Presentation given at the WTG group in Miami and the Eyeon conference in Rotterdam. By 2020, demand error will increase, corporate social responsibility becomes more important, and slow/steaming/larger ships undermine much of the manufacturing productivity gains of the last century. What should companies do? Embrace new forms of analytics, redesign based on the confluence of new technologies, and
build a network of networks.
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•Opportunity
• 1/3 of shipped produce wasted: $34B in annual
global waste from perishable foods
• 50% is due to temperature variations from the farm
to retail shelf
• Reducing temperature related shrink by half is
approx. $9B opportunity.
Perishable Produce – A Closer Look
1% reduction in Shrink
Increase in profit of
$1,173,555
6% reduction in Shrink
Increase in profit of
$7,378,830
One Commodity: Strawberries
(based on data from pilot with retail grocer)
69. Founder: Lora Cecere
• Founder of Supply Chain Insights
• “LinkedIn Influencer”
• Guest blogger for Forbes
• Author of 4 books: Bricks Matter (2012), Shaman’s Journal (2014)
and Supply Chain Metrics That Matter (December 2014), Shaman’s Journal (2014)
• Partner at Altimeter Group (leader in open research)
• 7 years of Management Experience leading Analyst Teams at Gartner
and AMR Research
• 8 years Experience in Marketing and Selling Supply Chain Software
at Descartes Systems Group and Manugistics (now JDA)
• 15 Years Leading teams in Manufacturing and Distribution operations
for Clorox, Kraft/General Foods, Nestle/Dreyers Grand Ice Cream
and Procter & Gamble.
Contact Information:
• Email: lora.cecere@supplychaininsights.com
• Blog: www.supplychainshaman.com (10,000 pageviews/month)
• Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/search/?q=lora+cecere
• Twitter: lcecere (6500 followers)
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/pub/lora-cecere/0/196/573 (50,000 followers)