The Supply Chain Podcast - Episode Details
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Select Supply Chain Podcast Episode below for content details:
One Minute Overview
Background & Rationale
What is Logistics & Supply Chain Management?
Developing & implementing Supply Chain Strategy
Operating in China
Operating in Brazil
Reverse Logistics
Implementing the Lean & Agile Supply Chain
ONE MINUTE OVERVIEW
A short one minute (well just over!) promo for the Supply Chain Podcast by Professor Richard Wilding.
This Episode intoduces the Background and rationale to the supply chain podcast.It gives information for podcast novices and discusses "Why a Supply Chain Podcast?" and "What is a Podcast?" Listen to this quickly and move onto the next show!
WHAT IS LOGISTICS & SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT?
This Episode introduces the concepts of Logistics & Supply Chain Management.
Content:
Introduction - By Professor Richard Wilding
Out on the Streets - we ask people what they think on the streets of a local time.
What is Logistics - Logistics is definded.
What is a Supply Chain - Discusion and examples of what a supply chain is.
Linking Logistics and the Supply Chain - I show how the concepts are linked.
What is Supply Chain Management - Supply Chain Management is defined.
Interview with Professor Martin Christopher - Professor Richard Wilding interviews Professor Christopher a leading figure in Logistics & Supply Chain Management on how he defines the concepts and what companies are considering in the future.
DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING SUPPLY CHAIN STRATEGY.
A framework linking Corporate Strategy, Competitive Strategy, Supply Chain Objectives is discussed.This then defines the Supply Chain Process, network, Information System and Organisation design.The podcast then proceeds to discuss these aspects with Professor Alan Waller OBE, President of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, UK.
Content:
Introduction by Professor Richard Wilding
Framework for supply chain strategy
Interview with Professor Alan Waller OBE - Professor Richard Wilding interviews Professor Waller a leading practioner in Logistics & Supply Chain Management the interview covers the following issues:
Why implement the supply chain concept?
Key issues in developing strategy
Creating a supply chain vision
The Guardian of the vision!
The people skills and "T" shaped people.
Supply Chain Network and Structure.
Technology as a panacea.
The Supply Chain Podcast visits Shanghai, China and discusses operating supply chains in china with Professor Linda Sprague of the China Europe International Business School, Shanghai. Linda provides a historical foundation and insights into to the issues companies experience when working in the Chinese culture.
Content:
Introduction by Professor Richard Wilding
Operating in China
Interview with Professor Linda Sprague including - Professor Richard Wilding discusses with Professor Linda Sprague, Professor of Manufacturing and Operations at China International Business School, Shanghai and Visiting Professor at Cranfield School of Management, UK. The discussion covers the following issues:
Growth - 5 to 11 digit telephone numbers in 25 years!
The "Four Cardinal Principles" & their evolution.
The "Three Represents"
Law in China
1999 and the first "Laws"
IPR within the legal framework
Supply Chain Infrastructure in China
The impact of the old central planning system
Facilitating the supply chain in china
Big issues for sourcing in China
Winning friends and influencing people!
OPERATING IN BRAZIL
This podcast was produced while Professor Richard Wilding was chairing a conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil. It includes interviews with five experts focusing on operating supply chains and doing business in Brazil. Guest interviews with Alexandra Oliveira - Cebralog, Carolina Zappa Santoro - del Valle, Edinir Nunes - DHL, Andrew Morgan - Supply Chain Europe & Philip Hammer - Britcham.
Content:
Operating in Brazil - Introduction
Interview with Alexandra Oliveira - Cebralog
Interview with Carolina Zappa Santoro - del Valle
Interview with Edenir Nunes - DHL
Interview with Andrew Morgan - Supply Chain Europe
Interview with Philip Hammer - Britcham (British Chamber of Commerce in Brazil)
Closing Comments.
Reverse Logistics is an increasingly important issue for many organisations.In some retail markets up to 35% of new products sold to customers are returned for a variety of reasons.Reverse Logistics is also critical for end of life products such as electrical goods and automobiles.This episode discusses the challenges, opportunities and issues of Reverse Logistics. An interview with Mike Bernon - Cranfield School of Management, Prof John Cullen - University of Sheffield and Jonathan Gorst - ISCAN who are leading an extensive research programme on Reverse Logistics forms the basis for this podcast.
Content:
Introductions of Prof John Cullen, Mike Bernon and Jonathan Gorst.
Why are accountants interested in Reverse Logistics?The Reverse Logistics Research Project
The Scale of Reverse Logistics
A television return example
Management issues for Reverse Logistics
Dispositioning & Jobbers
The confict with traditional cost accounting techniques
Customer service and reverse logistics
The environmental impact of reverse logistics
The need for collaboration on returns
Producer responsibility
The 3 R's - Reduce, Re-use, Re-cycle
The ICE model - Integration, Collaboration, Evaluation
Reverse Logistics & Risk
Top tips on Reverse Logistics
Implementing the Lean & Agile Supply Chain.
The concept of Lean and Agile Supply Chain stuctures has been discussed for many years. The foundations for such supply chain structures are similiar and implementation of the concept is challenging.
Professor Richard Wilding interviews John Speirs, Operations Director at Bacardi Martini UK on the implementation of such approaches to cope with rapid increases in demand for the Bacardi Breezer product.
Content:
Overview of Drinks Industry
Introduction by John Speirs
The Bacardi Breezer Product
The reality of Forecasting
Stock and Service level
Understanding the Customer
From Slow Moving to Fast Moving
The "Burning Platform" for change
People First, Process Second?
Cycle Time Reduction and Single Minute Exchange of Die (SMED)
Measuring the People Issues
"Top Tips for Change" by John Speirs.
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News
Video: - Click here to see Professor Richard Wilding being interviewed on "Supply Chain risk reduction through effective collaboration" at Softworld in the Supply Chain (Requires AdobeFlashPlayer v9)
Financial Times: - Professor Richard Wilding has contributed to the Financial Times - Understanding Collaboration, Mastering Uncertainty & Mastering Transactions Series. Further information on this research is available here.
Speaking: - Meet Professor Richard Wilding after his keynote presentations in Helsinki, Finland at the 22nd Logistics Seminar "Connecting Markets", 1st & 2nd February 2007 & Geneva, Switzerland at LogiPharma Europe 2007 24th-27th April 2007 Keynote presentations were made in 2006 by Professor Richard Wilding included Eurolog 2006 in Strasbourg, and the 8th Annual European Supply Chain & Logistics Summit, Prague.
Podcast: - The Supply Chain Podcast by Professor Richard Wilding is now available.
Forthcoming Programme: Supply Chain Re-design, 2 Day residential programme 14th & 15th May 2007.
Speaking Engagements
"Richard is always a favorite presenter at Logicon, his personable and easy manner in presenting complex and constructive topics appeals to professionals with any level or particular experience in supply chain management" Conference Director - Logicon2006
