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This Week In Supply Chain Now: August 2nd-6th
Stay up to date on all the latest conversations, interviews, and episodes we released this week here at Supply Chain Now.
On Monday’s episode of Supply Chain Now, Scott Luton and Greg White discuss the U.S. Bank 2021 Q2 Freight Payment Index with Bobby Holland of U.S. Bank & John Janson with Sanmar.
On This Week in Business History, Kelly Barner shares the best and most interesting bits of historical business trivia, all occurring during the first week in August.
We also released an episode of Supply Chain Now en Español with Enrique Alvarez and Demo Perez featuring Felisa Preciado.
On Tuesday we released another Logistics With Purpose episode! Hosts Enrique Alvarez and Kristi Porter welcomed Alice Brown with GoodSteps to the show.
Another show that was in the mix this week was TECHquila Sunrise with Greg White. This is the 2nd part of a great conversation with RateLinx CEO Shannon Vaillancourt, where they discussed 3 Keys to turn supply chain visibility into action.
On Wednesday, Tim Nelson with Hope for Justice joined Scott Luton and Greg White. They discussed their noble efforts to eradicate slavery and human trafficking in the supply chain throughout the world.
On Thursday, we released a replay of the Supply Chain Buzz, Presented by OMNIA Partners. Scott and Greg discussed the top news in supply chain and special guest Amanda Luton shared her consumer perspective on back to school and holiday shopping concerns.
On Friday, Scott Luton and special host Jenny Froome, COO of SAPICS, were joined by BanQu CEO Ashish Gadnis and tackled the question: can blockchain eradicate extreme poverty?
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