Where to find Lora

Lora Cecere is a Founder of Supply Chain Insights and the author of the enterprise software blog www.supplychainshaman.com read by over 4000 global supply chain executives.  The blog focuses on how to use of enterprise applications to drive supply chain excellence.

Contact information:

• Email: lora.cecere@supplychaininsights.com
• Phone:  617-816-9385
• Twitter:  lcecere

Look for Lora at:

 Standard speech(s):

• Bricks Matter: Outsource? In source? In region? Global sourcing?  In today’s global economy, asset strategies matter more than ever.  Join this presentation to understand current trends and how companies are defining winning asset strategies.

• Rise of Social Commerce: It started as an interactive marketing phenomena.  Today, it is redefining commerce.  As social technologies extend horizontally to redefine customer service, new product launch, and go-to-market strategies, companies are creating new user experiences to improve brand advocacy, grow trial, and drive commerce. Join this session to see how it will evolve in the next five years and gain insights on social strategy development.

• Winning with Demand-driven Value Networks: The most effective response is demand-driven; but how do companies make the journey from a supply-centric to a demand-driven response?  What is required, what are the stumbling blocks and what are the benefits?

• How to put more Value in your Value Network: The demands are increasing.  Join this session to gain insights on how companies make trade-offs between sustainability, corporate social responsibility, tax efficiency, growth, responsiveness, efficiency and customer service?  Gain insights on the redesign of value networks to maximize value and make the right trade-offs.

• Putting the T in Your Organization: Over the last 25 years, supply chain organizations have been propelled by a strong focus on vertical excellence.  In today’s world, vertical excellence sub-optimizes value in the supply chain. Companies that have reversed the equation building strong horizontal processes –revenue management, supplier development, new product launch, and Sales and Operations Planning have a 15% lower supply chain costs and better balance between working capital, return on assets and cost of goods sold.  However, to achieve this goal, companies need to invest in talent development to build managers with “T competencies” and invest in applications to build seamless end-to-end horizontal processes.  Join Lora to gain insights from the current research on her book Bricks Matter.

Customer Feedback:

“Lora Cecere is the most-respected analyst covering supply chain.  Respected by manufacturers and software companies alike, she is the only one with a strong enough following that she could start her own “brand”. Lora is the most influential analyst covering supply chain; she launched the revolution that became customer-centric supply chain design in 2005.” – Rob Byrne | CEO, Terra Technology

“Lora’s smart, incisive and her native curiosity means she consistently evolves her thinking about how supply chains can — and should — work. Her ability to grasp the issue, and see a resolution is uncanny. For anyone looking to turn the supply chain into a true source of advantage, there’s no one smarter.” - Susan Bassett | Vice President, Corporate Ink Public Relations

“Lora is tough, smart and driven. Her background gives her instant credibility and a unique perspective in the industry bringing together best practices, leading technology and a vision of what’s possible. She has an innate ability to articulate complex problems and solutions in business terms that everyone can understand. I learn something in every conversation I have with Lora.” - Karin Bursa | Chief Marketing Officer, Logility

“If you are in supply chain technology and need help understanding the market and positioning your product in it, work with Lora Cecere. She has the deepest understanding of how supply chain technology can transform business of any analyst I have worked with. Not just a prolific writer, she’s also a compelling speaker. At one user conference, her session was voted the best of all sessions by attendees at the three day event.”  Kevin Potts | Vice President of Marketing Rock-Tech

F4SS Conference: Feedback from the user evaluations.

• Best speaker of the day, lots of energy.  Different perspective that most companies are not in tune with.
• Great presentation and energy, new way of looking at communication and customer feedback.
• Very provocative subject. Out of the box. Great presenter.
• Presentation and info blew me away- excellent presentation.