Outsourcing and global supply chains have been great for cost competition, but make no mistake û outsourcing introduces new vulnerabilities.
Outsourcing and global supply chains have been great for cost competition, but make no mistake – outsourcing introduces new vulnerabilities.
Thankfully, there are strategies that product development teams can employ to increase visibility and reduce risk across the supply chain. Join Rachel Yabut, Supply Chain Risk Manager from Palo Alto Networks and Paul Welch, Senior Product Manager from Arena Solutions to learn how to:
- Reduce supply chain risk with strategies to make better decisions earlier in the design process
- Increase visibility over product lifecycle
- Embrace tools for optimum part selection
About the Presenters
Rachel Yabut
Manager, Supply Chain Risk Management
Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks is a high growth network security company with more than 17,000 customers. Rachel most recently moved into a new leadership position created out of necessity – Manager, Supply Chain Risk Management – where her focus is on global supply chain risk assessment and mitigation, supplier risk and crisis management. Rachel has been highly successful leading an end-to-end supply chain management effort through development and execution of strategic planning using leading edge enterprise class best practices.
Paul Welch
Senior Product Manager
Arena Solutions
Paul joined Arena after spending over 20 years in the high tech electronics industry. During that time Paul has served in many key roles including product development, manufacturing, PLM management and quality. Paul is trained in Lean Sigma (Green Belt) and specializes in process improvement and PLM best practices.
