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This Week In Supply Chain Now: May 10th – 14th
Get ready to increase your supply chain IQ! We’re looking back on the latest episodes, interviews, conversations, and livestreams from this week right here.
On Monday, we released 2 new episodes!
In this episode of Digital Transformers,hosts Kevin L. Jackson and Scott Luton learn about the power of the IBM cloud ecosystem from Brian Fallon, Vice President of Global Sales for the IBM Partner Ecosystem.
On This Week in Business History, Kelly Barner dives into the rise of Warren Buffet, the completion of the transcontinental railroad, some interesting business birthdays, & the invention of the tubeless tire.
On Tuesday, we released 2 new episodes!
On this episode of Supply Chain Now, Gugulethu Hughes, Founder of Clinch, joins our hosts Scott and Greg to share the number one challenge for the startup economy in Africa, why corporate social responsibility programs are falling short in eliminating child labor, & more.
On TECHquila Sunrise, host Greg White welcomed stealthy startup co-founder and Venture Partner at Kubera Venture Capital, Sena Zorlu, to look into the minds of investors, revealing what makes them tick and how founders can communicate clearly with them.
On Wednesday, we released an episode in our Reverse Logistics Series in collaboration with the Reverse Logistics Association. In this episode, Joyce Cruts with Acer joined Scott Luton, Greg White, and Tony Sciarrotta to talk about how to reduce the need for returns, the many ways companies are experimenting with reselling returned product, & more.
On Thursday, we released another episode of Digital Transformers. In this episode, special guest Jeremy Deuchars from Esker Inc joins hosts Kevin L. Jackson and Scott Luton discuss digital order management strategies to optimize the customer & employee experience.
We ended the week on Friday with 2 episodes!
In this episode of the Supply Chain Buzz on Supply Chain Now, produced by OpenText, Scott and Greg are joined by Mark Morley to discuss the top news in supply chain this week.
In this episode of Supply Chain is Boring, host Chris Barnes welcomed Rebecca Costa to the podcast.
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