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Supply Chain is Boring – Episode-8

In the part 2 interview with John Hill, he continues to stress the importance of improving processes before implementing technology. In other words, what is your why? It sounds like common sense but from my experience you improve project success when the goals and realistic expectations have been defined.

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-426

The field of customer experience management (or “CX”) has only formally been around since the early 2000’s, but it has quickly grown to be one of the most important areas of investment for companies. Whether they have responsibility for big companies, small companies, startups, or government organizations, leadership teams want to make sure their customers are happy, and that success stories reach new prospective customers.

Supply Chain Now – Episode-427

In this episode of Supply Chain Now, Scott and Greg share the top stories in supply chain for the week for the Supply Chain Buzz. In this week’s episode, Scott and Greg welcome Andrew Kelley with BoxLock to the podcast.

Supply Chain Now – Episode-428

The ‘TECHquila Sunrise’ Series on Supply Chain Now shares the latest investments, acquisitions, innovations, and glorious implosions in Supply Chain Tech every week. If you are looking for a podcast about ‘so-and-so signed a contract with such and such,’ or ‘they just released version 20 of that same technology you didn’t buy last year,’ this is the wrong podcast for you.

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.

Supply Chain Now – Episode-431

As we fight to climb back from the hardships caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, there are a lot of people looking for silver linings. Kelly Scheib, Vice President of Human Resources at Proterra, found hers in the 2008-2009 recession. After weeks of being sent to lay people off, she realized that if she could minimize overtime and negotiate down healthcare benefits, she could keep more people employed.

Supply Chain Now – Episode-433

Despite the all-consuming pandemic, there are still a few overarching trends that are changing what is required of companies and their supply chains. They include talent, technology, and automation. Not only are these trends leading to sustained operational changes, they are impacting each other at the same time.

Supply Chain Now – Episode-434

The ‘TECHquila Sunrise’ Series on Supply Chain Now shares the latest investments, acquisitions, innovations, and glorious implosions in Supply Chain Tech every week. If you are looking for a podcast about ‘so-and-so signed a contract with such and such,’ or ‘they just released version 20 of that same technology you didn’t buy last year,’ this is the wrong podcast for you. But if you are looking for real news and innovation, welcome to the Sunrise.

Supply Chain Now Episode 604

In this episode of Supply Chain Now, Scott and Greg welcomed Jaco Maass to the podcast to talk about supply chain leadership across Africa.

This Week in Business History Episode 42

In this special episode of This Week in Business History, host Scott W. Luton welcomes Dr. Troy Montgomery to the show, who brings a ton of perspective as it relates to business lessons learned from recent history. The conversation covers a wide range of topics, including…