INNOVATION
How Systems Thinking Parallels the Supply Chain 

Stuart Emmett, 7/25/2010
CEO at Learn and Change, Ltd

Supply Chain Innovation and Supply Chain Optimization

Ulises Pabon, 7/22/2010
Chief Operations Officer for QBS, Inc.

Ulises Pabon is an expert in total quality management and organizational change. He began his career in electronics engineering and manufacturing and has served as the chief operations officer for QBS, Inc. since 1992. QBS, Inc. is a broad-based management consulting firm that integrates professionals from a variety of disciplines, from engineering to economics to psychology, to assist organizations in an overall revamping of their value proposition or business model.
 

    INNOVATION
Global Supply Chain Management Workshops Facilitation

Dr. Dasgupta, 7/12/2010
Executive Vice President and Partner of Xavor Consulting

Dr. Dasgupta—who goes by Dr. Das in the industry—is an Executive Vice President and Partner of Xavor Consulting, based out of Orange County, California, in Irvine. They are a niche management consulting firm that focuses on global supply chain management and organizational transformation and leadership. Additionally, Dr. Das is an adjunct professor in the Paul Merage School of Business at UC Irvine, as well as an adjunct professor at the Peter Drucker School of Management in Claremont Graduate University.

PROCESS
The Synergy of Systems and Systems Thinking 

Ivonne Valero, 6/25/2010
GENERAL DIRECTOR at VALERO INDUSTRY SERVICES

Ivonne Valero discusses her views on systems thinking and, in particular, how systems thinking applies to logistics and supply chains.  She begins by defining a system: A system is a group of parts interacting amongst themselves.
 

GREEN: Peak Oil and Its Impact on the Distribution System

CUSTOMER: Developing a Customer Value Perspective

PROCESS: The Predictive Nature of Value Network Modeling 

Managing Sideways: Beyond Traditional Business Process Mapping

PROCESS: The Dynamics of Innovation

SIX SIGMA: Think Like a Black Belt

     PODCASTS

RISK MGT: Flexible Modular Process Reduces Risk, Mitigates Artificial Volumes in Supply Chain 

 

MORE RISK MGT Supply Chains and Global Political Risk 

LOGISTICS: The Declining State of 3PL Industry

 

SOCIAL MEDIA: Social Media and Knowledge Management in Supply Chain