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Do you trust the data & reports from the big analysts?

Strategy & Architecture

Yes

Sometimes

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Is your role at your organization expanding to include new responsibilities?

People & Leadership Team & Organizational Design

Data Analytics

Operations

Business Development

Customer Service

Product Development

Marketing

Finance

Procurement

Sales

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Which tech company would you be most proud to work at?

Culture & Values

Facebook

Google

Amazon

Tesla

Other (please comment)

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Which approach would you be most open to if a sales rep was to engage you for the first time?

Cold call

Cold email

Message on social (e.g. LinkedIn)

Other (pls comment 👇)

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Which of the following supply chain challenges have you faced in the past 6 months?

Strategy & Architecture Vendor Management Operations Management

Delayed or canceled shipments of inventory or raw materials

Insufficient technology to capture or analyze data

Lack of internal supply chain management expertise

High transportation costs

Other (comment below)

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Is there psychological safety among your direct reports?

Culture & Values Mentoring & Coaching Employee Engagement

Yes

Not sure

What’s psychological safety?

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How many hours are your staff generally expected to work per day?

Team & Organizational Design Talent Management & Performance Culture & Values

Over 10

Doesn't matter as long as they meet their OKRs

Other (comment below!)

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My organization's performance management system does a good job of rewarding top level employees and managers.

Talent Management & Performance KPIs, Metrics & Reporting Employee Engagement

Strongly agree

Agree

Neutral

Disagree

Strongly disagree

Other (please explain in the comments)

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Do you personally prefer detachable laptops or clamshell laptops?

End-User Devices Mobile Devices Vendor/Product Assessment

Detachable laptops

Clamshell laptops

No preference

It depends (please explain in the comments)

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If your resources are fully remote, does it matter if they're insourced or outsourced?

Team & Organizational Design Outsourcing & Managed Services Talent Sourcing & Hiring

Yes

It depends (please specify in the comments)

Unsure

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What drives your planning ecosystems? Volume or Value Supply Chain or Finance S&OP or IBP? Why?

People & Leadership

Dave FoodHead of Supply Chain5 months ago

What drives your communication ecosystem? Telephone, EMail, Instant Messaging, personal communication?
How do you measure success: The number of words exchanged, the value of insights shared, the positive feedback you ...read more

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What new planning habit are you adopting to start 2024?

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Dave FoodHead of Supply Chain8 months ago

Zero Based Budgeting requires us to have even more flexibility for the plan itself.

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Does anyone have any recommendations on how to best frame a conversation with finance to secure additional budget for sustainability initiatives? Are there any buzzwords or phrases that finance loves to hear?

Dave FoodHead of Supply Chain4 months ago

Here are a few thoughts

Dollars follow carbon, so if you reduce carbon you are typically saving money.

Reducing uncertainty, unreliability and variability will reduce waste this will save you money and increase ...read more

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In your opinion what is the number one thing a supply chain leader can do to make their team's work LESS complicated?

Process Management

Dave FoodHead of Supply Chain4 months ago

Reduce friction by

1. Aligning KPI's
2. Increasing visibility
3. Accelerating decisions
4. Increasing collboration
5. Working more cross functionally - by design

Regards

Dave Food
Head ...read more

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What process/trend/technology/department focus are you looking forward to leaving behind in the new year?

Peer Insights Disruptive & Emerging Technologies People & Leadership

Dave FoodHead of Supply Chain9 months ago

Cutting and pasting text from one spreadsheet to another

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How do you implement and manage a Global "Plan for Every Part" (PFEP)? Any Software or solutions to scale across different ERPs?

Procurement Data Management Vendor Management+1 more

Dave FoodHead of Supply Chaina year ago

I haven't found any software to handle PFEP's across multiple ERP systems. It would primarily be in Excel. The challenge is that each PFEP has different tasks for those. You could also build a PFEP template in Notion ...read more

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What would you consider as the most important leadership trait of a transformative 'complete' leader?

People & Leadership

Dave FoodHead of Supply Chaina year ago

Would it be 'integrity' or 'humility' for you?

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I am increasingly having to present to our board and it’s not always the best experience. Do you have any advice on how best to approach a company board that is not technical at all?

People & Leadership

Dave FoodHead of Supply Chain6 years ago

My board experience has primarily been with board members that are not technical. The approach I take is to "translate" technical bits into business impact information. It seems many non-technical board members care most ...read more

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Do you trust the data & reports from the big analysts?

Is your role at your organization expanding to include new responsibilities?

Which tech company would you be most proud to work at?

Which approach would you be most open to if a sales rep was to engage you for the first time?

Which of the following supply chain challenges have you faced in the past 6 months?

Is there psychological safety among your direct reports?

How many hours are your staff generally expected to work per day?

My organization's performance management system does a good job of rewarding top level employees and managers.

Do you personally prefer detachable laptops or clamshell laptops?

If your resources are fully remote, does it matter if they're insourced or outsourced?

What drives your planning ecosystems? Volume or Value Supply Chain or Finance S&OP or IBP? Why?

What new planning habit are you adopting to start 2024?

Does anyone have any recommendations on how to best frame a conversation with finance to secure additional budget for sustainability initiatives? Are there any buzzwords or phrases that finance loves to hear?

In your opinion what is the number one thing a supply chain leader can do to make their team's work LESS complicated?

What process/trend/technology/department focus are you looking forward to leaving behind in the new year?

How do you implement and manage a Global "Plan for Every Part" (PFEP)? Any Software or solutions to scale across different ERPs?

What would you consider as the most important leadership trait of a transformative 'complete' leader?

I am increasingly having to present to our board and it’s not always the best experience. Do you have any advice on how best to approach a company board that is not technical at all?

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Content Dave is Following

Do you trust the data & reports from the big analysts?

Is your role at your organization expanding to include new responsibilities?

Which tech company would you be most proud to work at?

Which approach would you be most open to if a sales rep was to engage you for the first time?

Which of the following supply chain challenges have you faced in the past 6 months?

Is there psychological safety among your direct reports?

How many hours are your staff generally expected to work per day?

My organization's performance management system does a good job of rewarding top level employees and managers.

Do you personally prefer detachable laptops or clamshell laptops?

If your resources are fully remote, does it matter if they're insourced or outsourced?

What drives your planning ecosystems? Volume or Value Supply Chain or Finance S&OP or IBP? Why?

What new planning habit are you adopting to start 2024?

Does anyone have any recommendations on how to best frame a conversation with finance to secure additional budget for sustainability initiatives? Are there any buzzwords or phrases that finance loves to hear?

In your opinion what is the number one thing a supply chain leader can do to make their team's work LESS complicated?

What process/trend/technology/department focus are you looking forward to leaving behind in the new year?

How do you implement and manage a Global "Plan for Every Part" (PFEP)? Any Software or solutions to scale across different ERPs?

What would you consider as the most important leadership trait of a transformative 'complete' leader?

I am increasingly having to present to our board and it’s not always the best experience. Do you have any advice on how best to approach a company board that is not technical at all?