Maine Pointe In The News

While companies are investing in new supply chain automation initiatives, they are framing much of that around risk management.

View the article in Plastics News here.

Maine Pointe's Mark Montanari served on a recent webinar panel hosted by Petrochemicals Update and Reuters News. The panel included executives from BASF Corp. and Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) discussing the short – long term impact on the North American petrochemical supply chain industry. As the petrochemicals industry moves into recovery mode from COVID-19, Mark said firms will look at who their right #supplychain partners are. "They might create new partners if they think the old ones are too risky," he said. "They'll rethink relations across the value chain."With supply chains coming under greater scrutiny, transforming the supply chain into a tool for creating shareholder value is an art form that extends its scope and transforms it digitally. The presence of a hyperconnected global supply chain – along with unexpected risks like the global pandemic – have pushed the CFO’s office into a much more strategic role.

View the Forbes article here.

With supply chains coming under greater scrutiny, transforming the supply chain into a tool for creating shareholder value is an art form that extends its scope and transforms it digitally. The presence of a hyperconnected global supply chain – along with unexpected risks like the global pandemic – have pushed the CFO’s office into a much more strategic role.

View the "Market on Close" news segment here.

Maine Pointe CEO Steve Bowen, appeared this week on TD Ameritrade Network live broadcast, suggesting we are now in a historic moment in the world of business as the current pandemic adds to the challenges we were already seeing as a result of trade wars and tariffs. Steve lays out a strategy to help companies survive. 

Link to CSCMP Supply Chain Conversation Recording

Hosted by CSCMP - Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals President and CEO Rick Blasgen, Maine Pointe CEO Steven J. Bowen shares insights from his book: Total Value Optimization: Transforming Your Global Supply Chain into a Competitive Weapon. Listen Now! 

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As the era of digital disruptions continue and organizations find the need to be increasingly automated and tech-enabled, transformation management experience will be essential to the growth of the next generation of finance leaders. View this insightful webcast panel discussion now.

Originally published in Chief Executive

Maine Pointe CEO Steve Bowen and GSCI’s Paul Dittmann take on “Why CEOs are still in the dark about the supply chain” in Chief Executive magazine, in an insightful piece  showing a surprising number of top executives don’t have a formal strategy in place for managing supply chain risk. Geopolitical uncertainty and volatile trade relations are adding to the risk profile, making it all the more necessary to have a plan in place. The  article highlights not only the risks, but the solutions – starting with redefining supply chain excellence and identifying best practices.