In part one of this three-part series, Insights from a Supply Chain Executive, Mick Jones, former head of supply chain management at Lenovo, reveals his fascinating route to leading one of the world's most prominent supply chains.

Greg Kefer and Richard Barnett discuss a recent Boston Consulting Group article on digital disruption in this podcast. Using the example of Amazon, BCG describes how three different waves of digital disruption have changed businesses and brought on a convergence of new capabilities. This provides a broader strategic map for how to orchestrate data with the broader supply chain to achieve new levels of agility, responsiveness, and time to market. BCG article: http://digitaldisrupt.bcgperspectives.com/

The world’s leading manufacturers face constant pressure to grow the business, protect margins and minimize risk. And the supply chain has increasingly been seen as a means to achieve these goals while gaining a strategic advantage in the race to win market share around the globe. In this episode of Supply Chain Radio we discuss the top trends and technologies that will lead the way in building faster, more agile, and responsive supply chains in the year ahead.