Having a broad, forward-looking vision is crucial for success — when navigating a complex, dynamic marketplace, one needs to have a clear idea of the path forward. However, vision without execution is just vision unfulfilled. It’s execution that ensures outcomes and delivers value, drives ROI, and promotes user engagement and adoption. In this podcast — Beyond Vision: Executing To Drive Procurement Performance — GEP experts take a deep dive into what you need to consider to execute on your visio...
Mar 26, 2024•31 min
Direct material procurement has become more complex than ever amid cost fluctuations, demand variability, supply uncertainties and expanding sustainability goals. Procurement leaders must assimilate learnings from the past years and rethink their priorities and metrics. In this GEP podcast, Virat Venkataraman, director of consulting, and Vinita Singh, associate director of product marketing, discuss the most pressing challenges in direct material sourcing and walk you through proven strategies t...
Feb 01, 2024•24 min
The use of plastic in packaging has reduced drastically. Or has it? Why do many CPG companies continue to rely on plastic packaging? How can they adopt sustainable packaging and deliver on ESG goals? Join GEP’s consulting experts Alex Hayes and Shanna Bell in an insightful podcast to understand how CPG companies can move the needle on ESG targets. Learn how CPGs can replace plastic with environment-friendly packaging and meet the expectations of customers, investors and governments. What you’ll ...
Feb 10, 2023•10 min
Inflation. Early signs of a recession. Continued geopolitical instability. Macroeconomic events continue to influence the business landscape in 2023. How can procurement and supply chain leaders rise to the challenge and deal with growing uncertainties? Can they address these enterprisewide challenges and help businesses adjust to a new normal? Join the conversation between GEP’s consulting experts Abhishek Goel and John Carter as they look closely at the top macroeconomic trends from the 2023 G...
Feb 09, 2023•16 min
Supply chains have never been static. With disruption around every corner, supply chain leaders are racing to keep pace with changing consumer demands, a shifting competitive landscape and technological advances. However, many enterprises have hit a plateau. How do they get to the next level of performance? In this new podcast, GEP’s Pramod Gupta and Mason Sponem explore supply chain digitalization and the tools that enable greater visibility and transparency across the supply chain and increase...
Jan 03, 2023•10 min
In a dynamic market, mergers and acquisitions are a necessary evil that create a great deal of uncertainty. When your vendor gets acquired, what does it mean for your business? Will the solution you’re relying on still exist after the inevitable reorganization? Will your account team? Navigating those uncertainties will keep C-suite executives up at night. In this timely and insightful podcast, GEP senior director of engagement Paul Blake talks with GEP marketing directors Raj Aggarwal and Alex ...
Jan 03, 2023•35 min
Why do many businesses continue to falter at supply chain planning? Some don’t consider planning a top priority. Others have struggled to find planners with the right skills to efficiently leverage the vast amount of data generated. How can businesses overcome these roadblocks and get their planning right? Join supply chain consulting experts Robert Giacobbe and Beth Araujo in a new GEP podcast to understand strategies you can use to build a successful supply chain planning program. Learn why ef...
Nov 01, 2022•32 min
While European chemicals remains a pioneer in innovation, the global pandemic has nevertheless taken its toll on the industry, reshaping supply/demand dynamics and imposing a new set of daunting challenges. In this new podcast, GEP consulting managers John Carter and Virat Venkataraman take a close look at the trends currently impacting European chemicals as well as the short- and long-term strategies the industry must embrace to ensure a prosperous future — from digitizing supply chains and exp...
Oct 21, 2022•22 min
As rising oil & gas prices continue to impact several industries, CPG companies as well as consumers are having a tough time. In fact, it’s hard to remember the last time when consumer goods prices rose so significantly. What’s worse, there are no signs of prices stabilizing given the current market conditions. How can CPG brands weather the storm and stay competitive? In this new podcast, GEP consulting leaders Celeste Ponce and Abhang Mehendale discuss strategies that CPG companies can use...
Oct 14, 2022•14 min
Corporate sustainability is now more important than ever. Both stakeholders and customers are putting increasing pressure on businesses to manage and report their carbon footprints — yet many companies are still unsure of the path forward. In this timely podcast, GEP consulting managers Ayushi Dadhich and Von Ying Lee reveal why supply chain and procurement are central to transforming a company’s ESG goals into actionable plans. You’ll learn how their strong influence can drive social impact acr...
Sep 02, 2022•14 min
When companies attempt to define supplier diversity, they often think of it as merely working with a variety of different types of suppliers. But truly diverse suppliers are, in fact, part of traditionally underrepresented/underserved demographics — and when you form successful partnerships with them, they can bring immense untapped value to your business. In this thought-provoking podcast, GEP senior consulting director Daryl Watkins and Miranda Burt reveal what actual supplier diversity is, wh...
Aug 10, 2022•23 min
First, the pandemic caused sudden surges in demand for chemicals. Then came supply disruptions, growing uncertainty and inflation. And then the Russia-Ukraine crisis. The chemicals supply chain has been thoroughly shaken as a result. How can procurement rise to the challenge and ensure steady supply? Join GEP supply chain consulting leaders Sneha Mekhale and Abhishek Goel as they share useful insights in a new podcast. Learn why procurement must look beyond traditional pricing KPIs and leverage ...
Aug 05, 2022•17 min
Reporting on Scope 3 emissions can be a daunting task for enterprises, with most suppliers reluctant to maintain (and share) emissions data. With all these challenges, how can you conform to emissions guidelines? Will the goal of net-zero emissions merely remain on paper? Join GEP’s consulting leaders Natalie Henfrey, Nataliya Nikolova and Ajay Ninan in a new podcast to understand ways you can get started and report Scope 3 emissions data. Learn how to work around the complexities of gathering d...
