Bicara Supply Chain

Guest Name : Prof. Iwan Vanany,  Professor at The Industrial Engineering, ITS. Language : Indonesian, Publication date:  March, 24. 2020 Iwan Vanany is a Professor at The Industrial Engineering from Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (www.its.ac.id), Indonesia. His focus primarily on Business Process Re-engineering, Food Supply chain and Halal Operations Management. He obtained a Ph.D in Manufacturing & Industrial Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). Our discussion focuses on: Current & future trends of food-supply chain including a halal supply chain and digital-supply chain Key challenges & how to convert it into the opportunity Covid-19: How food-supply chain does prevent the impact of Covid-19 Connect him on LInkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iwan-vanany-4158a715/?originalSubdomain=id

Guest Name : Frederic GOMER,  Partner at B2G Consulting. Language : English, Publication date:  March, 20. 2020 Frederic Gomer is The managing partner of B2G Consulting, an international consulting firm engaged in supply chain transformation in emerging and challenging markets. With his background as a global end to end supply chain management expert, Frederic has extensive experience working in a range of industries including manufacturing, aerospace, automotive, retail, pharmaceutical, heavy industries & oil & gas. Visit the website on: http://b2g-consulting.com/ In this episode, the discussion focuses on: The advantages of S&OP process Improving the alignment among function, data, and technology that impact S&OP and corporate performance Develops a framework for assessing a current stage of performance and then prioritizing the performance’s improvement A case study where a better S&OP can boost the ROI (Return on investment)  Connect him on LInkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frederic-gomer-657986/

Guest Name : Rob O'Byrne,  Founder and CEO at Logistics Bureau Language : English, Publication date:  March, 17. 2020 Rob is Owner and CEO for the Logistics Bureau Group. His passion is helping people succeed and businesses improve Supply Chain and Logistics performance. Born and educated in Jersey (Channel Islands, UK), Rob moved from London to Sydney in 1993 following 20 years in senior Supply Chain and Logistics roles at strategic and operational levels. He began building a reputation as a no-nonsense consultant who delivers results. He has a Master of Science in Logistics from Cranfield University. Rob lives between Sydney and Bangkok and oversees the operations of Logistics Bureau Group, that includes Logistics Bureau, Dawson Consulting, Benchmarking Success, Supply Chain Leaders Academy and even a Social Enterprise called Virtual Done Well. Since establishing Logistics Bureau in 1997, Rob has enjoyed overseeing over 1,400 projects,  in 24 countries, across a broad range of industries. Visit the website on: https://www.logisticsbureau.com/ In this episode, The conversation focuses on below questions: Why is it important to optimize warehouse in the supply chain? What are probably the most challenges in today’s warehouse operations and how to overcome them ? How to start doing the optimization ? Is there any well-structured approach ? A warehouse optimization case study Connect Rob on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robobyrne/

Guest Name : Chaim Silberstein,  President at C.S. Consulting Associates Inc Language : English, Publication date:  March, 13. 2020 Chaim is an acknowledged expert consultant and educator in the fields of Supply Chain Management (SCM), ERP, S&OP, Inventory management, Lean Manufacturing, TOC, manufacturing, distribution systems, organizational change and cultural transformation. He has been consulting for various corporations and educational institutions for more than 30 years. He is a global pioneer in incorporating physical fitness into adult professional education/training and is an APICS Master instructor certified at a Fellow level. He is President at C.S. Consulting Associates Inc, based in Canada. In this episode, The conversation focuses on the essential meaning of S&OP process and how an organization can take the benefits in improving the bottom-line. Connect Chaim on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chaim-silberstein-5825b24/

Guest Name : Dave Hudson,  Executive Business Coach at S.A Coaching   Language : English, Publication date:  March, 09. 2020 Dave is an Executive business coach where he focuses on the supply chain and operations environments. His specialization including: Systems thinking, Lean manufacturing, Project management, Theory of constraints and World class manufacturing. He is founder and CEO for consulting firm called "SA Coaching", based in South Africa. He hold several professional certification such as: CPIM (APICS) and Demand Driven Planner Endorsed Instructor. Visit the website at: https://sacoachingcom.wordpress.com/ Connect Dave on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davebhudson/ The conversation focuses on the following questions: Why is coaching important skills for supply chain leaders ? How coaching supports leaders for driving a supply chain transformation? What are the best system-approaches in developing coaching skills and ability ? How coaching takes their position on reshaping the supply chain ?

