It’s not easy being the new kid in town—but it’s great preparation for a career in supply chain, especially post-2020. Vice President of Global Logistics at Stanley Black & Decker Dennis Flynn knows this all too well, and he has put the adaptive skills he built throughout his itinerant childhood to good use over the past few years, adjusting to new logistics realities…
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Why Time to Value Matters with Supply Chain Transformation
GAINSystems Co-Founder Bill Benton is setting big targets—and helping customers hit them. As companies clamor for more digital transformation — yet struggle for years to see any ROI — Bill’s team is taking a discovery-based approach to help customers speed time-to-value across three, six and twelve month targets. Lucky for us, he’s also sitting down with Karin…
Can Supply Chain Change South Africa—and the World? A Conversation with MJ Schoemaker of SAPICS
Get bored easily? Want to work with the latest technologies? Then supply chain could be the profession for you. It certainly has been for MJ Schoemaker, President of the Board of Directors of SAPICS. Join Scott and special guest cohost Jenny Froome as they chat with MJ about her career trajectory, what makes the South African supply chain stand out, the silver lining of…
Power, Access, Trust: Why You Need Deeper Supplier Relationships With OMNIA Partners
Port congestion. Bottlenecks. Parts shortages. Limited access to raw materials. Even fewer drivers. We could go on – but if you’re in the manufacturing business, chances are you’re already familiar with the myriad of supply chain challenges that threaten successful product delivery. There’s no doubt that the game is changing…
TEKTOK Classic: 6 Levers Driving Digital + Physical Success
In this episode of TEKTOK, powered by Supply Chain Now, host Karin Bursa welcomes Craig Ablin, owner of CABLIN Consulting, to discuss the six levers that drive digital and physical supply chain success.
TEKTOK Live: Industry Titan Art Mesher Unabashedly Unleashed
How often do you get the chance to hear from someone who founded not just a company but an entire industry framework? Well, the opportunity has arrived. We sat down with Art Mesher, author of the “Three V’s” – visibility, velocity, and variability – and member of the Supply Chain Hall of Fame (2016) to revisit how his ideas apply to the…
Visibility is Not Enough: How to be Data Driven with RateLinx’s Nate Endicott & Andrew Hooser
Let’s face it: data is only as valuable to your supply chain as the prescriptive actions you can derive from it. And no one understands that better than RateLinx’s Nate Endicott and Andrew Hooser. We sat down with them to discuss the changing landscape of supply chain visibility, the value of a…
Supply Chain Now – Episode-592
Lots of companies have a wealth of data that they plan to do something with ‘someday,’ and Milwaukee Tool was no exception. What makes them different, is the decision they made early in the pandemic to prioritize their ‘someday’ data initiatives and start working on them immediately. Their short-term goal was to make consumption and monitoring trends more available and prescriptive for their planners.
Supply Chain Now – Episode-476
Although companies have been trying to improve their demand forecasting and planning for years, it is still an inexact science. A better approach is now emerging – one that does not try to look into the future, but instead uses technology to connect demand and inventory in real time.
Episode 568
In this episode of TEKTOK, powered by Supply Chain Now, host Karin Bursa welcomes Craig Ablin, owner of CABLIN Consulting, to discuss the six levers that drive digital and physical supply chain success.