Academy Videos

Supply Chain Leaders Academy of 2019

March

• Introduction by Rob O’Byrne
• Session 1 – Logistics Transformation Journey and the Digital Initiatives of the Future by Mathew Smith
• Session 2 and 3 – The Beer Game by Rob O’Byrne
• Session 4 – Becoming a Trusted Leader by Kylie Chain
• Session 5 – The 10 Habits of High Performance by Paul Blackburn
• Session 6 – Blockchain in Supply Chain by Stephen Rowlison and Levine Naidoo

Supply Chain Leaders Academy of 2018

November

• Session 1 – Supply Chain Risk Management by Elizabeth Kaneyson
• Session 2 – Applying Skills Learnt in QA to the Supply Chain by Karen Paterson
• Session 3 – Leading Change – Innovation and Change in a Fast Paced World by Heather Yelland
• Session 4 – Drone Technology: What Does the Future Hold by Mark Bond
• Session 5 – Fast-tracking your Career by Iain Wilson
• Session 6 – eCommerce Trends in Australia by Dean Kappler
• Session 7 – What I Have Learned from Working in the Supply Chain for 20 Years by Mark Reece by Marc Smajila
• Session 8 – Fleet Optimisation and the Implications by Rob O’Byrne and Joost Bekker

Supply Chain Leaders Academy of 2018

July

• Session 1 – Overview of E-Commerce Supply Chain by Richard Whetton
• Session 2 – How the Digital Transformation is Impacting Business Models and Capabilities by Federico Bettini
• Session 3 – Warehouse Principles + How to Gain an Extra 20% Space by John Monck
• Session 4 – Motivating Yourself and your Team by Darren Stephens
• Session 5 – An insight into the massive industry transformations happenings in lighting by Craig Sutton
• Session 6 – Supply Chain Diagnostics by Rob O’Byrne
• Session 7 – Virtualising 3PL by David Keevil
• Session 8 – Technology in the Supply Chain – What is your Strategy by Luke Wood
• Session 9 – Getting Stuff Done by Rob O’Byrne

March

• Introduction by Rob O’Byrne
• Session 1 – Tips from 3PL Service Provider Market by Colin Ricardo
• Session 2 – Strategic Supplier Partnership by Sari MacKay
• Session 3 – Steel to Amazon, Supply Chains are now sexy by Ingilby Dixon
• Session 4 – Developing Supply Chain Strategy 123 by Rob O’Byrne
• Session 5 – Performance Measurement by Steven Thacker
• Session 6 – Tender Traps by John Cole
• Session 7 – Change Management by Steph Burrows
• Session 8 – Coaching as a Key Leadership Skill by Di Dunham
• Session 9 – Leadership and the Art of Change by Shane Lamont

Supply Chain Leaders Academy of 2017

November

• Introduction by Rob O’Byrne
• Session 1 – Changing your Supply Chain to Align with Customers’ Needs by Abdul Jaafar
• Session 2 – Advances in Warehouse Technology by Mal Walker
• Session 3 – Future Trends in Supply Chain – The Balance Between People and Machines by Michael Lucas
• Session 4 – Managing the Macro to Maximize the Micro by Jeremy Goodman
• Session 5 – Peer Group Functional Q&A + Goal Setting by Rob O’Byrne (Not Recorded)
• Session 6 – KPIs and Performance Measurement by Steven Thacker
• Session 7 – Building a Successful Retail Business in a Digital World by Peter Birtles
• Session 8 – A Perspective on Retail Supply Chain by Mark Powell
• Session 9 – The Money Is In The Mindset by Andrew Powell
• Closing by Rob O’Byrne

July

• Session 1 – Brand SCM – What Supply Chain Can Learn from Marketing by Michael Clark
• Session 2 – Chain of Responsibility by Mike Woods
• Session 3 – Modern Supply Chain Trade-Offs by Jon Adams
• Session 4 – Contract Management by Jason McCallum
• Session 5 – Strategic Supply Chain Thinking and Getting the Big Picture Right by Penny Bell
• Session 6 – Leadership and Developing People within Your Supply Chain by David Hamilton
• Session 7 – Transport Technologies and the Rapidly Changing Face of Freight Management by Cate Hull (Video not available for confidentiality purposes)
• Session 8 – Logistics Safety Risks and Solutions by Mike Robertson

March

• Session 1 – Demystifying SOP-IBP by Stuart Harman
• Session 2 – Future of Supply Chain Management by George Bearzot
• Session 3 – International Freight-Logistics Transport Companies by Sam Phillips
• Session 4 – Presentation Literacy – How to Get Your Presentation to the Next Level by Rolene Liebenberg
• Session 5 and 6 – Beer Game by Steven Thacker
• Session 7 and 8 – Applying Simple Cost to Serve Techniques to Boost Profitability by Rob OByrne
• Session 9 – Teamwork – Crash Landed in the Desert by Steven Thacker
• EXTRA POST ACADEMY VIDEO ON COST TO SERVE

