Today’s supply chain leaders are navigating a puzzle of heightened expectations and global disruptions — natural disasters, geopolitical issues, labor shortages, to name a few. Each new challenge adds another piece to an already intricate picture.
But what if they didn’t have to solve it alone?
The heads of supply chain at 40+ of the world’s largest companies have joined the Supply Chain Planning & Logistics Board, a home for unbiased, real-time benchmarking.
This private, vendor-free peer group offers year-round, expertly facilitated discussions and insights to help supply chain leaders stay ahead, adapt swiftly, and make informed decisions. Designed for busy professionals, it ensures every interaction is valuable.
But how do we actually solve the problems keeping supply chain leaders up at night? Let’s walk-through how we support senior planning and logistics leaders every day.
1. Personalized, Full-time Support to Solve Your Biggest Challenges
Our Membership Directors act as expert advisors offering personalized, full-time support, and they don’t stop until members get the answers they need.
As Membership Director for the Supply Chain Planning & Logistics Board, Cheryl Goldsby assesses members’ programs, priorities, and roadblocks and identifies areas where the community can help.
She knows the exact challenges members are facing and how to facilitate the one-on-one connections and nowhere-else conversations to solve them.
All members need to do is ask a question, and Membership Directors take care of the rest.
2. We Turn Your Supply Chain Questions into Immediate Value
The only thing certain in supply chain management is uncertainty. It can often feel like piecing together a puzzle without having the full picture in front of you.
When you’re constantly facing new hurdles and disruptions, you need answers in hours or days, not weeks. That’s why the Supply Chain Board offers fast, efficient, and unlimited service.
Plus, members set the agenda. Unlike conferences or webinars, where the conversations are designed to increase attendance, our calls and discussion topics are hand-curated by Membership Directors on demand based on members’ most pressing needs.
3. How Members Use Unique Access to Expert Knowledge for a Competitive Edge
The resources that are available through the Supply Chain Planning & Logistics Board can’t be found anywhere else. But what does personalized support look like for members at a practical level?
The real-world solutions come from real conversations with peers who truly understand the complexities.
Recently, a VP of Supply Chain at a global manufacturing company reached out through the community’s private question and answer forum to benchmark with members on ongoing and looming labor strikes.
Quickly, they received responses from other members who shared tactics for creating buffers against these disruptions. And the conversation didn’t end there.
Supply Chain Board members had a lot to say about managing disruptions such as strikes and geopolitical tensions, so we scheduled a confidential, vendor-free conversation to dig deeper into the topic.
The following week, members came together on a facilitated call to discuss:
- Systems for maintaining awareness of current and potential supply chain disruptions
- Identifying key stakeholders for involvement
- Establishing and communicating likely effects of the disruption–cost, service, sales
- Decision making and communication processes when preparing for potential disruptions
They shared feedback on the digital tools they’re leveraging to manage disruptions, their timelines for adjusting risk portfolios, and advice on how to identify and filter out events that don’t require action.
Members agreed there is no definitive playbook for this work, and while you can never eliminate all the uncertainty in your supply chain, you can gather with your peers to increase your risk awareness.
4. Answers to Your Questions Come from Leaders at Some of the World’s Biggest Companies
Not all peer groups set strict membership criteria. In fact, many have little or no restrictions around seniority or company size.
Only heads of supply chain planning and logistics at large enterprises and their senior team members are allowed in The Supply Chain Planning & Logistics Board. We don’t allow the conversations to be diluted by insights that aren’t relevant to your role.
Above all, we never allow vendors, agencies, or consultants to participate (Though, we talk about them all the time). It’s paramount to keeping the community unbiased and candid.
Every answer in our community comes from people like you — senior leaders at companies like yours, with problems like yours.
Supply Chain Planning & Logistics Board Founding Members include: EcoLab, Greif, The Hershey Company, INX International, Kellanova, Mars, Peloton, SpartanNash, Stanley 1913, Tree Top, and more.
5. A Chance to Connect with Your Peers In-Person at our Board Meetings
On top of the year-round support members have access to, we also bring senior leaders together in person at our Board Meetings.
We know there are a lot of conferences and events to choose from, but our Board Meetings stand out — people have even postponed honeymoons to be there!
It’s a unique opportunity to connect with other senior decision-makers running programs like yours. Just the community, vendors are never allowed to join, and the conversations are always off-the-record.
The Supply Chain Board’s Founders Meeting will kick off at NASCES’24 on September 16 in Phoenix.
Ready to Complete Your Supply Chain Puzzle?
The Supply Chain Planning & Logistics Board is the only confidential space where senior leaders come together to tackle the toughest challenges in real-time.
Our on-demand service, peer-driven insights, and personalized support, set us apart from any other resource available.
Don’t navigate these complexities alone. Join a community of your peers and get the answers and connections you need to stay ahead.
