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This Week In Supply Chain Now: November 8th – November 12th
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 a very special episode of Supply Chain Now. Host Scott Luton and special co-host Allison Giddens get to converse with a pair of very powerful women in the manufacturing business. Scott and Allison talk with Stacey Schroeder the President and Founder of EVelop; and the Value Improvement Project Engineer at Polaris Industries, Coral Huffmaster. Together they discuss the Key Takeaways from the 2021 Women in Manufacturing Summit.
For Monday’s This Week In Business History episode, Kelly Barner explores a car invention that was created over 120 years ago.
On Tuesday, we released a new episode of Supply Chain Now with Scott Luton and Greg White. This episode features two of Manhattan Associates’ reputable representatives. Rob Schaefer the Vice President of Transportation Management Sales and Gregg Lanyard the Director of Product Management for Manhattan Associates. During this episode, they all offer their perspectives on the supply chain outlook for 2022.
On Wednesday we released an episode of Logistics With Purpose with host Enrique Alvarez and Kristi Porter. This episode features Michael Broidy the Senior Vice Preside of Schottenstein Stores Corporation. During together they address the best way for a corporate entity to give back to the community.
On Thursday, we released another episode of Supply Chain Now with host Scott Luton. During this episode, Scott interviews Richard Donaldson the Vice President of Platform Management & Marketing, Requis. Richard talks about his role at Requis and how it is to work for a company focused on driving the digital transformation of global enterprise supply chains.
On Friday, we released the Supply Chain Buzz with Scott Luton and Greg White. These two cover the topics of why soda cans and semi-conductors might become scarcer in the coming months.
And to wrap up the week, we released an episode of Supply Chain is Boring with host Chris Barnes. During this episode, Chris interviews the author of The Adventures of Supply Jane & Fifo, Megan Preston Meyer.
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