EXECUTIVE INSIGHT
Q . WHAT DOES YOUR ROLE ENTAIL ?
» There really isn ’ t a typical day in my role , which is what interests me most . Every day is different , and I find myself being pulled into a variety of projects , big and small . On a large scale , my role requires me to think very intensely about strategy , capabilities and where we want to take our supply chain . This includes how and where to leverage technology and what future emerging technologies we ’ ll need in our toolset to stay ahead in the supply chain space . However , from my experience of having worked directly with customers to design supply chains , I ’ m still rooted in the reality of what goes on each day at the customer level . For me , it ’ s important that I still spend a fair portion of my day connected to project execution and customer roadmaps . It ’ s an opportunity to understand how the strategies we develop hit the road and how we ’ re executing against them .
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COUNTRIES IN WHICH JABIL OPERATES
“ Analytics platforms are key to providing realtime insights that help practitioners understand what ’ s happening across the supply chain ”
Q . AMID TURBULENT TIMES , HOW ARE YOU AND JABIL PREPARING FOR FUTURE SUPPLY CHAIN CRISES ?
» To prepare for future disruptions , we ’ re really thinking about how we can manage risk in our supply chain . One question I ask myself is , how do you balance what has already happened with what you think is going to happen ? To answer that question , we ’ re focused on driving transformation around five core pillars .
The first is visibility , or understanding what is happening from origin to destination across our supply chain network . That ’ s supported by
22 June 2024