Sneha Kumari a self-proclaimed supply chain nerd, always seeking solutions to supply chain challenges. She is also a proud mom of two little supply chain nerds in training, a six-sigma green belt certified professional with over a decade of experience leading quality supply chain and operational activity organizations and recognized as one of the few Operations Women Leaders by McKinsey and Co. in the field of operations. She joins Sarah to discuss how to make process improvements to drive cost savings that directly impact your bottom line. Learn more about Sneha in this latest episode of What The Duck?! Another Supply Chain Podcast.Show Highlights:Family matters and pickle ballStarting in direct materials procurementSix Sigma Green Belt CertificationThe lesser the variation, the lesser the defectsLean advocacyMaking process improvementsGetting the right tools to make process improvementsTracking metrics to measure impactProcess improvement journey red flags Quotes:Sneha – Getting into direct materials procurement“I moved my team to more of an R&D space where we were doing new product introductions day in and day out working on new products. That’s when my interactions started with suppliers firsthand.”  Sneha – What it means to be a lean advocate “Lean is a mindset. Traditionally, lean talks about anything that’s value added in your organization – any process that is value added that your customers are willing to pay for… we should be using lean for reducing the waste in that process.”  Sneha– Making process improvements “I was talking about manually looking at your work orders, manually trying to assign people around, but why don’t you go out and look for a scheduling tool that could help you, enable you do this and give you the live data at your fingertips?”  Connect with Sneha and learn what she’s been duckin’ around with:About Sneha Connect with Sarah and find out more about what the duck she’s up to:About SarahSarah’s TweetsAbout SourceDaySourceDay WebsiteHad fun with the podcast? Leave us a like, share our content, and subscribe! See you soon on the next episode of What The Duck?!