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Supply Chain and Logistics DiscussionManaging Systems Implementation
In this fourth part of our video interview series, Rob O'Byrne and Simon Bowen talk about Systems Implementation. Why do some major IT programs go off the rails? There's this pattern of thinking that people have: buy the right system and it will solve all our...
read moreManaging People in Supply Chain
In this third part of our video interview series, Rob O'Byrne talks with Simon Bowen about people management. First Who and then What Good supply chain management is really all about people. Really good supply chain managers these days are not technical people at all,...
read moreA Space for Contextual Clarity
In this video, Rob O'Byrne converses with Simon Bowen, highly experienced coach of very senior executives and CEOs, about contextual clarity. The world of senior executives is about the context: Why? When we have a new improvement project, we often think the content...
read moreWhy Supply Chain Leaders Board Room?
In this video, Rob O'Byrne talks with Simon Bowen about the need for Supply Chain Executives to have a board room environment. Supply Chain Leaders Board Room has been a great initiative as a follow on from Supply Chain Leaders Academy. We're partnering with Simon...
read moreIs Supply Chain Leaders Boardroom for You?
If you're a senior Supply Chain Executive....Yes. Supply Chain Leaders Boardroom emerged from our experience in running Supply Chain 'Peer Groups' for almost 20 years. These groups were a great success and dealt with overall performance improvement and more tactical...
read moreWarehousing, the Rise of IT and the Sort-of-Rise of Automation
From a simple place to stock goods, warehouses have developed in many ways, function and form included. Affected by changes in production, procurement and distribution methods, warehousing has been pushed and pulled different ways. Just-in-time techniques have led to...
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