Supply Chain Predicts 2023 (Technology), With Dwight Klappich

01/17/23 • 20 min

In this podcast, host Thomas O’Connor and guest Dwight Klappich dive deep into the reasoning behind two of the five predictions in Gartner’s Predicts 2023: Supply Chain Technology. Dwight presents the survey data, key drivers and justification behind both.

They define how composable, microservice-oriented approaches to supply chain management technology will allow organizations to easily mix and match technological capabilities to meet their needs. Then, they discuss how many companies will leverage a singular, interconnected technological platform to manage intralogistics.

Finally, Thomas and Dwight close on a brief overview of the remaining predictions within Predicts 2023 for Supply Chain Technology.

Finally, Thomas and Dwight close on a brief overview of the remaining predictions within Predicts 2023 for Supply Chain Technology.

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Future of Supply Chain 2023, With Jennifer Loveland

In this podcast, host Thomas O’Connor discusses Gartner’s Supply Chain Executive Report: The Future of Supply Chain 2023 with its lead author and podcast guest Jennifer Loveland. They explore how most C-suites have returned to viewing supply chain as a cost center rather than a strategic partner.

Jennifer and Thomas dive deep into how supply chain leaders can combat this view by generating near-term and long-term competitive advantage through commercial innovation that enables customers to get their own jobs done outlining specific examples from Schneider Electric such as “factory-as-a-service”.

They introduce a reinvention strategy covering four key areas- commercial innovation, achieving sustainability outcomes, real-time decision execution and human-centric work design. Each reinvention provides a vision for where to innovate over the next five years to support growth, compete for scarce talent and meet speed and sustainability expectations. Excelling in these areas can help make you an equal strategic partner within the C-suite by pulling ahead of your peers.

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Simon Bailey is a VP Analyst in Gartner’s CSCO Enablement team, supporting chief supply chain officers’ strategy development in areas including ecosystem strategies, customer centricity and sustainability. His published work includes this Leadership Vision for CSCOs and Gartner’s Supply Chain Strategy Predicts. Recent research focuses on circular economy, and the barriers to ecosystem partnerships, and the enablement of new operating outcomes such as greenhouse gas emissions reduction.