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Advancing Sustainability at Goodyear Through A Commitment to Team Excellence

When Goodyear’s customers call for supply chain sustainability, they want the company to prioritize sustainable materials, zero emissions, and processes that emphasize circularity. But they also want Goodyear to demonstrate stewardship of more than what happens inside their own four walls. They want the company to be able to…

Supply Chain Now Episode 651

Pull up a chair as we chat music and moonshine with country music singer and founder of Grandaddy Mimm’s Distilling Co. Tommy Townsend. Hailing from Hiawasee, Georgia, he takes us from his musical roots through the ins and outs of growing distribution channels, making moonshine slushies, and pivoting to do good in a pandemic]…

Supply Chain Now Episode 647

In this episode of the Manufacturing Leadership series on Supply Chain Now, Scott and special guest host Billy Taylor welcome Peggy Gulick with Kohler to the show.

This Week in Business History Episode 50

In this episode, host Scott W. Luton delves into the story of Dr. Lillian Gilbreth, whom many refer to as “the Mother of Modern Management” and “America’s First Lady of Engineering”. Scott shares how she defied the societal norms of the day to not only earn advanced degrees & respect…

Supply Chain Now Episode 616

In this episode of the Supply Chain Buzz on Supply Chain Now, powered by OpenText, Scott and Greg discuss the top news in supply chain this week. For this special “Manufacturing Monday” issue of the buzz, Scott and Greg welcome Billy Taylor with LinkedXL to the podcast.

Supply Chain Now Episode 610

Manufacturing is a difficult space to be in – especially in the United States. Margins and demand have been eroding over the years as global competition has arisen and supply chains have moved offshore. For any company to survive this competitive landscape, they need leaders who are clear-sighted, empathetic, and ready to roll their sleeves up and get dirty. Aneesa Muthana is the CEO of Pioneer Service, a contract manufacturer of precision machine parts…

Supply Chain Now – Episode-424

Every entrepreneur needs a ‘why,’ and Shane Buerster found his ‘why’ on a coffee plantation while watching a young boy – just 8 or 9 years old – swing a machete to clear overgrowth near the edge of a field. Rather than playing baseball, or going to school, or spending time with his friends, that little boy was helping his family put food on the table.

Supply Chain Now – Episode-425

There are plenty of people with sourcing responsibility that landed there after staring on other career paths, and yet few people’s backgrounds prepare them for that as well as Keith Saunders’ degree in chemical engineering. He has worked at companies such as Intel Corp, Newell Brands, Ingersoll Rand, and Pall Corp, and each role has allowed him to use a combination of his chemical knowledge and engineering thought process.

Supply Chain Now – Episode-429

When the world was hit by waves of shutdowns in March of 2020, it meant different things for different companies. Grenzebach not only sent all employees to work from home, they also had to make the tough decision to stop operations in their manufacturing plants and pull a team off of an installation project in Mexico – without abandoning the customer.