Redefining the standards of the intimate apparel industry, filling punching bags and saving turtles. All in a day’s work for ThirdLove’s Marcus Chung. He’s led sustainability initiatives at some of the country’s top retailers, including Stitch Fix and Gap Inc. In this episode, he joins cohosts Enrique Alvarez and Kristi Porter to share his reflections on the evolution of corporate…
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TEKTOK Classic: 6 Strategies for Greater Supply Chain Resilience, Part 1
Resilience has become a priority for many CEOs, BODs, and supply chain leaders as they emerge from the global pandemic and address a multitude of supply chain disruptions. Tune into this episode of TEKTOK to explore Six Strategies to Gain Greater Supply Chain Resilience. Supply chain disruptions are not going away and our businesses will always navigate…
TEKTOK Classic: Retail Pulse Check with Paula Rosenblum
In this classic episode of TEKTOK on Supply Chain Now, hosts Karin Bursa and Scott Luton welcome Paula Rosenblum to the podcast for a retail pulse check.
The Top 3 Challenges for Supply Chains in Africa with Ramatu Abdulkadir
Fresh off the third African conference on operations and supply chain management in Kigali, Rwanda, the Supply Chain Maestro is back to catch us up on the latest in medical supply chain research – and much more. Co-hosts Scott Luton and Jenny Froome sit down with PhD student and supply chain expert Ramatu Abdulkadir to discuss top supply chain challenges…
Simplifying Supply Chain Concepts for Children: A Supply Jane Adventure
It is never too early to learn about supply chain management. Meg Preston takes a unique slant to help parents in supply chain management explain what they do all day to their children with her Supply Jane and Fifo books. She is also interested in getting more of the younger generation interested in STEM, and she makes it fun and interesting.
The Two Keys to Supporting Charitable Causes as a Corporation with Michael Broidy
What’s a hybrid non-profit? What’s the best way for a corporate entity to give back to the community? How does giving differ across private and public companies? What does charitable giving look like in the middle of a pandemic – and moving forward? Get all these answers and more on this latest episode with co-hosts Enrique Alvarez and Kristi Porter as they…
The Supply Chain Buzz for November 1st with Scott Luton and Greg White
In this episode of The Buzz, made possible in partnership with the team at Azul Arc, Supply Chain Now hosts Scott Luton and Greg White find the strength to rise above the temptation to discuss sandwiches for the entire hour (inspired by this week’s episode of This Week in Business History – 5 Things You Didn’t Know About the Sandwich Industry).
Fueling Excellent Customer Experience Through Visibility, Diversification, and Agility
Learn how a large shipper with large and diverse product and supplier portfolios delivers excellent customer experience amid constantly changing and uncertain global supply chain conditions, and join in the engaging discussion.
Why Automation Could Be the Key To Employee Engagement with Esker’s Dan Reeve
You’ve heard of automation “stealing” jobs – but what if it actually has the potential to attract and retain more workers? Everywhere you look across the supply chain, people are missing – but the impact is perhaps nowhere more apparent than in customer service, where some companies have lost up to 50% of reps. And in the absence of workers, those same…
Analysis of the U.S. Bank 2021 Q3 Freight Payment Index featuring Patricia Gabriel & Bobby Holland
U.S. Bank processed $29.7 billion in freight payment transactions in 2020. Those payments and the data that accompanies them are analyzed quarterly by Bobby Holland VP/Director of Freight Data Solutions at U.S. Bank and his team. The FPI report includes quarter over quarter, year over year, and full year data and analysis…
What’s Disrupting the 2021 Holiday Season? Featuring Dr. Glenn Richey, Auburn University Harbert College of Business
As we are heading into the 2021 holiday season, we are still living in a world full of supply chain disruptions. Earlier this week, we hit a new record. Between Long Beach and Los Angeles, there were more than 100 ships carrying over half a million shipping containers stuck off the coast of Southern California. It’s clear the pandemic created a cascading disruption…
Supplier Diversity Comes to the Forefront: The 2021 State of Supplier Diversity Report w Neeraj Shah
Of all the initiatives to grab the headlines over the last two years, none has united the global business community like the call for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). For procurement and supply chain teams, supplier diversity presents an opportunity to make an immediate difference in traditionally underrepresented communities and to ensure that their commitment…