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This Week In Supply Chain Now: May 17th – 21st
It’s been an exciting week here at Supply Chain Now! Get ready to hear all the latest episodes, interviews, conversations, and livestreams from this week right here.
On Monday, we released 3 new episodes!
In this episode of Supply Chain Now, we introduced the relaunch of our Supply Chain Real Estate series, in partnership with Prologis. Special host Ward Richmond of Colliers International joined our Supply Chain Now host Scott Luton to welcome Melinda McLaughlin and Megan Creecy-Herman of Prologis to the show.
On This Week in Business History, Scott Luton shares 9 Things you Didn’t Know About Tina Fey.
On Supply Chain Now en Espanol, host Enrique Alvarez welcomed José Luis Silva Vázquez with Dux Capital to hear stories from his childhood and how self-motivation and taking risks have gotten him where he is today.
On Tuesday, we released 2 new episodes!
On this episode of TEKTOK, Kelly Barner and Enrique Alvarez joined Karin Bursa and Scott Luton to discuss how the industry has bounced back since the pandemic began and how far we’ve come on a few important themes around digital supply chain and procurement.
On TECHquila Sunrise, host Greg White continued his conversation with stealthy startup co-founder and Venture Partner at Kubera Venture Capital, Sena Zorlu, focused on decoding the messages between founders and investors.
On Wednesday, hosts Scott Luton and Greg White welcomed Shan Muthuvelu with UCBOS and Kimberly Reuter with CSG Consulting to the Supply Chain Now podcast for an excellent discussion on supply chain digital transformation and business leadership.
On Thursday, we released this week’s episode of The Supply Chain Buzz, powered by OpenText. In this episode, Supply Chain Now Co-hosts Greg White and Scott Luton are joined by Kevin L. Jackson (Digital Transformers), and special guest Ed Archer, a recording artist better known “Special Ed” who has pivoted to roles in tech leadership and media consulting.
We ended the week on Friday with 2 episodes!
In this episode of Supply Chain Now, in partnership with SAPICS, Scott, Greg, and co-host Jenny Froome welcome Azuka Chukwuelue to the show to talk about supply chain leadership across Africa.
In this episode of Veteran Voices, sponsored by Vets2Industry, Scott Luton interviews Rear Admiral Danelle Barrett, United States Navy, Retired.
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