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Supply Chain Now Episode 370

Every leader has to have a vision, and Jamin’s vision is to become the ‘Ryan Seacrest’ of supply chain, bringing people together, showcasing their abilities, and helping them inspire others. It may not be the vision you expected to hear, but it captures Jamin’s unique perspective and positive energy perfectly.

Supply Chain Now Episode 380

What happens to the excess textiles that arrive at charities and thrift shops? Whitehouse and Schapiro buys secondhand textiles and sends them abroad where they can continue to add value to different economies rather than ending up in a landfill – helping the originating charity at the same time.

Supply Chain Now Episode 399

The business world loves nothing more than a story about a successful entrepreneur, unless, of course it is a successful social entrepreneur. For every success story, however, there are countless failures that never see the light of day. The greatest myth about the ones who ‘make it’ is that they have some sort of grand plan, when they may actually just be naively optimistic and dedicated enough to persevere.

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.

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

Supply Chain Now – Episode-463

While it is absolutely advantageous to have a learner mindset or a growth mindset, we’re not all born in that frame of mind. Many people have to learn to control or change their mindset, and it is an effort that never ends. That is the mindset journey that Ryan Schreiber, co-founder of Kinetic and Director of Engagement for CarrierDirect, now finds himself on.

Supply Chain Now – Episode-473

XPO Logistics is one of the largest transportation and logistics companies in the world. Today they do business in 43 countries and have over a hundred thousand employees. They invest over half a billion dollars in technology annually, a commitment that has allowed them to build high performing, sophisticated supply chains.

Supply Chain Now – Episode-479

Although many supply chain professionals are familiar with the concept of a transportation management system, or TMS, they may not fully understand the scope and complexity of what these systems have to be able to achieve. Far from ‘just moving freight,’ they are actually acting as the gatekeeper of the boundary systems between shippers, carriers, and trading partners

Supply Chain Now – Episode-483

In today’s episode of the Supply Chain Buzz, Scott and Greg discuss the top news in supply chain this week, and welcome special guests Kara Brown and Will Haraway with Lead Coverage to the podcast.

Supply Chain Now – Episode-492

Each year The Empty Stocking Fund brings JOY to the lives of 50,000 disadvantaged children throughout the Atlanta metro area. With COVID-19 impacting the 2020 Holiday season, it was time for a rapid transformation of the Santa Village Supply Chain.