BCG’s Stefan Gstettner compares the “Bionic Supply Chain” – humans and machines using advanced technologies to collaborate far more effectively – with traditional supply chain approaches, in this excerpt from an interview with LokadTV. See the full episode here: The Bionic Supply Chain.

Stefan Gstettner co-leads Boston Consulting Group’s work in digital supply chain management (DSC) and logistics. He has in-depth experience in supply chain transformations across core industries.

Stefan’s current focus is helping clients achieve a bionic supply chain by leveraging the latest technologies and establishing world-class collaboration among employees and between humans and machines.

Stefan is also an adjunct professor at the MIT Global SCALE Network where he teaches a digital supply chain master class.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

EDUCATION

  • PhD, supply chain management, University of Cologne
  • MS, industrial engineering, Technical University of Braunschweig and Glasgow University

Publications and Videos

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Building the Bionic Supply Chain

Where digital efforts have fallen short—and how to use human-machine collaboration to take performance to the next level.
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How Blockchain Will Redefine Supply Chain Management

BCG’s Stefan Gstettner discusses how blockchain can transform supply chain management by automating relationships and building trust.
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A recipe for Supply Chain Control Tower success

Why do so many supply chain control towers fail? Because they are so much more than just another software project. BCG’s Gideon Walter and Stefan Gstettner spoke with supply chain executives at US and European companies representing diverse industries to gain a deeper understanding of the challenges.
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Why Supply Chain Control Towers Fail?

Check out the LinkedIn article.
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The Death of Supply Chain Management

Supply chain management is transforming, and the companies and managers working to update their ways of working will succeed.
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Does Your Supply Chain Need a Blockchain?

A collaboration between MIT Media Lab’s Digital Currency Initiative and BCG found that the new technology can help manage increasingly complicated and fluid networks of manufacturers and suppliers at a time when transparency, speed, and agility are critical.
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Three Paths to Advantage with Digital Supply Chains

Some companies are achieving dramatic returns on their digital investments, thanks to much more powerful technologies—and a set of key strategies.
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