Suketu Ghandi, Kearney’s Global Leader in Digital Supply Chain and Plan on Sense and Pivot and supply chain’s new troika; cost, service, and agility...

What was at first thought to be a one-time disruption, the ultimate black swan event, has now become the new normal. The hard-won lessons of Covid-19 have shown us that moving forward supply chain resilience will be as imperative to business as cost and performance.

“Procurement has an opportunity, indeed an imperative, to transform from an enabler of cost reduction to a creator of sustainable competitive advantage,” said McKinsey in its 2019 article, Shifting the dial in procurement. And the ante for procurement has since only shifted up.

At a recent DPW roundtable, leading industry professionals from some of the world’s most recognisable brands sat down to discuss how forecasts, leaderboards, and ops targets can be leveraged to help combat the talent shortage and attract, empower, and motivate high-performing procurement teams.

Supply Chain Dive called the trend early on in the year, stating in January that the need for more — and more critically thinking — CPOs is accelerating.

By embracing change, Accenture and Anaplan continue a long term partnership in maximising customer value. We take a look at what they’re doing right.

Across 200 cities and 19 industries, Accenture works as a unified team. Collaborating with an ecosystem of over 180 partnerships, they aim towards a common goal— to harness the full potential of platforms and accelerate the path to 360° value for every one of its customers by embracing change.

Sheri Hinish, aka the “Supply Chain Queen”, considers herself a Rebel and eternal student who loves bringing out the best in people and building back better in supply chain transformations. In her current role, she is a senior leader supporting IBM's Global Supply Chain Transformation teams with a focus in Sustainable Supply Chain, Omni-Channel, and innovation.