Interviews, Artikel und Studien | Supply Chain & Operation Officers

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.

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.

In normal times, supply chain managers seldom steal the spotlight, are poorly paid and have what’s widely considered to be a boring job. Then again, these aren’t normal times. COVID-19 has turned them into unassuming stars, who keep both internal and external logistics running smoothly to ensure continued global availability of goods, says Peter Flückiger, partner at Egon Zehnder, in an interview with Swiss weekly newspaper, Handelszeitung.

Egon Zehnder surveyed 235 Chief Supply Chain Officers across 23 countries to see what it takes to succeed in the role and where the future of supply chain is heading. Read the results.

Die Autoindustrie befindet sich in einer digitalen Revolution. In diesem englischsprachigen Papier setzt sich ein internationales Beraterteam von Egon Zehnder mit der Frage auseinander, welche Führungspersönlichkeiten und welche Kultur in Zukunft gebraucht werden, um weltweit – und in Deutschland – moderne Mobilitätsangebote für die Zukunft entwickeln zu können.