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This Week In Supply Chain Now: November 29th – December 3rd
Stay up to date on all the latest conversations, interviews, and episodes we released this week here at Supply Chain Now!
We started this week off with an episode of Supply Chain Now as Scott Luton chats with Lora Cecere and Dr. Madhav Durbha, Vice President of Supply Chain Strategy for Coupa Software.
In Monday’s episode of This Week In Business History, Scott Luton talks about the history and development of video games- from the origins of Atari to the companies that are currently dominating the market.
On Tuesday, we republished a classic TEKTOK episode with host Karin Bursa. In this episode, Karin shares six strategies for greater supply chain resilience.
On Wednesday’s Supply Chain Now episode, Scott had a great conversation with culture expert, author, and speaker Ray Attiyah with Run Improve Grow. Scott and Ray talk about the key points in his new book, Fearless Front Line: The Key to Liberating Leaders to Improve & Grow Their Business.
On Thursday, we released another episode of Supply Chain Now with host Scott Luton and special co-host Allison Giddens. Scott and Allison welcome Chad Molen with NIMBL, and Dan Reeve with Esker to the show.
On Friday, we released the Supply Chain Buzz with Scott Luton, Greg White, and Kelly Barner. They welcomed Constantine Limberakis, Senior Director of Product and Solutions Marketing for Riskmethod, to the show. They discussed the top news and stories in supply chain from the week.
And to wrap up the week, we released an episode of Veteran Voices with Host Scott Luton. For this special Veterans Day episode, Scott had the opportunity to talk with veterans from three different branches of the military. He welcomed Marina Rabinek, Jermaine Cohen, and Rod Lee to the show, and discussed mental health initiatives, transitioning from active duty to civilian life, and more.
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