This episode explores:

• The CSCO Community Outlook Survey’s focus on community sentiment, and how that sentiment manifested in 2024. (1:17)
• Trends that may have contributed to the survey’s findings. (3:41)
• CSCOs’ short-term, midterm, and long-term focuses in 2025. (5:01)
• Survey reports on generative AI’s potential outlook in 2025. (8:06)
• Recommendations for CSCOs in the coming year. (11:45)

On this episode of the Supply Chain Podcast, host Tess Frenzel discusses CSCO priorities for 2025 with Wade McDaniel, a Vice President Distinguished Advisor at Gartner. They draw insights from Gartner’s 2024 CSCO Community Outlook Poll to discuss how CSCOs are feeling as they move into 2025, including their specific goals in the short term, midterm and long term, and the outlook on generative AI.

Tess and Wade explore the nuances of these findings, including the trends that may have shaped them, then close the show with actionable recommendations for CSCOs in 2025.

Wade McDaniel is a Gartner Vice President Distinguished Advisor supporting the global CSCO community through events and curated research insights. He brings more than 30 years of supply chain experience to the role.

This episode explores:

• Strategic misalignment and the impact on the efficacy of traditional supply chain tools. (2:58)
• The status quo contributes to strategic misalignment for the majority of surveyed supply chain organizations. (4:56)
• How CSCOs can address the short-term issues at the root of strategic misalignment. (6:59)
• The counterintuitive organizational design that helps CSCOs create strategic alignment. (11:31)
• Recommendations for CSCOs to maintain their newly secured strategic alignment. (15:14)

In this episode of the Supply Chain Podcast, host Lindsay Azim sits down with Gartner Senior Director Analyst Suzie Petrusic to discuss the myriad impacts strategic misalignment has on supply chains. They explore the damage strategic misalignment inflicts on profit margins and supply chain capacity, as well as how CSCOs can approach the issue through counterintuitive organizational design.

About the Guest

Suzie Petrusic, Ph.D., is the Gartner Senior Director Analyst serving chief supply chain officers in all the areas of supply chain related to strategy leadership and execution. She has authored and co-authored research and case studies on topics such as risk, supply chain maturity, the future of the supply chain, customer enablement, inflation and recession, and supply chain constraints. Suzie also leads Gartner’s research agenda for chief supply chain officers.

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This episode explores:

• The reason why 90% of supply chain professionals are currently in the midst of reorganization or are planning one in the near future. (1:16)
• How to design your supply chain for balance. (6:49)
• How to organize for strength. (10:06)
• How to design for speed. (13:19)
• Whether it is realistic to aim for designing for all three: balance, strength and speed. (15:39)

Host Lindsay Azim sits down with guest Alan O’Keeffe of Gartner to discuss his latest Supply Chain Executive Report, which examines how supply chain leaders can radically rethink reorganizing their operations. With 90% of supply chain professionals currently in the midst of reorganization, or planning one in the near future, it’s important that they follow the right approach. Put another way, supply chain leaders should reorganize to achieve balance, speed and strength.

About the Guest:

Alan O’Keeffe is a Senior Research Director in Gartner’s Organizational Development team whose research covers global supply chain organization design, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and organizational solutions, such as shared services and centers of excellence. Using in-depth cross-industry research and insight into trends, he provides advice to supply chain leaders on how best to engage people and organizations to address the growing complexity of 21st century supply chains. Alan has more than 20 years of supply chain experience, with six years in head-of-function roles in logistics, customs and physical supply chain, and four years in supply chain consultancy specializing in strategic network optimization. These roles have covered a range of sectors, including technology, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) and mining, at global, regional and national scopes.

Learn more about Gartner Supply Chain Planning Summit 2024, the premier destination for supply chain planning leaders.

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