Jul 07, 2022•16 min
Managing costs is never easy. With growing economic uncertainty, soaring gas prices and inflation, it’s become even more difficult. Is cost management no longer a priority, then? Just the opposite. In this podcast, GEP consulting director Vinay Bhat and Miranda Burt share useful insights for effectively managing costs in the current business environment. Learn how strategic management can help identify costs that strengthen your company’s vital position while also separating them from other cost...
Jun 24, 2022•29 min
For many businesses, digitalizing processes and mitigating supply chain risks have become top priorities amid growing uncertainty. Procurement must play a vital role to realize these goals. In Why Guided Buying is the First Step Toward Digital Transformation , GEP supply chain consulting leaders Luka Erceg and Kokila Roy discuss how organizations can leverage technology to accomplish these objectives with little effort. Learn how to simplify the buying experience, reduce maverick spend and even ...
Jun 16, 2022•21 min
As the climate crisis continues to impact consumer trends, investor demands and government regulations, increasing sustainability and ESG has become a top priority for businesses. And while procurement is ideally positioned to act as a catalyst for this vital transition, the function can’t succeed on its own. In this timely podcast, GEP senior sourcing lead Céline Pieren and consulting manager Scott Goodfellow examine the challenges facing procurement in enabling more sustainable decision-making...
Jun 03, 2022•25 min
Can the mere deployment of technology help a business succeed at digital transformation? Can this ensure that the desired outcomes of the transformation are realized? Why are many businesses still struggling then? In this podcast, GEP’s supply chain consulting leaders Aditya Desai and Ryan Gianni explain the key reasons organizations are today failing at digital transformation. Understand what’s missing in their transformation initiative and how you can adopt the right approach to succeed. What ...
May 18, 2022•13 min
Business recovery in 2022 is possible. Despite the ongoing volatility and uncertainty, supply chain and procurement leaders are now in the perfect position to further elevate their functions, guide their organizations through effective change, and successfully meet the challenges of our new normal. Continuing the conversation from Part 1 of this podcast, Mike Jette, Vice President-Consulting at GEP, and John Carter, Manager-Consulting at GEP, take a close look at the second half of the GEP Outlo...
May 11, 2022•35 min•Season 2Ep. 2
For many businesses hoping to bounce back in 2022, things haven’t gone as planned. In fact, with events such as the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, oil and energy costs have increased and recovery seems distant. How should businesses prepare for the remainder of 2022? What should their key strategy be? Get the answers in this podcast conversation between GEP senior director Rafiq Merchant and consulting manager John Carter. Understand the global macroeconomic trends and the elevated roles o...
May 02, 2022•15 min•Season 2Ep. 1
It will not have escaped your attention that the O&G sector is experiencing some major pressure. The global pandemic, a shifting political landscape and pressure to curb fossil fuel consumption are just some of the influences that have huge impact on O&G companies. In this episode we explore some of these dynamics with GEP’s Ennio Senese – a veteran of the industry with tremendous insight into the fates and fortunes of the major players, and Patrick Heuer, from GEP’s O&G center of ex...
Aug 13, 2020•43 min•Season 1Ep. 8
One thing that is clear is that everyone wants to get paid. When times are tough companies need to look closely at who they pay and when, and there are always win-win scenarios possible with suppliers. That’s why we’ve seen an upturn in interest in automating AP processes and in this episode of GEP Insights we talk to Dmitriy Lerman of GEP’s product management group about how GEP are leading the way with a new AP Automation solution, and how it can help companies catalyze transformation of busin...
Aug 13, 2020•19 min•Season 1Ep. 7
At the start of each year GEP’s global team of procurement and supply experts publishes a comprehensive, predictive report for the year ahead – the GEP Outlook Report. Following recent global events the economic predictions that were confidently put forward at the start of this year have had to be reviewed. The GEP Outlook Team have undertaken to publish a post-Covid19 updated edition of the eighth annual GEP Outlook Report, and in this episode of GEP Insights we speak to John Piatek, Vice Presi...
May 13, 2020•17 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Recent events have seen us focus on our own person supply chains as retailers have struggled to get goods into stores, and panic-buying has ensued. But as consumer supply chains begin to settle into a new pattern of normality, the trouble in supply is far from over. B2B supply chains are now starting to show the effects of the global shutdown and the ongoing impact on business and the world has yet to be felt, but it is coming. In this episode of GEP Insights we talk to Mike Jette, Vice Presiden...
May 13, 2020•17 min•Season 1Ep. 5
As our "Covid Response Series" continues, Biju Mohan, VP & Rafiq Merchant, Senior Director discuss not just what companies can do, but how GEP has created a platform to connect suppliers of PPE to healthcare providers in greatest need. Connect: www.gep.com
Apr 13, 2020•26 min
GEP Insights continues the"Covid Response Series" in discussion with Tunir Chatterjee, VP and Ian Cotter, Senior Director at GEP, to discuss understanding best practices in the BFSI sector, amidst the "scramble" this pandemic has caused. Connect: www,gep.com
Apr 13, 2020•17 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Continuing the "Covid Response Series, GEP Insights sat down with Vengat N. , VP Consulting, to discuss the ongoing work in developing responses to the Covid crisis with a focus on Manufacturing industries Connect: www.gep.com
Apr 13, 2020•20 min•Season 1Ep. 2
GEP Insights kicks off the new "Covid Response Series", discussing how companies in the Retail sector can and should handle the COVID 19 pandemic. Our guest is GEP VP Mukund Acharya. Connect: www.gep.com
Apr 10, 2020•15 min•Season 1Ep. 1
