In this podcast, host Caroline Chumakov and guest Simon Bailey discuss how Gartner’s 2023 Leadership Vision for chief supply chain officers can help CSCOs balance and effectively respond to the upcoming trends, challenges and demands in the new year. 

Caroline and Simon specifically explore the “triple squeeze” of inflation and recession’s economic pressures, global constraints on affordable energy, and attracting and retaining supply chain talent, as well as increased boardroom demand for supply chain to both free up cash and enable company growth.

Simon recommends CSCOs avoid short-term solutions and take a balanced, holistic view of these demands as part of long-term planning, and dives into the details of what to prioritize and which tactics to use.

Simon Bailey is a VP Analyst in Gartner’s CSCO Enablement team, supporting chief supply chain officers’ strategy development in areas including ecosystem strategies, customer centricity and sustainability. His published work includes this Leadership Vision for CSCOs and Gartner’s Supply Chain Strategy Predicts. Recent research focuses on circular economy, and the barriers to ecosystem partnerships, and the enablement of new operating outcomes such as greenhouse gas emissions reduction.