Sierra-Cedar 2020 Finance and Supply Chain Management (SCM) Systems Survey

FSCM Survey

The Sierra-Cedar 2020 Finance and Supply Chain Management (SCM) Systems Survey, 3rd Annual Edition is now available until January 24, 2020. All responses are confidential and only used in aggregate results.

Topics covered in the Survey this year:

  • Strategy, process, and security
  • Adoption of all Finance and Supply Chain Management Technology applications
  • Deployment roadmaps, resourcing, and budgeting
  • Emerging and innovative technology

As a Thank You for your participation, you will receive the following:

  • A copy of the answers you’ve provided for your reference
  • An advance copy of the Sierra-Cedar 2020 Finance and Supply Chain Management Systems Survey White Paper, 3rd Annual Edition

The first 100 respondents will receive a $5 Starbucks card, and $100 Visa gift cards will be awarded to the 3rd, 103rd, and 1,003rd respondents.

Author: Carl Ralph

Carl Ralph is the Director of Supply Chain Engineering Services at Sierra-Cedar. He is a supply chain practitioner with experience leading Supply Chain operations across multiple industries ranging from Aerospace/Defense to Manufacturing to Telecom. He also has an extensive background in ERP implementation and support, having been an Oracle/PeopleSoft SCM consultant working for wholesalers, healthcare including the nation’s largest pediatric hospital, and financial institutions including the International Monetary Fund. He was trained in Lean Operations directly by Toyota Production System (TPS) and received graduate education in Supply Chain Engineering at MIT. In addition to his duties at Sierra-Cedar, he serves as an ad hoc advisor to venture capital investment teams when they need expertise related to the supply chain field. He is also engaged in supply chain research projects with MIT, Ohio and Penn State Universities. His passion, however, is in getting his clients the results that make them successful in addressing their most significant supply chain issues, to implement those solutions, and provide transitional support once the solutions are up and running.