Insight Articles | Supply Chain & Operations

To understand how supply chain roles and responsibilities are evolving, Egon Zehnder, in collaboration with Executive Education at Imperial College Business School, surveyed 68 CSCOs from across industries and regions, finding that the function is becoming increasingly sophisticated with a myriad of competing priorities demanding their attention.

The fight against climate change has never been more urgent. Between 2011 and 2020, average global temperatures were roughly 1.1°C higher than those between 1850 and 1900—and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimates that 1.07°C of this is due to human activities.

Our recent attendance at the CPhI: At the Heart of Pharma conference in Barcelona has left us deeply inspired and energized, certain that leadership will play a differentiating role in shaping the course of Contract Services providers in Life Sciences.

In conversation with Nancy Gillis, Programme Head, First Movers Coalition, World Economic Forum

Hiring in the start-up world is no longer a linear path, and leaders will need to stay ahead of their future needs when it comes to talent. It’s about timing, and here is how they can get their strategy right.

Culture, Purpose and Process all arise as key considerations for talent as the industry sees new disrupting trends

Crisis is never welcome. But when it encroaches, the upheaval can usher in a period of transformation. For the Supply Chain Function, transformation will start at the top.

Even before COVID-19 ravaged the world, consumer goods supply chains were in the midst of transformation, wrestling with the need to show resilience and agility as digitization progressed. We spoke with many global supply chain leaders during the crisis. What we learned is that while the speed of change has increased (with, for example, investments in innovation and localisation), priorities seem to not have massively shifted. What COVID-19 has underscored, however, is the even greater need for supply chain leaders to adapt their organizational culture, their leadership style and how they hire and develop supply chain talent.

Egon Zehnder gathered Supply Chain leaders for a discussion about what Supply Chain leaders have learned from the pandemic thus far and what lies ahead for the function.

Biopharma supply chain leaders have the attention of the CEO and Board – now what?