Kevin O'Marah, Forbes contributor

Women in Supply Chain: The Mary Barra Example

General Motors recently named a new chief financial officer — 39-year-old Harvard MBA Dhivya Suryadevara takes over starting in September. She joins a leadership team comprising five women among 11 directors, plus the heads of manufacturing, Alicia Boler Davis, and human resources, Kimberly Brycz. The boss is Mary Barra, CEO since 2014.

July 9, 2018

Kevin O'Marah, Forbes contributor

General Motors recently named a new chief financial officer — 39-year-old Harvard MBA Dhivya Suryadevara takes over starting in September. She joins a leadership team comprising five women among 11 directors, plus the heads of manufacturing, Alicia Boler Davis, and human resources, Kimberly Brycz. The boss is Mary Barra, CEO since 2014.

Opinion: Uber Your Supply Chain

May 26, 2017

Kevin O'Marah, Forbes contributor

The sharing economy, aka Uberization, may be the biggest disruptor to supply chain strategic thinking since lean. Surprisingly, it still ranks last among our Future of Supply Chain survey respondents as a "disruptive and important technology." I suspect this will change soon.

Opinion: Zen and the Art of Supply Chain

May 11, 2017

Kevin O'Marah, Forbes contributor

Late last month, Robert Pirsig died. For those who haven't heard of him, he wrote the classic philosophical novel whose title I have bastardized for this column: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. I first read it in the early 1980s while searching for a purpose in life. Its lasting message for me was all about the pursuit of quality.