Empowering Growth Through Geopolitically Elastic Supply Chains

07/30/24 • 35 min

CISO Edge, The Gartner Cybersecurity Podcast

This episode explores:

How, despite geopolitical instability, CSCOs can meet growing performance expectations by increasing their supply chain’s flexibility in key areas. (1:20)
Definitions and applications of terminology associated with this process, such as “trust boundaries” and “supply chain elasticity.” (5:10)
Concerns of increased complexity associated with supply chain elasticity. (8:30)
Methods to assess geopolitical risks’ potential impacts on a supply chain. (13:18)
Recommendations for CSCOs seeking to increase their supply chain’s elasticity. (16:35)

In this episode of the Supply Chain Podcast, host Lindsay Azim and guest Pierfrancesco (Pier) Manenti, research vice president for the Gartner supply chain strategy team, discuss findings from Supply Chain Executive Report: Empowering Growth Through Geopolitically Elastic Supply Chains.

As countries cloister their markets in response to various geopolitical tensions, accessing a global marketplace is becoming harder for CSCOs. Lindsay and Pier explore how “supply chain elasticity,” a concept explored in the Executive Report, can help CSCOs alleviate these market access issues while driving growth. The discussion includes key definitions and actions, success stories from organizations already applying these principles and recommendations for CSCOs to improve elasticity within their own supply chains.

Pierfrancesco (Pier) Manenti is research vice president for the Gartner supply chain strategy team. Pier provides insights and advisory support to chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) and heads of strategy of global manufacturing and retail corporations, especially with regards to future trends and key challenges affecting end-to-end supply chain strategy. He focuses on strategic transformation, digitalization, agility and design for profitability.

This episode explores:

How, despite geopolitical instability, CSCOs can meet growing performance expectations by increasing their supply chain’s flexibility in key areas. (1:20)
Definitions and applications of terminology associated with this process, such as “trust boundaries” and “supply chain elasticity.” (5:10)
Concerns of increased complexity associated with supply chain elasticity. (8:30)
Methods to assess geopolitical risks’ potential impacts on a supply chain. (13:18)
Recommendations for CSCOs seeking to increase their supply chain’s elasticity. (16:35)

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