Bicara Supply Chain

Guest Name : Bob Pojasek,  Managing director at Center for Corporate Performance & Sustainability (CPS)  Language : English, Publication date:  Aug, 03. 2020 Bob Pojasek is sustainability and sustainable development consultant, doing business as Pojasek & Associates LLC. He teaches an online, action-learning course in organizational sustainability at Harvard University. This course has been offered online to students from 50 countries over the past 18 years at Harvard University. He recently became a Member of the Education and Research Executive Board (EREB), the “leaders onboard with VCARE.” In the past four months, Bob worked with some of his past students to launch The Center for Corporate Performance & Sustainability. CPS offers competency-based courses on the international “high-level structure” for organizational sustainability by leveraging ISO standards and risk management frameworks. This structure is used by a large corporation, its operating facilities, and its supply chain to create a program that leverages the new and revised ISO management system standards. Focus areas at the Center include sustainable development, social responsibility, resource productivity, pollution prevention, and risk management. The Center is looking forward to offering its first four courses in early September.  Visit more on https://centerforcps.com/ In this episode, we ask Bob the following questions: What does the sustainability professional need to learn to manage these changes while adding growth to the sustainability program? Bob, Can you tell us how they might be involved in training new sustainability managers or in the continuing education of the established sustainability managers? How does everyone get the information they need to participate in the new sustainability high-level structure? Connect Bob on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobpojasek/

Guest Name : Tara Burdeshaw,  Vice president of Supply chain at WinCup  Language : English, Publication date:  July, 27. 2020 Tara is a Vice president of Supply chain at WinCup. Based in Stone Mountain, GA, WinCup is a leading manufacturer of disposable polystyrene cups, bowls, containers, straws and lids. She has over 20 years' experience in purchasing, sourcing, logistics, demand and supply planning, S&OP, inventory management, production and quality.  Prior to this role, Tara worked for several multinational corporations such as : Imerys, Stanley black & decker Inc., Lennox international, and Colgate-palmolive. Tara has a proven track record in continuous improvement initiatives using Lean Six Sigma methodologies. Success in building high performing teams, resulting in strategy execution and superior results. Connect her on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tara-burdeshaw/ In this episode, the discussion focuses on how the supply chain can improve the company bottom line, this including the critical-success factors. 

Guest Name : Bob Pojasek,  Managing director at Center for Corporate Performance & Sustainability (CPS)  Language : English, Publication date:  July, 22. 2020 Bob Pojasek is sustainability and sustainable development consultant, doing business as Pojasek & Associates LLC. He teaches an online, action-learning course in organizational sustainability at Harvard University. This course has been offered online to students from 50 countries over the past 18 years at Harvard University. He recently became a Member of the Education and Research Executive Board (EREB), the “leaders onboard with VCARE.” In the past four months, Bob worked with some of his past students to launch The Center for Corporate Performance & Sustainability. CPS offers competency-based courses on the international “high-level structure” for organizational sustainability by leveraging ISO standards and risk management frameworks. This structure is used by a large corporation, its operating facilities, and its supply chain to create a program that leverages the new and revised ISO management system standards. Focus areas at the Center include sustainable development, social responsibility, resource productivity, pollution prevention, and risk management. The Center is looking forward to offering its first four courses in early September.  Visit more on https://centerforcps.com/ In this episode, we discuss: The popular standards that can be used to further improve the ability of organizations to create world-class organizational sustainability programs. ISO 9004, that is a quality standard that helps companies provide quality management that is used for the sustained success of the organization. Adding organizational resilience to the organizational sustainability program. Connect Bob on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobpojasek/

Guest Name : Ramatu Abdulkadir,  Chief Executive Officer at Heath Supplies Management Agency Language : English, Publication date:  July, 15. 2020 Ramatu Abdulkadir is a Chief Executive Officer at Heath Supplies Management Agency, Nigeria. She is known as an innovative Supply Chain professional with a passion for implementing bold and transformation solutions to drive and provide access to medicines in resource-constrained settings. She obtained the Ph.D in Logistics, Materials and Supply chain management from Liverpool John Moores University, UK. In this episode, we ask the following questions: The COVID-19 crisis has shaken all aspects of health care operations, and one of the most critically overwhelmed components is the supply chain. What do you believe to be key challenges facing public health supply chain during covid-19 pandemic ? How do we cope with these challenges specially at the recent stage where many countries have been opening their border and live with “a new normal”? How can we effectively manage resilience on public supply chain resilience? Should we explore further opportunities to collaborate with other agencies globally and consider formal contingency/dependency plans Connect Ramatu on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramatu-abdulkadir-4b333671/

Guest Name : Nyoman Pujawan, Ph.D,  Professor in Supply chain engineering at Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS)  Language : English, Publication date:  July, 13. 2020 Nyoman is a Professor in supply chain engineering at Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS), Indonesia. In addition to teaching and research, he is also a President at Indonesian Supply chain & Logistics Institute (ISLI), it is a professional association of Indonesian academics and researchers who work or have interest in the area of Supply Chain and Logistics. Academically, Nyoman has been  supervising many research students including the PhDs. He has published over 40 articles in respected international journals, presented papers in many international conferences, and actively involved in professional societies. The Author of two written-books in Bahasa Indonesia (Ekonomi Teknik; Supply Chain Management). In this episode, we ask the following questions: How do you see a current trends in a supply chain specifically in Indonesia and the region ? What are the challenges and opportunities ? What do you believe to be a key factors in developing a successfully supply chain in term of business, government & education perspectives ? What advice can you offer to filling a gap between educational institutional and industry related to supply chain ? Connect Nyoman on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nyoman-pujawan-ph-d-cscp-csca-620a985/

