Dr John Gattorna was presented with the CSCMP’s Distinguished Service Award on 1st October, 2018 for his outstanding contribution to the profession over 40 years. As the DSA recipient he was also inducted into the CSCMP Hall of Fame on 2nd October, 2018 alongside IT executive Michael Dell; management guru Peter F. Drucker and railroad pioneer George Stephenson.

Click link below for the full interview with CSCMP Supply Chain Quarterly, 01 October 2018

The Supply Chain & Logistics Association of Australia announced the winners of the 2016 Australian Supply Chain & Logistics Awards on 23 November at Luna Park, Sydney.

Women are increasingly playing pivotal leadership roles in private and public enterprises, and the armed forces, at a global level. This panel is comprised of women who have all achieved outstanding success in their careers in the supply chain domain, and in the process, demonstrated exceptional leadership. The objective of this session is to share their experiences and challenges along their respective journeys to where they are today, and take a look at what lies ahead.

Essentially, this topic is about how to address the impediments to world trade, across country borders. The solution here is not more government regulation- quite the opposite. Instead, the suggestion is to map the major bilateral flows between pairs of major trading countries, and seek to apply some of the dynamic alignment thinking featured in Gattorna’s book and a later panel- at the macro-trade level.

A chance to hear what visionary leaders of some of our best known global companies think about the role of their corporate supply chains in driving commercial success.

We have gathered a panel that represents all sections of the supply chain, and are prepared to collaborate to find a solution to the conundrum of traceability. In particular, palm oil will come under focus because it is clearly in the sights of the activists. And if some changes are possible at a price, who foots the bill? The consumer; the manufacturer; the processor; or the original supplier of the commodity under review?

One subset of the Gattorna behavioural segmentation methodology as developed in the field has been the identification of those parties (demand-side or supply-side) who have genuine ‘collaborative' values, and prefer to work in partnership for mutual benefit. This panel brings together buyers and sellers in various industries to exchange experiences in this regard, and share with the audience the benefits achieved.

The Dynamic alignment model has been under development by John Gattorna and colleagues for 25 years, and the results are starting to show through. This panel is comprised of senior executives who have applied 'dynamic alignment’ principles to the design and operation of their enterprise supply chains, mostly resulting in a quantum improvement in performance. From DHL in Taiwan to Schneider Electric in Asia Pacific to Unilever in Indonesia, you will hear first-hand about this new and radical way of extracting value from the Firm’s activities.

This panel will discuss ways that we can consciously design and operate our enterprise supply chains to create requisite value for all stakeholders, inside and outside the enterprise. Our premise is that if we can achieve this, all stakeholders will be satisfied, and the resources used will be optimal.

TV News report shown on Ant1 and Star Chanel News, Greece

John Gattorna officially launch his latest (and best) book at the end of the first day (29 Sept’15) of the Athens 2015 Summit. The book, titled 'Dynamic Supply Chains: how to design, build and manage people-centric value networks', is pure supply chain ‘thought leadership’, with content years ahead of its time. The testimonials from reviewers confirm that. Annette Clayton, EVP & CSCO, Schneider Electric, who wrote the Foreword, and Niklas Hedin, CEO and Chief Architect, Centiro Solutions, who wrote the Afterword, will be involved in proceedings, as will John’s mentor, Prof. Mark Doctoroff.

The interview was conducted, by Jorge Luis, director of logistica.la, an online magazine in Bogota, in Spanish, and translated into English by Eduardo Vargas.

SCM Conference in Russia, 2013

A short video prepared for CHEP Iberia. Barcelona, Spain, 10 September 2013

Dr John Gattorna, Executive Chairman, Gattorna Alignment explains why behaviour segmentation and the internet are delivering productivity gains.

Johannesburg, 11 September 2013

Teo Ser Luck, Minister of State for Trade and Industry, Singapore -- Guest of Honour.

Design thinking applied in the context of supply chains brings a new and creative edge to designing supply chains, and sees them as innovative and human-centred social networks - a far cry from the conventional mechanistic approach adopted by many contemporary enterprises. And that is the problem we seek to overcome.

