This episode explores:

• The wide array of constraints currently impacting supply chain organizations. (1:17)
• Securing a long-term mandate for investment by resolving short-term issues for the wider organization. (4:18)
• Next steps for CSCOs who have secured their mandate for investment. (7:38)
• Internal challenges to combating constraints, such as skepticism and gaps in capability or knowledge. (10:16)
• Recommendations for CSCOs to overcome constraints. (15:06)

Supply Chain Podcast host Thomas O’Connor and Gartner senior director analyst Laura Rainier discuss how supply chain leaders can combat increasing constraints to resources through the lens of Laura’s Supply Chain Executive Report: Thrive in a Resource-Constrained World. They explore how CSCOs can resolve short-term issues to secure investments and confidence in long-term initiatives for overcoming increasing constraints.

This episode explores:

• The digital elements driving General Mills’ supply chain transformation (2:39)
• General Mills’ technology solutions that link master, operational and transactional data (7:28)
• Human aspects of General Mills’ transformation: DEI, and initiatives to grow employee skill sets and community (13:47)
• Recommendations for supply chain leaders driving their own supply chain transformation (16:52)

Host Thomas O’Connor and General Mills Chief Supply Chain Officer (CSCO) Paul Gallagher discuss the digital, functional and human elements of General Mills’ supply chain transformation. They explore the areas in which the complexity of General Mills’ supply chain breeds opportunity for growth in resilience, cost optimization and more. Thomas and Paul close the show with recommendations for supply chain leaders driving their own transformation initiatives.

This episode explores:

• The increasing scale of disruptions, and how an ecosystem approach is critical to ensuring continuity. (2:39)
• Intel’s top focus areas for ecosystem value. (6:58)
• Intel’s strategy for enabling and building relationships to drive ecosystem value. (12:26)
• Recommendations for supply chain leaders to drive value from their own ecosystems. (17:08)

In this episode of the Gartner Supply Chain Podcast, host Thomas O’Connor and guest Jackie Sturm, corporate vice president of global supply chain operations at Intel, discuss Intel’s approach driving resilience through supply chain ecosystems. Jackie provides insight into Intel’s ecosystem priorities, and how Intel partners with its ecosystem members to achieve them. Thomas and Jackie close the show with several recommendations for supply chain leaders seeking to drive value within their own ecosystem, regardless of their size or place in it.