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This Week In Supply Chain Now: May 24th – 28th
What’s been happening at Supply Chain Now? This week, our program hosts welcomed many special guests this week to talk about startup growth, manufacturing, procurement, and, of course, supply chain!
Check out the latest interviews, conversations, and podcast episodes right here!
On Monday, we released 2 new episodes!
In this episode of Dial P for Procurement, hosts Kelly Barner, Scott Luton, and Kim Winter welcome special guest Sam Achampong to talk about why it’s absolutely crucial for procurement to be aligned with your overall business strategy.
On This Week in Business History, host Scott Luton delves into the story of Dr. Lillian Gilbreth, whom many refer to as “the Mother of Modern Management” and “America’s First Lady of Engineering”.
On Tuesday, we released 2 new episodes!
On this episode of Supply Chain Now, Lora Cecere, Founder of Supply Chain Insights, sat down with Scott Luton and Greg White to discuss COVID-19’s impact on software development, chip shortages, supply chain performance metrics, and more!
On TECHquila Sunrise, host Greg White welcomed Jack Freeman of PeakSpan Capital to hear his path from startup to the investor seat, including what he’s learned, what he’s still learning and some new areas that he’s getting into.
On Wednesday, hosts Scott Luton and Greg White welcomed Tandreia Bellamy, VP of Industrial Engineering at UPS Global Freight Forwarding to talk supply chain leadership, mentoring, and what she’s up to now.
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 Kelly Barner (Host of Dial P for Procurement) to talk about the 2021 Supply Chain and Procurement Awards, which will take place on December 8th.
We ended the week on Friday with 2 episodes!
In this episode of Manufacturing Leadership series on Supply Chain Now, Scott and special guest host Billy Taylor welcome Peggy Gulick with Kohler to the show.
In this episode of Supply Chain is Boring, host Chris Barnes welcomed Gene Pledger to talk about tips on how to pass the APICS CSCP Exam.
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