Guest Name : Cathy Morrow Roberson,  Founder and President at Logistics Trends & Insights LLC    Language : English, Publication date:  March, 03. 2020 Cathy spent eleven years at UPS, primarily at the Supply Chain Solutions subsidiary where she was responsible for competitive and market analysis, assisted with m&a due diligence and new product development. In the final years, Cathy gained valuable experience in freight forwarding operations working as part of a support team for a large UPS customer. After UPS, Cathy worked for a UK-based logistics research firm for almost five years and then struck out on her own by establishing Logistics Trends & Insights in 2015. Visit the website on : https://logisticstrendsandinsights.com/ Connect Cathy on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cathy-morrow-roberson-lti/ Highlighted: A current trends of global of global logistics and the prediction for next 5 years to 10 years from now. The most key challenges in a global logistics. Transforming the challenges of global logistics into the opportunities. Corona-outbreak and impact to global logistics.

Guest Name : Paul Denneman,  Senior Consultant at Mutatis Mutandis    Language : English, Publication date:  Feb, 29. 2020 Paul is a senior consultant at Mutatis Mutandis. The focus of Mutatis Mutandis Consulting is on changing complex supply chains in environments where regulations or legislations are major constraints. The company is founded in 1993 by Paul Denneman. Although Paul is mostly active as an independent senior project manager/consultant in supply chain transition processes, his professional passion is in transferring his knowledge to others too. In the past two decades Paul trained over a 1000 supply chain professionals in over 100 companies.  Paul holds a Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences of Eindhoven University of Technology (the Netherlands) and is a qualified APICS® Master Instructor. To complete his professional background he is CPIM®, CLTD®, CSCP®, Prince2® and ITIL® certified and has experience in the high-tech, pharmaceutical and medical devices industry. Connect him on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pauldenneman/ Highlighted: How does inventory management affect the supply chain? What are the best approach in managing the inventory ? What's view on Using Technology to Improve Inventory Management ?

Guest Name : Jason Breault,  Managing Director at LifeWork Search  Language : English, Publication date:  Feb, 27. 2020 Jason is a Managing Director at LifeWork Search. It is a recruiting organization specializing in the hiring of supply chain managers, directors and executives within the Consumer Products industry.  Jason’s recruiting career is built on a 12-year foundation serving ERP and Supply Chain needs in both domestic and international markets.  While at Siemens Business Services, he leveraged his engineering background and German fluency to solidify SAP consulting engagements with multi-national organizations. Visit the website : https://lifeworksearch.com/ Taking that beyond staffing, Jason helps to run the New England chapter of the Institute of Business Forecasting (IBF), an organization committed to advancing forecasting and S&OP practices globally.  He has also spoken at several APICS and IBF events.  Connect him on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonbreault/ Highlighted: Current trends in supply chain's career for next 5 years to 10 years from now. A new perspective of millennial with supply chain's career. What are some ways to attract millennial to supply chain management careers?

Guest Name : Oliver F. Lehmann, President at Project Business Foundation.  Language : English, Publication date:  Feb, 25. 2020 Oliver F. Lehmann, ACE, MSc, PMP represents the Project Business Foundation as the President. He has been a practitioner in project management and project business management for over a decade before he became a trainer in 1995. His focus on the following areas:  (1) Project Management Education, (2) Project Management Certification and (3). Project Business Management for customers and vendors in projects under contract.  To learn more about the Project Business Foundation: https://www.project-business.org Connect him on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliverlehmann/ Highlighted: The definition of the Project supply chain network and how does it work ? How the Project Supply Network  can support the complexity of the project ? What are the most challenges in a project management and on how to overcome the challenges ? How do you see the collaboration between a supply chain and project where these combined into a new terminology called "Supply chain project management?"

Guest Name : Chad Smith, Partner at Demand Driven Institute.  Language : English, Publication date:  Feb, 21. 2020 Chad Smith is a co-founder and Partner in the Demand Driven Institute, an organization dedicated to proliferating demand driven methods throughout the world.  Chad served as the Program Director of the International Supply Chain Education Alliance’s Certified Demand Driven Planner (CDDP) Program from 2012 to 2016.   He is the co-author of the third edition of Orlicky’s Material Requirements Planning 3/E (Ptak and Smith, McGraw-Hill, 2011), Demand Driven Performance – Using Smart Metrics (Smith and Smith, McGraw-Hill, 2013), Demand Driven Material Requirements Planning (Ptak and Smith, Industrial Press, 2016) and Precisely Wrong - Why Conventional Planning Fails and How to Fix It. Website : www.demanddriveninstitute.com Connect him on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/demanddrivenchad/ Highlighted: The organizations are still struggling with how to make a proper planning (i.e demand planning, MRP etc.)  which in turn leads to further loss of sales and down the line for example. What's you view ? Can you please tell us : your recommendation on how to overcome these challenges ? Overview on the Demand driven approach.