Transform Talks: The Supply Chain Transformation Podcast

Successful delivery of a Covid-19 vaccine in early 2021 would be an unprecedented achievement in vaccine development history. While vaccine trials are still underway, the supply chain race is on to determine how to inoculate 70% of the world's population, a population of over 5.5 billion people. This panel discussion explores how the pharmaceutical industry can collaborate with key stakeholders to build a robust supply chain from the ground up. This is in a market where the sheer speed of execution and monumental volume are top priorities, yet demand grossly exceeds supply.      About the panelists David Simchi-Levi is a Professor of Engineering Systems at MIT and the Co-Director of Leaders for Global Operations. His research currently focuses on developing and implementing robust and efficient techniques for logistics and manufacturing systems. He has published widely in professional journals on both practical and theoretical aspects of logistics and supply chain management. Professor Simchi-Levi is widely regarded as one of the most well-respected supply chain thinkers in the world. His involvement with various technology firms and research with world-leading manufacturers means his influence is felt throughout the supply chain profession. Professor Simchi-Levi has also published several seminal books which are used by consultants and supply chain professionals alike for reference to this day.    As the Chief Digital Transformation Officerof TraceLink, Roddy Martin is responsible for guiding TraceLink's business transformation initiatives through his expertise and insight into change management and end-to-end digital supply chain strategy. As a recognized industry thought-leader and influencer, Martin has over 36 years of experience advising organizations on implementing end-to-end business operating models in their supply chains through digital transformation, segmentation, and change management. He works closely with senior global leaders and executives from multiple industry verticals. He has detailed experience transforming healthcare and consumer products value chains from point-of-sale to the supply network and manufacturing.    Mirko Senatore has been with Pfizer since 2007, holding several key roles in the EMEA Supply Chain organization that brought him to lead both strategic transformational initiatives and operational teams throughout a 13 years tenure. His current position is Global Supply Chain Lead – Eastern Europe and Central Asia. In this role, Mirko oversees the region's transformation and follows mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and new product launches, including launching the disruptive Covid-19 vaccine. Mirko holds a Master's degree in Business Economics from Università Degli Studi di Salerno (Italy), an MSc in Logistics & Supply Chain Management from the Cranfield University (UK), and an Executive MBA from the Quantic School of Business & Technology (US).

In this session, Marcos Paganini, VP of Global Manufacturing Strategy and Deployment at Johnson and Johnson Consumer Health, shares his best practice advice on defining an E2E smart manufacturing and supply chain strategy. Marcos addresses customer-centricity and how to place customers at the heart of all supply chain operations and aligning teams in terms of their service to customers. Marcos also shares his insight into defining a smart manufacturing global technology strategy, making the correct technology choices, and ensuring that technology exists to serve the customer-centric supply chain and driving efficiencies.      About the speaker Marcos Paganini is Vice President of Global Manufacturing Strategy and Deployment at Johnson & Johnson, Consumer Health. Marcos is responsible for process standardization across the global manufacturing and supply chain network, focusing on key technology choices and aligning strategy with customer needs. Marcos leads a culture of innovation and facilitates knowledge exchange across the organization. Marcos has worked at J&J for 13 years covering all regions and many different functions. He's a digital pioneer and has a proven track record of driving large scale digital transformations across multi-site manufacturing and distribution centers.

Building Supply Chain resilience is pivotal to thriving during times of crisis and disruption. In this episode, we speak with Dr. Dirk Holbach, CSCO and Corporate VP of Laundry and HomeCare at Henkel about creating the type of teams that can help a Supply Chain leader in the Covid era. Given the pace of change and the amount of disruption, it is essential to have adaptable, flexible and emotionally intelligent leadership and teams. Here we discuss the skills needed and how to hire and retain the right people. 

The Chief Supply Chain Officer for today’s crisis and tomorrow’s disruptive future needs to be a Chief Integration Officer. In this episode we speak with Supply Chain icon Chris Tyas about the next generation capabilities of the CSCO. Chris’ unique perspective gives us insight into the skills needed to perform through complexity and build resilience into the Supply Chain in order to gain end-to-end visibility. The role of integration and scenario planning is critical.

In this episode, we speak with Stephan de Barse, Executive Vice President at o9 Solutions about the latest trends in Supply Chain Transformation. Stephan offers us a unique perspective on the Transformation challenges impacting supply chain leaders today, as well as best practice and advice on overcoming them. 

In part 2 of our interview with Supply Chain thought-leader, Lora Cecere, we explore the changing landscape of the Supply Chain profession since its inception to the era of disruption. What are the fundamental qualities of a good Supply Chain leader today? What is Supply Chain excellence and how can leaders capitalise on the opportunities created by the covid-era?

Understanding the demand signal is one of the most important and powerful tools to deliver value to your business and your client. In this episode, we speak with Pawel Jonczy, Global Supply Chain Director - Feminine Care of P&G about his passion: Demand Sensing. Pawel shares with us effective techniques to use Demand Sensing in creating business value. We hear about Pawel’s experience in making Demand Sensing work for his division at P&G.

This is an exciting episode with the authors of a recent book, “Digital Supply Networks” talking about the practical guidelines for implementing Digital Transformation today. This book is a road map for implementing effective digital strategies and tactics in Supply Chain and smart manufacturing.

This episode offered us a chance to speak with Lora Cecere, Founder of Supply Chain Insights about the extensive research Supply Chain Insights have conducted over the last few years. Lora speaks with us about her data driven approach to understanding why so many Supply Chains are stuck and underperforming vs their peer groups. This is an exciting and insightful piece of research that will change the way you build your Supply Chain.

The failure to successfully implement Digital Transformation lies squarely in the ability to navigate technical and cultural change in a complex environment. In today’s episode, we speak with Dave Koss, a retired US Navy Captain, Top Gun Strike Fighter and Blue Angels pilot, as well as Stephan de Barse, Executive Vice President of o9 Solutions to see what lessons we can learn from the military approach to implementing change in today’s Covid era. Both of our guests bring a unique approach to the world of Digital Transformation from a cultural and technical perspective.