Paul Blake TITLE : SENIOR DIRECTOR , ENGAGEMENT COMPANY : GEP
SUPPLY CHAIN
When it comes to getting the most from consultancy-led transformation projects – especially around sustainability – Blake ’ s advice to organisations is to “ make small changes that all add
Paul Blake TITLE : SENIOR DIRECTOR , ENGAGEMENT COMPANY : GEP
INDUSTRY : SUPPLY CHAIN CONSULTANCY
US-based Blake has been with GEP for more than 11 years . He has held his current role for two years , prior to which he was Director of Product Marketing . He has a BSc in Biology from King ’ s College , London . up towards meeting important sustainability commitments ”.
He continues : “ The way in which we approach working on this with customers is multifaceted . The first thing we need to do is help them set a baseline and set the goals .”
Blake says that GEP ’ s consulting practice works with customers to define what a 21st century modern supply chain should look like “ in terms of the connections between the participants , the visibility across the endto-end operation ”.
He says that , within this framework , once a baseline has been set , the change project becomes about “ trying to develop the means to gain the insights that an organisation needs into what is going on in an increasingly complex supply chain ”.
He adds : “ But it ’ s also about providing the technology platform that gives an organisation the means to have that command and control over the system . It ’ s fundamentally about data .”
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