Visibility, as a word, is bandied about in supply chain strategy. But, how is defined in practice? Listen to this webinar to hear how supply chain practitioners at Merck & Co. are defining and executing supply chain visibility strategies.

1. Gaining Insights from
Case Studies
For the Supply Chain Leader Who Wants to Rise Above

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SPEAKERS
Bharath Sundararaman
Technology Partner & Advisor,
Global Manufacturing & Supply
(GMS) Digital, Merck KGaA
Lora Cecere,
Founder of Supply
Chain Insights

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Supply Chain Insights is focused on delivering
independent, actionable and objective
advice for supply chain leaders.
A company dedicated to research.
Turn to us when you want the latest insights
on supply chain trends, technologies to know and
metrics that matter.
About Us

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Supply Chains Operate On An Effective Frontier
Visibility helps companies
to better perform at the
speed of business to
improve customer service,
drive revenue and asset
utilization while improving
performance reliability.
Business Flows

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A Complex Non-Linear System
Customer Service

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Visibility Helps to Drive Improvement on the
Effective Frontier

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Current State of Visibility

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Each company defines visibility
differently. There is no standard
definition or set of applications
that effectively solves the
problem.
The Problem?

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Value Statement

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See You on Our Next Webinar?

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Why You Should Come:
1. Hand-Picked Presentations and Keynote Speakers
2. Focus on Supply Chain Excellence, Digital
Transformation, Innovation Leadership and Talent
3. Breakout Sessions on Cognitive Computing / Machine
Learning, Blockchain / Bitcoin, & the Internet of Thing
4. Extreme Networking and Facilitated Discussions
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• Held at the Science History Institute in Philadelphia
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Our sixth annual event l Designed for line-of-business leaders l Explore the future of business processes

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Consider Us for Training

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About Lora Cecere
• Founder of Supply Chain Insights
• “LinkedIn Influencer”
• Guest blog for Forbes
• Author of 5 books: Bricks Matter (2012), Shaman’s Journal (2014),
Supply Chain Metrics That Matter (2014), Shaman’s Journal (2015),
Shaman’s Journal (2016), Shaman’s Journal (2017)
• 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 (15,000 pageviews/month)
• Forbes: www.forbes.com/sites/loracecere
• Twitter: twitter.com/lcecere (9,500 followers)
• LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/loracecere (248,000 followers)
• LinkedIn Influencer: www.linkedin.com/today/author/446631