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April 8, 2025
Meet the Supply Chain Now Host: Jake Barr
Supply Chain Now is the voice of the supply chain industry, and our hosts are experts in the field. Podcast listeners and webinar viewers tune in to hear the sage advice of host Jake Barr, heralded as an architect of global supply chain strategy and creator of “profit powerhouses.” Earning His Spot on Stage Barr today is the CEO of BlueWorld Supply Chain Consulting, which provides support to such Fortune 500 companies as Cargill, Caterpillar, 3M, PepsiCo, and Pfizer and helps them bring products to market. “We place a premium on accelerating speed to market by leveraging supply chain transformation,” he says. “The result is better operating margin performance and the opportunity to drive faster growth in revenue.” During his more than 33 years with Procter & Gamble, Barr served as the global director of supply network operations and led the end-to-end planning transformation project, which created control towers that now manage the daily business globally and earned him recognition as the architect for the company’s demand-driven supply chain strategy. He served on the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics advisory council for its Supply Chain 2020 Project, was named to the League of Leaders for retail and consumer goods…
June 5, 2020
This Week in Supply Chain Now: June 1st – 5th
Another great week here at Supply Chain Now! Have you listened to all the episodes? If not, you can check them all out here: On Monday, Scott and Greg chatted with Tim Dooner with FreightWaves, about working from home and how it will work going forward, brokers and owner-operators, and more! Supply Chain Now · “What the Truck is Going On: Tim Dooner with FreightWaves” On Tuesday we were overwhelmed by the passion for supply chain and the positivity of Jamin Alvidrez with Freight Tribe! Supply Chain Now · “Meet Jamin: Supply Chain Vet Shows How to Unleash Positivity” On Wednesday we welcomed Supply Chain Now vets Claudia Freed with EALgreen and Chuck Easley with the Georgia Tech Supply Chain and Logistics Institute back to the show to discuss education and the future of supply chain. Supply Chain Now · “Supply Chain Lessons Learned from Pandemic: Claudia Freed & Chuck Easley” Scott and Greg were joined by Cathy Morrow-Roberson with Logistics Trends and Insights for the Supply Chain Buzz, discussing the top news in supply chain for this week. Supply Chain Now · “UPS Rate Changes & More: Supply Chain Buzz…