“I have put in a lot of hours on finding a job. It just didn’t fall in my lap. I applied to hundreds of jobs.”
-Laurie Melonja-Seall
How do you land a job in supply chain management without any supply chain experience? In today’s episode of Supply Chain is Boring, Chris sits down with non-traditional student and recent graduate Laurie Melonja-Seall, and listen as she outlines her approach.
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February 26, 2024
Future-Proofing Supply Chains: Unveiling Top Technology Trends with Mike Griswold from Gartner
Joining us for this episode of Supply Chain Now is Mike Griswold, Vice President of Research for Retail at Gartner. Here, we discuss Gartner’s Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2024 – a list of key innovations that can help organizations accelerate towards their business goals in the fast-evolving age of AI. Of these 10, Griswold deep dives into the three that he believes supply chain professionals and supply chain organizations need to be most aware of: #1 – Sustainable Technology: With customers paying ever greater attention to DE&I, environmental and governance practices, one wrong step could have catastrophic consequences. So, how can technologies play a role in enhancing sustainability practices and ensuring enterprises don’t end up in the limelight for the wrong reasons? #2 – Democratized Generative AI: Goldman Sachs reports that investment in AI globally should approach $200 billion just by 2025. So, how can everyone leverage AI to achieve more and be more successful, not just the technologists? What are the risks, and what are the opportunities? #3 – Augmented Connected Workforce: One of the biggest challenges facing the supply chain industry is attracting and retaining top talent. So, what role can technologies play in improving competency…
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The Buzz, Marketing Edition: Breaking Down Influencer Marketing, Prime Day, & Costco CX
The Buzz is Supply Chain Now’s regular Monday livestream, held at 12 noon ET each week. This show focuses on some of the leading stories from global supply chain and global business, always with special guests – the most important of which is the live audience! In this week’s episode of The Buzz, hosts Mary Kate Love and Katherine Hintz bring you the second marketing edition of The Buzz! Together they tackle top news by discussing: The uptick in influencer and celebrity marketing The impact of Amazon Prime Day on consumer shopping habits and supply chain, noting the potential strain on delivery and reverse logistics due to increased purchases and returns Costco’s decision to increase its membership fee due to inflation and rising supply chain costs, while maintaining a high customer retention rate The importance of customer experience for customer retention And so much more!