About this episode

Stephanie Forbes discusses supply chain management and the importance of board oversight in addressing supply chain fraud.

Today, Steve sits down with Stephanie Forbes, CEO of the Forbes Group. Stephanie is a supply chain expert who recently released Global Wealth, Local Impact: How Supply Chains Build Thriving Companies, Cultures, and Countries , a book about building supply chains using lessons from our past. She and Steve discuss what she learned in her research for the book and supply chain management principles leaders can rely on in these unsteady times. Stephanie also gives advice for small and medium-sized businesses, how to manage supply chain issues across departments, and digital risk management. Key Takeaways: Frequent reviews of internal systems and supplier compliance are key to supply chain management in uncertain times. We innovate and solve problems better when we work in teams and across departments, and it’s the leader’s job to enable and encourage such collaboration. Boards have the responsibility to ask questions and investigate whether their organizations are managing their supply chains as well and securely as they could. Tune in to hear more about: What history teaches us about how we manage societies ( 2:08 ) How supply chains will change over the next five to ten years (…

People in this episode

Host: Steve

Guest: Stephanie Forbes

Topics covered

• supply chain management
• digital risk management
• business leadership
• collaboration
• internal systems review

Keywords

• supply chain fraud
• business advice
• risk management
• collaboration
• internal systems

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Forbes Group

Books & works: Global Wealth, Local Impact: How Supply Chains Build Thriving Companies, Cultures, and Countries

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