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From Afterthought to Advantage: Reverse Logistics at Enterprise Scale

In this episode of Supply Chain Now, Scott Luton sits down with two leaders shaping the future of reverse logistics from the floor to the classroom: Troy Campbell, Director of Reverse Logistics Centers at The Home Depot, and Dr. Glenn Richey, Jr., Harbert Eminent Scholar in Supply Chain Management at Auburn University.

Why Supply Chain Visibility Is Not Enough with Infor’s Monica Truelsch

In 2022, visibility is so much more than “Where’s my stuff?” Join Scott and Karin as they discuss the rise of multi-enterprise supply chain business networks with Infor’s Monica Truelsch. You’ll get Monica’s nuanced perspective on visibility as a combination of insights related to supplier capability, network capacity and financial viability…

Why Scale Matters: Innovating the Cold Chain With DHL’s Jim Saponaro

From delivering vaccines to propelling new healthcare innovations onto the global scene, DHL Supply Chain Vice President of Life Sciences and Healthcare Jim Saponaro has had a big year—and so has his company. Scott and Greg were lucky enough to grab some time with him to discuss the company’s unprecedented growth, the importance of scale along the…

Supply Chain Now Episode 410

Humanitarian work – and, more specifically, humanitarian logistics – is a highly specialized practice. There is always uncertainty and unpredictability that must be overcome in the process of meeting global needs. The goal in most cases is to find creative ways to meet short term needs while also contributing to sustainable transformations that improve living conditions for the long-term.

TECHquila Sunrise – Episode-31

Greg welcomes Dawn Salvucci-Favier, Chief Product Officer & Acting CEO of Greenscreens.ai. Dawn shares the dynamics of the Logistics Service Provider (LSP) market and what makes it such a challenge for Brokers, 3PLs to quote shipping lanes & value-added services in this fast-paced industry.

Supply Chain Now – Episode-453

Through a series of professional twists and turns, Eric Rempel went from studying computer engineering in math in college to industrial engineering, consumer packaging, and – finally – freight brokerage. Fortunately for him, it was a highly entrepreneurial environment, one that gave him plenty of opportunities to learn and innovate.
Eric Rempel, Chief Innovation Officer at Redwood Logistics

 

Through a series of professional twists and turns, Eric Rempel went from studying computer engineering in math in college to industrial engineering, consumer packaging, and – finally – freight brokerage. Fortunately for him, it was a highly entrepreneurial environment, one that gave him plenty of opportunities to learn and innovate.

Continuing in that spirit, today he is focused using on Redwood Logistics’ serverless platform to solve problems without writing code. The platform can handle data integrations, trading, partner integration, sending data to data warehouses, anything that requires natively moving pieces of information from one system to another.

In this conversation, Eric tells Supply Chain Now Co-hosts Greg White and Scott Luton:

· Why it is a good thing when a customer approaches his team with an “absurd” request or goal, especially when you have a great team to throw at the problem

· How communication continues to be a challenge, whether that means human communication or communication between systems

· That doing something for a long time doesn’t automatically make you an innovator or an authority on that subject