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This Week In Supply Chain Now: September 13th – September 17th
Stay up to date on all the latest conversations, interviews, and episodes we released this week here at Supply Chain Now!
On Monday we started the week off with an episode of Supply Chain Now with Scott Luton and TEKTOK host Karin Bursa! The two welcomed COO of SAPICS, Jenny Froome, and the Business Development Executive at SAPICS, Tonya Lamb.
On Tuesday, we published a new episode of This Week In Business History with host Kelly Barner.
On Tuesday, Scott reflects on the 2021 global summit with Lora Cecere, Kelly Barner, and Kevin L. Jackson. These four talk about some of the most impactful conversations that happened during the event, including effective leadership and how it goes hand in hand with supply chain planning, and more.
On Wednesday we released an episode of Logistics With Purpose. This episode features Henok Berhanu, Founder & CEO of Carry 117, and Ashley Bohinc, Executive Director of Carry 117.
On Thursday we published a new episode of the Freight Insider with host Page Siplon. Page welcomed Christian Fischer, President and CEO of Georgia Pacific, to the show.
On Friday, we published the podcast version of our Monday Supply Chain Buzz livestream, with special guest, Mark Morley with OpenText. Scott, Greg, and Mark discussed the OpenText ConnecXions conference, and the top news in supply chain for the week.
We also released another episode of Supply Chain is Boring with host Chris Barnes on Friday. This episode is the continuation of the conversation from Dave Anderson with Supply Chain Ventures.
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