Supply Chain Leaders Academy of 2016

November

• Session 1 – The 5 Key Supply Chain Levers by Rob O’Byrne
• Session 2 – Merchant Independence by Ben Nowlan
• Session 3 – Lean Manufacturing by Ian Roberts
• Session 4 – Stakeholder Engagement by Louise Ledbrook
• Session 5 – You First or Next 100 Days by Andrew Bray
• Session 6 – How to Effectively Position Yourself to Grow your Career by Iain Wilson
• Session 7 – Building and Implementing a Global Supply Chain Strategy – the TWE example by Tim Ford
• Session 8 – Improve Personal brand to Leverage Networking Relationships by Julia Palmer
• Session 9 – How To Sell A Complex Idea Quickly And Easily by Simon Bowen

July

• Session 1 – Improving the bottom line in a Corporate Environment from an Operation Perspective by Rosita van Vuuren
• Session 2 – Creating a team with ‘flow’ by Heather Yelland
• Session 3 – Supply Chain Diagnostics Host Seats by Rob O’Byrne
• Session 4 – Supply Chain Management by Rob Hurley
• Session 5 – Warehousing Module by Malcom Walker
• Session 6 – Building Leaders skills by Craig Lardner
• Session 7 – Demonstrating Lean Principles by Steven Thacker
• Session 8 – Logistics Outsourcing by Rob O’Byrne and Steven Thacker
• Session 9 – The Circular Economy by Dean Parsons
• Session 10 – Managing Change Using the 9 Human Instincts by Andrew O’Keefe

March

• Session 1 – Reading People at a Glance by Paul Blackburn
• Session 2 – Time Management by Steven Thacker
• Session 3 – Pacific Brands logistics journey by Derek Kent
• Session 4 – Who’s looking at the numbers? by John O’Brien
• Session 5 – Transformational Management by David Keevill
• Session 6 – Procurement at Holcim by Kelly Irwin
• Session 7 – Supply Chain Risk Optimisation by Lesley Gregg and Niall Coburn
• Session 8 – Product Slotting in a conventional racked warehouse by John Monck and Mal Walker

Supply Chain Leaders Academy 2015

November

• Session 1 – Improve Personal Brand to Leverage Networking Relationships by Julia Palmer
• Session 2 – Supply Chain Project Traction by Rob O’Byrne
• Session 3 – Marketing an Idea so it Lands with Maximum Impact by Simon Bowen
• Session 4 – eCommerce Supply Chain an Express Perspective by Chitra Shinde
• Session 5 – Transformational Technology For Non-Techies by Simon Bowen
• Session 6 – Effective Trade Management by Robert Flemming
• Session 7 – Not All Businesses are the Same by David Clare
• Session 8 – Inventory Optimisation – with a Twist! by Barry McDonnell
• Session 9 – The Transformation of the Dulux Supply Chain by Neale Rodgerson

July

• Introduction – Supply Chain Leaders Academy 2 of 2015
• Session 1 – BHAGs (Big Hairy Audacious Goals) by Steven Thacker
• Session 2 – Supply Chain Strategy made easy by Rob O’Byrne
• Session 3 – Supply Chains Game of Clones by George Wigan
• Session 4 – Video not available for confidentiality purposes
• Session 5 – Business Agility through Change Leadership by Clayton Noble
• Session 6 – Common Contract Law Beliefs by Tetyana Wotton
• Session 7 – Key Learnings and Tips from a 3PL Insider by Bas Huibers
• Session 8 – Thinking outside the Square by Derek O’Donnell

March

• Introduction – Supply Chain Leaders Academy 1 of 2015
• Session 1 – From Better to Right by Grattan Smith
• Session 2 – NSW Ports by Adem Long
• Session 3 – Supply Chain as a Strategic Advantage by Sacha Kersten
• Session 4 – Fleet Optimisation and the Implications by Rob O’Byrne
• Session 5 – Logistics Safety Risks and Solutions by Mike Robertson
• Session 6 – The 12 Most Prominent Distribution Centre Implementation Issues by Malcolm Walker
• Session 7 – Strategic Sourcing by Miki Cooke
• Session 8 – High Impact Negotiation Skills Tips by Tyler Hall 1
• Session 9 – High Impact Negotiation Skills Tips by Tyler Hall 2
• Session 10 – Making your Business Extraordinary by Paul Dunn

