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Lora Cecere is the Founder of Supply Chain Insights. She works with supply chain leaders to take teams to higher levels of excellence.Her research firm Supply Chain Insights is paving new directions in building thought-leading supply chain research. Lora loves to write and research is in her veins. She is the author of the enterprise software blog “Supply Chain Shaman." The blog focuses on the use of enterprise applications to drive supply chain excellence. Her co-authored book, Bricks Matter published in December, 2012 and her new book, Metrics that Matter publishes in December 2014. Lora writes monthly columns for Consumer Goods Technology and CSCMP Quarterly and actively blogs on LinkedIn as an Influencer and on Supply Chain Leadership on Forbes. As an enterprise strategist, Lora focuses on the changing face of enterprise technologies. Her research is designed for the early adopter seeking first mover advantage. Current research topics include the digital consumer, supply chain sensing, demand shaping and revenue management, market-driven value networks, accelerating innovation through open design networks, the evolution of predictive analytics, emerging business intelligence solutions, and technologies to improve safe and secure product delivery.She comes to the stage with over 35 years of diverse supply chain experience. She has spent nine years as an industry analyst with Gartner Group, AMR Research, Altimeter Group and is now the founder of her own firm. Prior to becoming a supply chain analyst, she spent fifteen years as a leader in the building of supply chain software at Manugistics and Descartes Systems Group, and twenty years as a supply chain practitioner at Procter & Gamble, Kraft/General Foods, Clorox, and Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream (now a division of Nestle).When not working, Lora is taking ballet, training for the triathlon season, or cooking up something special in the kitchen. She also loves textiles and is an avid quilter and knitter.

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