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This Week on Supply Chain Now: November 30th – December 4th

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 welcomed Mark Messina & Simon Houghton of Geek+ to the podcast!

 

 

Scott and Greg also welcomed Mike Griswold from Gartner to SCN Live to talk about all the latest supply chain news.

 

 

On Tuesday, Scott and Greg welcome Allison Krache Giddens of Win-Tech, Inc. to the podcast in collaboration with AIAG’s Supply Chain Summit.

 

 

Michael Neme joined host Jamin Alvidrez on Logistics & Beyond on Tuesday as well to share his mindset and some of the keys to his passion: Supply Chain Consultative Sales.

 

 

On Wednesday, Scott and Greg welcomed Karin Bursa and Jamin Alvidrez for the Supply Chain Buzz, to discuss the top news in supply chain for the week.

 

 

Also, Scott and Greg discussed the top news in supply chain with special guest, Guy Courtin of 6 River Systems

 

 

On TECHquila Sunrise this Thursday, Greg White welcomed Kinaxis CEO John Sicard to the podcast. 

 

 

And on Friday, we ended the week with Scott & Greg sitting down with special guests Tim Quinn from Candid & Kevin Coy of AGG to talk about effective cloud strategies.

 

 

Which was your favorite episode this week? Never miss an episode by subscribing to Supply Chain Now! Make sure you tune in next week for more great conversation, timely topics, and exceptional guests.

 

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