Bicara Supply Chain

Guest Name : Marco Tieman - CEO LBB International | Professor HELP University   . Language : English, Publication date:  Jan, 23. 2020 Prof. Dr. Marco Tieman is the founder of LBB International (the Netherlands), a consulting & research firm specialized in supply chain strategy. Marco has a M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering & Management Science from the University of Twente (the Netherlands) and a Ph.D. in Business Management from the Universiti Teknologi Mara (Malaysia).  Marco is a full professor at Help University (ELM Graduate School), in charge of research on halal supply chain management and halal risk & reputation management. He teaches supply chain management for DBA and MBA courses. He is on the Senior Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Islamic Marketing (Emerald, UK). Key highlighted from today's episode: Understanding a basic for halal-chain network A current and future trend of halal supply chain; regional and global perspective. The major challenges for implementing halal-supply chain Connect him on Linkedin: Marco Tieman

Guest Name : Hannah Kain - President and CEO at ALOM Technologies   . Language : English, Publication date:  Jan, 20. 2020 Hannah is a Global supply chain executive and President / CEO for ALOM Technologies;  A global supply chain, contract packaging and fulfillment company with a footprint on five continents and 16 locations. ISO 9000, ISO 13485 and TL 9000 certified, headquartered in Silicon Valley, California. ALOM serves Fortune 100 and leading customers worldwide in the technology, medical, automotive, telecommunications and government sectors. Website : https://alom.com/. She is also a Board member of WBNEC (The Women's Business Enterprise National Council), US. A highlighted from today's episode: A position of Women in Supply chain and Leadership's role. How to grow and empower a women in Supply chain Skill set between Women and Man in work-force and how does it brings value to the company focuses on Supply chain  Connect him on Linkedin: Hannah Kain

Guest Name : Felipe Sotelo A - Global Operations Manager at Teva Pharmaceuticals  . Language : English, Publication date:  Jan, 16. 2020 Felipe is a Global Operations Manager at Teva Pharmaceuticals .  He is also a Business writer  and his specialization on negotiation techniques, problem-solving and implementing ideas to address Supply Chain Disruption. Follow his website on : www.biopharmadrugs.com A key discussion from today's topic: A current global trends in supply chain's pharma How company adopt a best supply chain strategy in meeting current global challenges  The most important things in managing pharma's supply chain. Connect him on Linkedin: Felipe Sotelo 

Guest Name : Nicolas Vandeput - Consultant and Founder, SupChains. Language : English, Publication date:  Jan, 13. 2020 Nicolas is a Supply Chain Data Scientist specialized in Inventory Optimization & Demand Forecasting. He is founder, SupChains and wrote a book called "Data Science for Supply Chain Forecast" in 2018. Live in Belgium. A key discussion from today's topic: The essential of inventory optimization A structured-approach for implementing an effective inventory planning The benefits for having inventory optimization Connect him on Linkedin: Nicolas Vandeput

Guest Name : Ken Titmuss - CEO, Principal Consultant and Educator, Kent Outsourcing Services. Language : English, Publication date:  Jan, 10th. 2020 Ken is the CEO, Principal Consultant and Educator from Kent Outsourcing Services. His expertise mainly in Operations and Supply chain management where he spent many years in this area.  He is also a member of VCARE’s Education and Research Executive Board (EREB), Canada. This is part of DDMRP Series where Ken would be explaining the fourth components of DDMRP, namely demand driven planning. Connect with guest at: Linkedin - Ken Titmuss, contact him at: ktitmuss@mweb.co.za Key highlighted: The changing of DDMRP planning from replenishing items based on inaccurate forecasts to replenishing buffers based on accurate orders or actual demand. The NET FLOW equation. The new methodology of distribution at DDP (Demand driven planning).

