SupplyChain Magazine March 2017 | Page 145

SUPPLY CHAIN
SCI Supply Chain team meeting
The three-year roadmap Luczynski is currently undertaking is more about leveraging the established procurement practices and expertise to move beyond SCI ’ s more traditional supply chain areas , and to focus on lowering costs in other sectors . Luczynski ’ s team has now bought more of Coupa ’ s services to aid with its current road map , as well as integrating procurement systems with the customer-facing contracting system , which saves time for the location and the customer .
“ Right now , we ’ re focusing on much more integration in our systems , and a large portion of our effort from last year into this year has been all about talent development ,” Luczynski says . “ A top issue for CPOs recently has been about enhancing employees ’ skills and ensuring their knowledge base is up-to-date so they can keep up with the changes occurring in procurement and supply chain , which shift with technology and R & D . We want to make sure all our folks are ready for that .”
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