Many have tried but few have succeeded. Transforming enterprise supply chains means transforming the entire enterprise. This clearly has major implications for the leadership of the enterprise, and its ability to shape the necessary subcultures to ensure successful execution of intended strategy.

Volatility and extreme disruption characterize the 'new normal' operating environment for most 21st century enterprises. But how do we manage the associated risk in the face of these new market realities? The way you answer this question will largely determine the difference between commercial success or failure.

There is a 'leap-frogging' effect evident in the way Indo-Asian enterprise supply chains are developing. The combination of low-cost capabilities and innovative thinking is a 'category killer' which is alive and well in China today, and likely to move to other Asian countries and India in the years ahead.

Women are increasingly playing pivotal leadership roles in private, and public enterprises and the armed forces, at a global level. This panel is comprised of women who have all achieved great success in their careers in the supply chain field, and in the process, demonstrated exceptional leadership. The objective of this session is to share their experiences and challenges along their respective journeys to where they are today, and take a look at what lies ahead.

Learnings from enterprises that have applied 'dynamic alignment' thinking to their respective businesses, across an array of institutional types, industries, and geographies. What tangible difference has this new business model really made?

What have the various business models and organizations tried to date, and how have they lifted operational and financial performance? Is the effort to transform worth the reward?

A chance to hear what visionary leaders of some of our best known global companies think about the role of their corporate supply chains in driving commercial success.

What are the latest ideas in Decision Support Systems (DSS) designed to underpin the new array of 'dynamic' supply chains? This panel will explore everything from ERP systems, through multiple applications, to 'cloud' computing, in an effort to discover what works, and when.

What is the 'upside' of applying proven supply chain principles and practices to Area Healthcare networks, in developing and developed nations. What we want to see is lower cost-to-serve and improved service to consumers. Are these apparently conflicting objectives achievable, and if so, how?

Paul Gilding, international 'thought leader' and advocate of sustainability, and author of The Great Disruption; How the Climate Crisis Will Transform the Global Economy

Michael Belfiore, Journalist focusing on innovation and author "Department of Mad Scientists"

How to create the supply chain of tomorrow. 2011 Centiro

How to create the supply chain of tomorrow. 2011 Centiro

Is it possible to take responsibility for CSR, having empathy with the social side and find the sustainability throughout the whole chain and without losing profit? Centiro 2011

We need to form subcultures within the company to support the supply chain. The tools are usable but does organizations use the tools the correct way and are we hiring the right people to do the right things? 2011 Centiro

What is the key to a successful problem solving organization? For years we have focused on process oriented organizations but is that the correct way of problem solving? 2011 Centiro

How shall the tactical level people manage to address this topic into the boardroom and what will happen if the structure of the company mirror the reality? 2011 Centiro

Management and leadership is an important part of your supply chain. How can you create a good team with employees that are bold enough to make changes? 2011 Centiro

Is management training not up to date when we focus on our competitors? Where should the energy and effort be put in order to become more aggressive and financially stronger? 2011 Centiro

Research has shown that the more cash a company reinvests in competitive building and puts more effort into strengthen processes in line with supply and demand chain, the stronger finances the company gets. 2011 Centiro

There are some parts within your company that should be fixed but other parts needs to be more flexible. Depending on how predictable your market is your coupling and decoupling points could be closer or further away from your market. 2011 Centiro

In order to fulfill customer needs we need to evaluate what processes we need, how to connect from an information technology point and how to relate in relationship. Shall the relationship consist of loose connections or shall the relationship move up in hierarchy an put more competences in collaboration? 2011 Centiro

How can you pick the right partners and players for your value chain? There are no one size fits all, you need to look for patterns and create several supply chains depending on your different types of customers. 2011 Centiro

When sitting in the control tower we need to make the right decisions and then we need to have the right information. Technology is then the right tool, however, is the gap between technology people and the business people to large?

Lean or Agile? You need both for a well working supply chain. It's not just a question about finding the right people and putting them in the right places but also finding a share out between people who are more lean in their point of view as well as combining them with people who are more agile in their approach.