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This Week In Supply Chain Now: April 18th – 23rd

Listen up! Catch up on all the latest episodes, interviews, conversations, and livestreams from this week right here.

On Monday, we released 3 new episodes!

On Supply Chain Now, hosts Scott Luton and Ben Harris welcomed Colton Griffin, CEO of Flourish Software, to talk about how the supply chain for cannabis operates and how it could influence the modern supply chain.

On This Week in Business History, host Scott W. Luton dives into 10 things that you may not know about the Suez Canal, a modern engineering marvel that has been the subject of global fascination recently.

On Supply Chain Now en Espanol, hosts Enrique and Jose Miguel welcome Ignacio Alcalde with TW Logistica to the podcast.

On Tuesday, we released 2 new episodes.

On this episode of TEKTOK, powered by Supply Chain Now, hosts Karin Bursa and Scott Luton welcome Transplace CEO Frank McGuigan to the podcast to discuss how disruptions drive supply chain innovations and advancements.

On TECHquila Sunrise, host Greg White sat down with Peter Stangeland, Chief Commercial Officer of DB Schenker, to talk about the exciting progress his teams have made in clearing the path to sustainability through innovative forms of transportation and his advice for companies that want to show real leadership on supply chain sustainability.

On Wednesday, hosts Scott Luton and Greg White welcome supply chain leaders Crystal Davis and Charles Walker back to the podcast to talk about the qualities of bad leaders and what makes a GOOD leader in business.

On Thursday, we released a replay of The Supply Chain Buzz, a Supply Chain Now livestream powered by OpenText that focuses on the top news in supply chain this week. In this episode Greg and Scott welcome Kevin L. Jackson to the show.

On Friday, Scott and Greg welcome Sherrika Sanders, PhD to the podcast to share her inspirational journey and career path as well as her humanistic leadership philosophy.

Which was your favorite episode? Make sure you tune in next week for more great conversation, timely topics, and exceptional guests on Supply Chain Now!

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