Planning Ahead: Revolutionizing Supply Chain Business Decisions

It may be difficult to imagine once you start a company—or if you’re working at a company in its early-stages—but there comes a time when you can start truly planning ahead as it relates to supply chain.Prior to this point, you might be able to “get away” with growing organically as your business grows, but reaching that level often requires savvy and forward thinking. To explore these thresholds and challenges that come with them are Nari Viswanathan (Senior Director of Product Segment Marketing at Coupa) and Michael White (Senior Consultant at Miebach). Between Nari’s experience in marketing for supply chain software solutions and Michael’s insight gained from consulting a range of clients, their conversation with Ellen covers a range of solutions and strategies that will benefit all manner of companies.Join us as we discuss:The importance of data quality in supply chain modeling and analysisHow and why planning horizons have shortened within the past few yearsThe role of coaching and consulting in growth and maturityIf you enjoyed this episode, be sure to check out our previous episode featuring Andrew McCarley, VP of Global Customer Value Management at Coupa.