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This Week In Supply Chain Now: August 23rd – 27th

Stay up to date on all the latest conversations, interviews, and episodes we released this week here at Supply Chain Now.

We started our week off by publishing a Digital Transformers episode hosted by Kevin L. Jackson. This week he welcomes special guest Trina Limpert with RizeNext.

On This Week in Business History, Scott shares a special story that is near and dear to his heart. This episode highlights Scott’s grandfather Dick Rutland. Scott highlights his grandfather’s experiences with Winn-Dixie and Kimberly Clark.

On Tuesday, we released an episode of TEKTOK with hosts Scott Luton and Karin Bursa. These two had the amazing opportunity to interview Matthew Harding SVP of Data Science & Engineering, and Ben Cubitt, SVP of Consulting and Network Services at Transplace.

For this episode of Supply Chain Now Scott and Greg had the opportunity to interview two important UPS figures: Daniel Gagnon, Vice President of Global UPS Healthcare Marketing and Strategy, and Tim Fosnough, Senior Director of UPS Global Freight Forwarding. During this conversation, UPS responses to the COVID-19 pandemic were discussed.

On Thursday, we also released another episode of the Supply Chain Buzz featuring Aaron Meredith from Verusen. Scott, Greg, and Aaron covered all the top news in supply chain, including the chip shortage and the effect it’s having on the auto industry.

On Friday’s episode of Supply Chain Now, hosts Scott and Greg are accompanied by Lora Cecere, and honor the “Great Connector,” Supply Chain pioneer, Roddy Martin.

On this week’s episode of Veteran Voices, Scott has a conversation with Marine veteran Raleigh Wilkins and US Director of Sales and Business Development for Esker, Dan Reeves. Military leadership was a topic for discussion and how time spent in a specific role doesn’t necessarily qualify a person to serve in that role.

Great content came across Supply Chain Now’s platform this week! What 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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