Driven Value Network Journey
4.Making the Digital Pivot
5.End-to-End Supply Chain Orchestration
6.Driving Improvement in Decision Making Through Supply Chain Planning
7.Building Agility Through Horizontal Processes
www.SupplyChainInsights.com/Services/Training

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