Guest Name : Bram Desmet, CEO at Solventure and Adjunct Professor in Operations and Supply chain at Vlerick Business School.  Language : English, Publication date:  Jan 7th. 2020 Bram Desmet is CEO of software vendor Solventure and also Adjunct Professor Operations & Supply Chain at Vlerick Business School. He recently published a book titled Supply Chain Strategy and Financial Metrics: The Supply Chain Triangle of Service, Cost and Cash. Connect him on Linkedin: Bram Desmet Website: https://www.bramdesmet.com Key highlighted from today's episode: The balancing a three key area (service, cost and cash) is the essence of supply chain management. The traditional organization creates tension in the triangle. How to creates the align targeted. Strategic trade-offs. Balancing the triangle is about optimizing the return on capital employed (ROCE).

Guest Name : Ken Titmuss - CEO, Principal Consultant and Educator, Kent Outsourcing Services. Language : English, Publication date:  Dec, 26th. 2019 Ken is the CEO, Principal Consultant and Educator from Kent Outsourcing Services. His expertise mainly in Operations and Supply chain management where he spent many years in this area.  He is also a member of VCARE’s Education and Research Executive Board (EREB), Canada. This is part of DDMRP Series where Ken would be explaining the second and third components of DDMRP, namely DDMRP Buffers and Buffer Profiles as well Dynamic Buffer Adjustment Connect with guest at: Linkedin - Ken Titmuss, contact him at: ktitmuss@mweb.co.za Key highlighted: List some of the factors to be considered when constructing DDMRP buffers. Understanding the ADU or Average Daily Usage and how to determine it. A key issues onDynamic Adjustment : Recalculated Adjustments and secondly, Planned Adjustment Factors

Guest Name : Sami Bin Ghanem - Book Author, Founder of Procurement Excellence Language : English, Publication date:  Dec, 16th. 2019 Sami bin Ghanem has been working in Procurement field for over two decades with profound experience in managing the procurement of multi enterprises’ various & complex commodities such as manufacturing, construction projects, logistics projects, IT, services ,etc. His achievements of transforming procurement from random operation to systematic (Policy, Process, KPIs, Plan), traditional to strategic (Strategic Procurement Management, Organization structure), manual to automated (eProcurement through ERP full implementation ). He is founder of Procurement Excellence and published a several book in procurement such as : The Journey to Supplier Relationship Management (the New Generation of Procurement) and Strategic Procurement Management.  A key highlighted from today's episode: The importance for having a SRM in place Key success factor for implementing the SRM; a main indicators Tips for dealing with difficulties in applying the SRM. Connect him on Linkedin.

Guest Name : Maxim Anatolyev - Global procurement director at Amcor.   Language : English, Publication date:  Dec, 10th. 2019 Maxim is a Global procurement director at Amcor, where he is responsible for leading a strategy in category of board and pre-press globally. Prior this role, Maxim was sourcing leader at Henkel CEE, based in Austria. A key highlighted from today's episode: A fundamental of global sourcing. Implementing a sourcing's strategy at the global level. What are the most challenging aspects of today's global sourcing environment?  What's the best process to adopt when trying to implement  global strategy in a local market. Connect with Maxim on: Linkedin

Guest Name : Ken Titmuss - CEO, Principal Consultant and Educator, Kent Outsourcing Services. Language : English, Publication date:  Nov, 27th. 2019 Ken is the CEO, Principal Consultant and Educator from Kent Outsourcing Services. His expertise mainly in Operations and Supply chain management where he spent many years in this area.  He is also a member of VCARE’s Education and Research Executive Board (EREB), Canada. This is part of DDMRP Series where Ken would be explaining the concept for Becoming Demand Driven and Strategic Inventory Positioning. Connect with guest at: Linkedin - Ken Titmuss, contact him at: ktitmuss@mweb.co.za Key highlighted: The difference between "Push" MRP system and "Pull" lean system. The traditional MRP deficiencies do hurt the flow of information and materials and Lean doesn’t have a complete tool set for complex and volatile supply chains. The demand driven focuses on sensing customer demand and adapting planning and production whilst pulling from suppliers all in real time. A Demand Driven Operating Model’s key parameters. Discuss three aspects in this first component of DDMRP. The essential of Decoupled Lead Time (DLT) in the demand-driven methodology.