Supply Chain Alignment and Orchestration, September 2026
Enhance your capacity for building alignment and collaboration as you learn a powerful methodology for leading contemporary supply chain organizations. Reflect on the people, processes, and technology that impact the supply chain and discuss potential areas for improving the synergy between them. Investigate the change leadership necessary to move your supply chain capabilities forward and ahead of your competitors.
The goal of every supply chain team is to achieve complete supply chain orchestration where executives, employees, and partners all have complete visibility across the supply chain and real-time information to make good decisions.
In this sprint, leaders use frameworks to evaluate alignment and collaboration, categorize functional areas as 'Traditional, Progressive or Leading', and evaluate ways to develop new synergies when managing client returns, moving from a demand-driven to market-driven network, and using analytics to drive new efficiencies across the supply chain. To support application, leaders work in small groups to determine how they will take action on one improvement opportunity.
Topics:
- Alignment and Collaboration: consider the three-legged stool of People, Processes, and Technology; review the key dimensions of alignment and collaboration via a maturity model and matrix
- Critical Success Factors: review McKinsey & Company research on key considerations and steps to building effective collaboration, watch a logistics case study and discuss similar opportunities in your organization
- Playing the Role of the Conductor: reflect on how to capitalize on synergies between organizations, define gaps between alignment with your suppliers and customers, plan a road map from current to optimal performance
- Change Leadership and Moving Forward: read Deloitte research about developing connecting behaviors between senior supply chain leaders and others; discuss the need for a strategic plan and a change management model
Target Audience:
- High Potential Leaders
- Senior Leaders addressing advanced and strategic issues within the supply chain
Expectations:
- 4 daily lessons, approximately 30 minutes of activities in each of the four days
- Expert Guide support of questions, comments, and group engagement and collaboration
- Active participation – devoting your time to structured dialogue, private reflection, and deliberate practice will increase your knowledge and takeaways
- Practical application – you can directly try and apply what you learn each day
- In order complete the sprint, you must maintain an 80% attendance rate