Supply Chain Leaders Academy 2014

November

• Session 1 – Supply Chain Leadership From Knowledge Base Zero by Alison Buxton
• Session 2 – Procurement Transformation by Craig Lardner
• Session 3 – Innovation Tank by Lance Orsmond
• Session 4 – Peer Discussions
• Session 5 – Freight Forwarding by Robert Flemming
• Session 6 – Legal Risks In Procurement by Tetyana Wotton
• Session 7 – SC Transformation at Goodman Fielder by Rob Rogers
• Session 8 – Advocacy on Efficient Supply Chain by Michael Kilgariff
• Session 9 – Collaborative Tendering by Steven Thacker
• Session 10 – How to create Rapid Change by Darren Stephens

July

• Session 1 – The Interface and Models Between Logistics and Strategic Supply/Procurement by David Harrison
• Session 2 – Australia’s Largest and Most Complex Supply Chain and Logistics Transformation by Ingilby Dickson
• Session 3 – Demand Planning by Steven Thacker
• Session 4 – 3PL by Steve Thompsett
• Session 5 – Chain of Responsibility by Mike Wood
• Session 6 – Question and Answer by Rob O’Byrne
• Session 7 – Managing Your Career by Mike Owen
• Session 8 – Changing the Mindset Around What Logistics Success Really Looks Like at AutoNexu by Michael Sommerton
• Session 8 – Changing the Mindset Around What Logistics Success Really Looks Like at AutoNexu by Michael Sommerton
• Session 9 – Motivational by Andrew Powell

March

• Session 1 – Supply Chain Management in Action by Dean Stroessenreuther
• Session 2 – Inventory Management by Steven Thacker
• Session 3 and 4 – A deep dive into the wonderful world of Network Modelling by Rob O’Bryne
• Session 5 – Transforming Kmart’s shelf to source supply chain by David Matheson
• Session 6 – Demand Planning – Under the Hood by Yuri Verjoustinsky
• Session 7 – The Power of alignment and engagement in supply chain by David Hix
• Session 8 – Leadership in Logistics by Michael Bragg
• Session 8 – Peer Mentoring
• Session 9 – Leadership and Change Management by Steph Partridge

Supply Chain Leaders Academy 2013

October

• Session 1, 2, and 3 – The Beer Game by Steven Thacker
• Session 4 – The Iconic Story, and the Online Supply Chain World-Challenges by Adam Jacobs
• Session 5 – Supply Chain Management in Action- Case Study by Misha Shliapnikoff
• Session 6 – Freight- Transport Rates, Carriers & the Dark Art of Negotiation by John Cole
• Session 7 – The Warehouse Group Supply Chain and Business Model Initiatives by Mark Powell
• Session 8 – MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Operational) Supply Chains by Keiran Hogan
• Session 9 – Confectionary Supply Chains by Garry Lake
• Session 10 – Solving the Mindset Riddle by Paul Blackburn

July

• Session 1 – Sales and Operations Planning by Steven Thacker
• Session 2 – Commecial Shipping 101 + Some Basic Practical Dos and Don’ts by Richard Steven
• Session 3 – Part 1: A Deep Dive into the Wonderful World of Warehousing Analytics and Design by Mal Walker
• Session 4 – Part 2: A Deep Dive into the Wonderful World of Warehousing Analytics and Design by Mal Walker
• Session 5 – Cost to Serve A Step by Step ‘How to’ with Case Study by Rob O’Byrne
• Session 6 – Real life examples of Supply Chain management ‘in action’ by Megan Sunderland
• Session 7 – Show and Tell- Equipment Pooling and Management by Dean Parsons
• Session 8 – Pfizer Supply Chain and Business Model Initiatives- Case Study by Madonna McLaughlin
• Session 9 – Mentoring and Coaching Peer Session
• Session 10 – Project Managing Supply Chain Integration by Simon Wrangham

March

• Session 1 – Strategic Supply Chain Imperatives and Case Study by Rob O’Byrne
• Session 2 – Transport Initiatives, Tips and Challenges by John Cole
• Session 3 – Cost to Serve by Rob O’Byrne
• Session 4 – Procurement Transformation by Craig Lardner
• Session 5 – Navigating Logistics and Distribution Decision Making in a Rapidly Changing World by Glen Borg
• Session 6 – History of Logistics by Rob O’Byrne
• Session 7 – Benchmarking for Supply Chains – Best Practice by Steven Thacker
• Session 8 – Logistics Outsourcing by Rob O’Byrne
• Session 9 – 4PL – Outstanding Service at a Lower Cost – An Innovative Solution by Tim Ford
• Session 10 – Successful Leadership Using Human Instincts by Andrew O’Keefe