{"id":13034,"date":"2025-04-25T14:29:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T14:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/25\/real-world-lessons-in-supply-chain-from-industry-leader-denise-allec\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T18:02:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T18:02:56","slug":"real-world-lessons-in-supply-chain-from-industry-leader-denise-allec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/25\/real-world-lessons-in-supply-chain-from-industry-leader-denise-allec\/","title":{"rendered":"Real-World Lessons in Supply Chain From Industry Leader Denise Allec"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Seton Hall University<\/li>\n<li>Stillman School of Business<\/li>\n<li>News and Events<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>                                                                           Real-World Lessons in Supply Chain From Industry Leader Denise Allec                                                                                                                            <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/denise-allec-lessons-in-supply-chain-320x180px.jpg\" alt=\"Image of Denise Allec presenting\"\/>As part of the Stillman School\u2019s Spring Distinguished Lecture Series in supply chain management, Denise Allec, an                                     accomplished business and digital transformation leader, presented a lecture titled                                     \u201cUnlocking the Importance of Supply Chains\u201d that invited student participation and                                     explored real-world applications.<\/p>\n<p>With a career spanning companies such as Xerox, Deloitte, Bristol-Myers Squibb and                                     Boehringer Ingelheim, Allec shared insights from her extensive experience in manufacturing,                                     consulting and corporate IT. She is currently vice president of industry consulting,                                     global strategy and innovation at NTT Data, Inc., a Japanese multinational information                                     technology service and consulting company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Allec structured the event in a game-show-style format, posing questions to students                                     throughout the evening and offering cash prizes for correct answers. Topics included                                     supply chain fundamentals such as definitions, inventory turns, customer fulfillment                                     rates and real-world case studies. Students Kabir Ansari, Aidan Joyce and Christian                                     Hui took home top honors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI enjoyed answering questions and discussing current trends and disruptions in supply                                     chain, especially those relating to trucking, tariffs and job creation,\u201d said junior                                     Christian Hui, president-elect of Seton Hall\u2019s Association for Supply Chain Management                                     student chapter, which assists with event planning for the Speaker Series.<\/p>\n<p>Top quiz master Kabir Ansari, an information technology management major and part                                     of the University of Westminster exchange program, added, \u201cI\u2019m glad I attended this                                     presentation as it broadened my business knowledge and gave me insight into how vital                                     supply chain is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ken Jones, M.B.A., instructor in Stillman\u2019s Department of Computing and Decision Sciences, introduced Allec as his former colleague at Bristol-Myers Squibb. \u201cThe students                                     greatly benefited from learning from Denise about various elements of the supply chain,                                     such as product design and inventory turns, the discussion of several \u2018ripped from                                     the headline\u2019 topics, top employment opportunities in the supply chain function and                                     particularly the opportunity to win some fantastic prizes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The event also marked a special moment for senior Amelia Carson, outgoing ASCM president                                     who has been involved with the organization for the past three years. \u201cIt has been                                     an honor to serve ASCM in my time at Seton Hall, and I am grateful to have had Denise                                     Allec as my final speaker event as president,\u201d Carson said. \u201cShe was fun and engaging                                     and had extensive knowledge on many supply chain topics. The students gained invaluable                                     insights from her that they can carry with them as they advance in their careers.                                     It&#039;s exactly what I wanted to provide the Seton Hall community with!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sup-chain-den-2-320.jpg\" alt=\"Image of Denise Allec with a group of students.\"\/>Allec encouraged students to embrace any opportunity to get involved in an organization,                                     highlighting the value of learning by doing and being present. \u201cI cannot stress enough                                     the importance of hands-on experience,\u201d she said. \u201cI don\u2019t care where you start \u2014                                     you could start in the proverbial mail room at a company \u2014 but through osmosis, through                                     listening, through asking questions, through observing, you will learn so much about                                     a company and an industry as long as you&#039;re there, observing, being part of it and                                     seeing what&#039;s happening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Using examples from her consulting work, including a watch manufacturer\u2019s struggle                                     with responsiveness and over-customization, Allec illustrated how interconnected departments                                     \u2014 such as marketing, sales, procurement and logistics \u2014 all contribute to supply chain                                     performance.<\/p>\n<p>She also addressed several current challenges impacting global supply chains, including                                     the strategic control of the Panama Canal, international tariffs, trade imbalances,                                     labor shortages, COVID-era disruptions and the environmental costs of global shipping.<\/p>\n<p>Her overarching message was that supply chain knowledge is powerful and increasingly                                     essential in today\u2019s business world. 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She is currently vice president of industry consulting, global strategy and innovation at NTT Data, Inc., a Japanese multinational information technology service and consulting company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.<br \/>\n Allec structured the event in a game-show-style format, posing questions to students throughout the evening and offering cash pr..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tie-business","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13034"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13416,"href":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13034\/revisions\/13416"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}