This episode explores:

• How the Top 25 and the supply chains it ranks have evolved over the past two decades. (1:10)
• The common themes and context among organizations that stood out this year. (3:38)
• Surprises and standouts among company rankings. (7:50)
• How the Top 25 leaders are incorporating environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) into their operations. (12:50)
• Recommendations for supply chain leaders based on practices from the Top 25 organizations. (14:07)

In this episode of the Gartner Supply Chain Podcast, hosts Thomas O’Connor and Lindsay Azim speak with Simon Bailey, Gartner VP Analyst and Top 25 Program Lead Author, on how both the program and supply chains have evolved in the last 20 years. Simon provides insight into this year’s rankings, macro trends, and specific examples of how organizations emerge as leaders across talent, sustainability, digitalization and risk and resilience. Simon also provides several recommendations for supply chain leaders seeking to drive value using transferable lessons from this year’s masters and supply chain leaders.

Simon Bailey is a VP analyst in Gartner’s CSCO enablement team, supporting CSCO’s strategy development in areas including customer centricity, ecosystem orchestration and sustainability. He is also the lead author for Gartner’s Top 25 program and recent published work includes The Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 for 2024: Insights on Leaders, The Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 for 2024: Methodology and The Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 for 2024: Rankings. He has also lead the Supply Chain Strategy Predicts process for several years and recently published Predicts 2024: Reshape Supply Chain Strategy to Outpace Disruption, and Use Ecosystem Partnerships to Achieve Sustainability Goals and collaborated on A Three-Step Approach for Driving Growth via the Supply Chain.

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