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Stay up to date on all the latest conversations, interviews, and episodes we released this week here at Supply Chain Now! We started this week off with a very special episode of Supply Chain Now. Host Scott Luton and co-host Jenny Froome interview Ramatu Abdulkadir the Head of Pharmacy Department for the National Ear Care Centre at Kaduna. One of the main topics of discussion are the huge supply chain challenges that Africa is facing right now. For Monday’s This Week In Business History episode, Scott Luton gives insight on 3 different figures and how their contributions were critical and aligned with humanity & our march forward. On Tuesday, we released a TEK TOK classic episode with host Karin Bursa and guest host from Supply Chain Now Scott Luton. For this episode, they get to chat with one of the top 50 retail technology influencers, Paula Rosenblum. Paula is also the Founder and Managing Partner for RSR Research. On Wednesday we released an episode of Supply Chain Now with Scott Luton. He had a great conversation with author and the founder of The Memo, LLC, Minda Harts. These two talk about the importance of asking for what you need and…

Special Guest Blog Post written by Gary Smith, CPIM-F, CSCP-F, CLTD-F, Author of “The Bridge,” Supply Chain Engineer, and Educator   1. Do Supply Chains exist in the public sector? The short answer is “YES!” I spent the first 25 years of my career in the private sector where I worked in warehouse operations, industrial engineering, and consulting, all in the logistics andsupply chain area. I cut my teeth on retail, automotive, chemical, food and beverage, publishing, and manufacturing. During that time, I also completed projects for the public sector in education and for the Department of Defense. In 2005 I was named Director of Supply Chain Operations for the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA). We operated a 200,000 sq. ft. warehouse that shipped repair material to 335 developments in New York’s five boroughs. In 2013, I was named Vice President of Supply Logistics for New York City Transit, the largest public transportation organization in North America. We operated over 1.5 million sq. ft. of warehouse space covering all of New York City. Several years ago, I was on a national committee for the Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM). We created this elevator speech to describe Supply Chain…