Guest Name : Bob Pojasek,  Managing director at Center for Corporate Performance & Sustainability (CPS)  Language : English, Publication date:  July, 10. 2020 Bob Pojasek is a sustainability and sustainable development consultant, doing business as Pojasek & Associates LLC. He teaches an online, action-learning course in organizational sustainability at Harvard University. This  course has been offered to online to students from 50 countries over the past 18 years at Harvard University. He recently became a Member of the Education and Research Executive Board (EREB) , the “leaders onboard with VCARE.” In the past four months, Bob worked with some of his past students to launch The Center for Corporate Performance & Sustainability. CPS offers competency-based courses on the international “high-level structure” for organizational sustainability by leveraging ISO standards and risk management frameworks. This structure is used by a large corporation, its operating facilities and its supply chain to create a program that leverages the new and revised ISO management system standards. Focus areas at the Center include: sustainable development, social responsibility, resource productivity, pollution prevention, and risk management. The Center is looking forward to offering its first four courses in early September.  Visit more on: https://centerforcps.com/ In this episode, we discuss: When we combine sustainability practices, sustainability programs and contributions to sustainable development, how do we include risk management program? How is traditional risk related to the uncertainty risk that you described? Large corporations use risk management as a key process within their financial and non-financial internal audit program.  Do they use ISO 31000 for this purpose as well? Connect Bob on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobpojasek/

Guest Name : Dustin Cochran,  Managing director at OMNIA Partners  Language : English, Publication date:  July, 04. 2020 Dustin is a Managing director at OMNIA Partners, based in the US, where he helps organizations better leverage their spend along with ~600 other members of OMNIA Partners to deliver better savings, speed and stewardship of 50+ indirect spend categories through Group Purchasing. He has been recognized as a Supply & Demand Chain Executive "Pro to Know" for 2017 & 2019.  He is also the founder of CPONext, is a procurement organization that is focused on Young Professionals & bridging the perceived “skills gap”, enabling the next generation of procurement leaders. In this episode, we discuss: What do you believe to be the key challenges facing your customers and their supply chains in the year ahead? What the advice can you offer to the supply chain & procurement leaders to overcome these challenges ? At the recent situation where uncertainty is becoming a major issues for many business; what are a top priority they (i.e supply chain & procurement leaders) need to focuses on? Connect him on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustinkcochran/

Guest Name : Bob Pojasek,  Managing director at Center for Corporate Performance & Sustainability (CPS)  Language : English, Publication date:  July, 02. 2020 Bob Pojasek is a sustainability and sustainable development consultant, doing business as Pojasek & Associates LLC. He teaches an online, action-learning course in organizational sustainability at Harvard University. This  course has been offered to online to students from 50 countries over the past 18 years at Harvard University. He recently became a Member of the Education and Research Executive Board (EREB) , the “leaders onboard with VCARE.” In the past four months, Bob worked with some of his past students to launch The Center for Corporate Performance & Sustainability. CPS offers competency-based courses on the international “high-level structure” for organizational sustainability by leveraging ISO standards and risk management frameworks. This structure is used by a large corporation, its operating facilities and its supply chain to create a program that leverages the new and revised ISO management system standards. Focus areas at the Center include: sustainable development, social responsibility, resource productivity, pollution prevention, and risk management. The Center is looking forward to offering its first four courses in early September.  Visit more on: https://centerforcps.com/ In this episode, we discuss: What is organizational sustainability What international management systems are use with the “high-level structure” to create a basic organizational sustainability program at the supplier level? What is the six pillars of  an organizational sustainability program that is consistent with the “high-level structure”? How does this structure differ from the current sustainability programs ? Connect Bob on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobpojasek/

Guest Name : Lourdes Coss, MPA, CPPO,  Principal Owner at M.L. Coss and Associates, LLC  Language : English, Publication date:  June 26. 2020 Lourdes is an author, executive coach, professional speaker, consultant and trainer who specializes in procurement, personal development, leadership, and transformation. She is the principal owner at M.L. Coss and Associates, LLC.  Before running her own business, she held Chief Procurement Officer  (CPO) and executive level positions in some of the largest government organizations in the US. She dedicated most of her career to successfully leading procurement transformations resulting in multi-million financial and operational efficiencies. Visit her website on: https://www.lourdescoss.com/ In this episode we discuss: How does procurement reduce cost What are the basic steps in the procurement cost savings How to develop the strategy in procurement to be inline with a cost savings target What’re other considerations for procurement savings ? And any specific areas we should focus on ?

Guest Name : Dyci Manns Sfregola, CSCP,  Supply chain consultant at Akili Inc. Language : English, Publication date:  June 22. 2020 Dyci is a supply chain consultant at Akili Inc. The business management and technology consulting firm founded in 1992 with core purpose is to improve the business performance of the clients through the application of people, process and technology. Dyci's specialization focuses on: Sales & operations planning (S&OP), Supply and inventory management and Supply chain visibility & collaboration. She hold a certification as a Certified Supply Chain Professional from APICS, a certified Anaplan model builder and also a member of CSCMP. Dyci received the BA in Spanish from the University of Georgia where she was named a UGA Amazing Student and recognized by BET’s Black Girls Rock as a M.A.D. Girl (Making A Difference) for her work in global development and education.  Read a full bio of Dyci here: https://www.dycimanns.com/ In this episode we discuss: The essential of Sales & operations planning (S&OP); The key principles and paradigm How a better executive S&OP maturity models can help a business to improve their results ? The main challenges in the implementation of S&OP Other key takeaways.