About John Gattorna

Over the last 25 years, John Gattorna has earned an international reputation in the supply chain management field. He is a renowned lecturer and task force leader, and has a strong conceptual capacity, combined with a pragmatic approach to solving complex business problems.

Despite a demanding work schedule in industry and commerce John has been, and still is, a prolific writer, having published 10 books and numerous articles in his areas of interest. Many of his books have been translated into Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Portuguese, Spanish & Italian language editions.
His most recent books are as follows:

Dynamic Supply Chain Alignment, Gower Publishing, London, June 2009 A New Business Model for Peak Performance in Enterprise Supply Chains Across All Geographies Available through www.gowerpublishing.com/johngattorna

Living Supply Chains: How to mobilize the enterprise around delivering what your customers want. Published May 2006, FT Prentice Hall, Financial Times. Available through Pearson Books

Living Supply Chains: How to mobilize the enterprise around delivering what your customer want INDIAN SUBCONTINENT edition published by Dorling Kindersley (India) Pty Ltd publishing as Pearson Power First Impression, 2008 ISBN 81-317-1617-1

Living Supply Chains: How to mobilize the enterprise around delivering what your customer want CHINESE VERSION edition published by Publishing House of Electronics Industry, Beijing, 2007

Living Supply Chains (Italian Edition) Supply chain Management: Massimizzare il servizio e ottimizzare I costi, Pearson Education, Milano, 2007.

In the early 1990s John was one of the original co-developers of the 'Strategic Alignment' concept. He has continued to research and develop this powerful framework, now renamed ‘Dynamic Alignment’ applying it specifically to the design and management of supply chains. Some of his latest thinking in this regard can be found in his various keynote addresses at conferences and seminars during 2003 and 2007.

As a direct result of John's pioneering work in developing the ‘Dynamic Alignment’ concept, he has developed a rapid interactive workshop format designed specifically for in-company use with executive teams. This format was used in July 2004 at the inaugural Supply Chain Executive Forum (7-9 July, 2004), held at the Hyatt Regency, Coolum, Queensland (see www.uow.edu.au/bized/) and again at subsequent Forums in 2005, 2006, and 2008.

In 2001, John was awarded the 2001 SMART Conference Award For Excellence, "In recognition of his outstanding contribution in the field of supply chain management" - 24th May 2001.

In March 2006, John was appointed to the Accenture Supply Chain Capability Development Advisory Board.

Furthermore, until recently John held active Board positions on two major charitable organisations:

Bowel Cancer & Digestive Research Institute Australia, Chairman of the Board, (2000 - 2004)
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Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Board Director, (2001 - 2004)
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