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This Week In Supply Chain Now: June 14th – 18th
Step up your supply chain strategy by checking out all the latest conversations, interviews, and episodes we released this week here at Supply Chain Now!
On Monday, we released 2 new episodes!
On this episode of Supply Chain Now, hosts Scott and Greg welcome Nicci Scott with Commercial Transport Academy and Jenny Froome with SAPICS for the next installment of the Supply Chain Across Africa series.
On This Week in Business History, host Scott W. Luton sheds light on 3 historical milestones that enabled us to move faster: cars, coasters, & computers.
On Tuesday, we released 2 new episodes!
On this episode of TEK TOK, host Karin Bursa takes us through 6 strategies to boost resilience, agility, and response in your organization’s supply chain.
On TECHquila Sunrise, we’re looking back on a “Sunrise Special” episode where host Greg White shares how venture capitalists decide which companies to invest in (and how much!).
On Wednesday, host Scott Luton welcomed Deborah Dull, Supply Chain Product Management at GE Digital, and Mucai Kunyiha, Chairman of the Kenya Association of Manufacturers and Group Chief Executive Officer of Kzanaka Ltd, to the podcast.
On Thursday, we released a replay of our Manufacturing Monday edition of the Supply Chain Buzz, brought to you in partnership with AME. In this episode, hosts Scott Luton and Greg White welcome Billy Taylor to the show to discuss the top news in supply chain and manufacturing for this week.
We ended the week on Friday with 2 episodes!
In this episode of Dial P for Procurement, co-hosts Kelly Barner and Scott Luton welcome Kim Winter, Founder & CEO of Logistics Executive Group, and Jacinta Taliauli, Senior Procurement Advisor at the Ministry for Pacific Peoples, for a conversation on the importance of culture, how to attract talented young professional to the field of procurement, and more!
In this classic episode of Veteran Voices, produced in partnership with VETS2INDUSTRY, our host Scott Luton welcomes John Cash, an Air Force Veteran as well as Founder & Professor of HBCU Esports and Gaming.
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