The Gartner Supply Chain Podcast

Nov 20 2024 79 ep. 20 mins 60
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In the Gartner Supply Chain Podcast, leading experts Thomas O’Connor and Lindsay Azim regularly sit down with Gartner’s best thinkers, researchers and innovators to share with you the strategic insights and tactical tips supply chain leaders need to drive organizational success.

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The GenAI Productivity Paradox

Nov 20 2024 19 mins  
When GenAI exploded into mainstream news in 2022, CSCOs saw vast possibilities to improve productivity. The Supply Chain Podcast explores how GenAI implementations have impacted productivity for supply chain talent since then, as well as factors CSCOs should consider to drive improvements.

Supply Chain’s Year Ahead: CSCO Priorities for 2025

Nov 07 2024 14 mins  
As 2024 begins to close, CSCOs are looking for insight into what challenges their peers and leadership teams are anticipating for the year ahead. This episode of the Supply Chain Podcast explores how CSCOs can meet these challenges and build a foundation to deliver on 2025’s top priorities.

Settle Planning Chaos With Strategic Alignment

Oct 30 2024 17 mins  
Supply chains traditionally encounter significant gaps between what they can deliver and what finance promises. This episode of the Supply Chain Podcast explores how CSCOs can leverage unconventional techniques to correct these strategic misalignments and contribute to growth. Many CSCOs are trying to improve traditional planning solutions. They believe disciplined S&OP and S&OE

Radically Rethinking Supply Chain Reorganization

Sep 26 2024 19 mins  
Many CSCOs are radically rethinking how their supply chains are organized, driven by operating model transformations and disruption. This Supply Chain Podcast episode will help them employ the three goals targeted by companies successfully instituting reorganizations: balance, strength and speed.

How Dow Meets New Challenges by Building on Foundational Success

Sep 13 2024 17 mins  
Traditional supply chain work thrives on historic, institutional expertise to solve problems as they arise. However, increasing volatility challenges this long-held notion. This episode of the Supply Chain Podcast explores how CSCOs can expand on foundational successes in unexpected ways.

Realize Resilience ROI Through Connected Risk Management

Aug 29 2024 18 mins  
Supply chains often struggle to meet demand and supply profitability after disruption. Organizations experienced on average 17 high-impact events of the past year, while cost of ownership after disruption increases on average 40%. Gartner’s latest risk study dives into how organizations can reduce impact after disruption and debunks why “resilience” is not always the most eff

Building Generative AI Foundations with Ana Corrales, Google

Aug 13 2024 18 mins  
As GenAI becomes a recognizable part of operations for many organizations, use cases from pioneers become more valuable for supply chain leaders. This episode of the Supply Chain Podcast explores Google’s philosophy toward genAI and the development of capabilities in its supply chain.

Lessons From the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 for 2024

Aug 06 2024 17 mins  
For 20 years running, the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 has spotlighted supply chain excellence by sharing what differentiates leaders. This episode of the Supply Chain Podcast explores lessons that supply chain leaders can take from the Top 25 to elevate individuals and the profession as a whole.

Empowering Growth Through Geopolitically Elastic Supply Chains

Jul 29 2024 20 mins  
CSCOs are contending with increasing geopolitical risk that threatens access to global markets. This episode of the Supply Chain Podcast discusses how establishing an “elastic supply chain” allows supply chains to respond to challenges and opportunity amid this growing complexity.

Uncertainty Proofing Supply Chains Amidst Uncertainty

Jul 18 2024 21 mins  
The geopolitical environment, tariffs, genAI, and even climate change strain the stability and strength of global supply chains. In today’s Supply Chain Podcast, we talk about the recommendations for CSCOs to manage these uncertainties within their own organizations and ecosystems.