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This Week In Supply Chain Now: October 25th – 29th
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 Digital Transformers with host Kevin L. Jackson. During this episode, Kevin sits down with three digital experts to discuss new approaches to establishing trust and provenance within a supply chain that is increasingly both digital and physical. This episode features Dustin McIntire the CTO of COMSovereign Holding Corporation. Eric Adolphe the CEO of Forward Edge-AI and Joshua Pendrick the CEO and Co-founder of Rypplzz.
For Monday’s This Week In Business History episode, Kelly Barner talks about the political act that led to an increase in organized crime and the end of the Great Depression.
On Tuesday, we released a new episode of Supply Chain Now with host Scott Luton and guest host Allison Giddens. They welcomed the head of Global Supply Chain for Peloton, Jennifer McKeehan, to the show. They discussed how the hybrid work environment is allowing the best leaders to shine by continuing to build strong, meaningful relationships, and much more.
This week we released an episode of Logistics With Purpose with hosts Enrique Alvarez and Kristi Porter. During this episode, they interviewed Julie Reusser, the Program Manager, for Feed the Hungry, and Roger Walterhouse the Director of Ministry Programs. This episode focuses on how the Feed The Hungry organization feeds over 380,000 children and maintains partnerships with over 23 countries.
For Thursday’s Supply Chain Now episode, Scott Luton interviews the great Billy Taylor. In this episode, Billy gives a little insight into his life and the lessons he learned to become a great effective leader at The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.
On Friday, we released the Supply Chain Buzz with Scott Luton and Greg White. They are accompanied by Robin Gregg, CEO of RoadSync, and Lee Klaskow, Sector Head and Senior Analyst of Logistics for Bloomberg Intelligence. During this episode, some of the topics covered include port congestion, when to start holiday shopping, and the ongoing clash of logistics titans.
And to wrap up the week, we released an episode of Supply Chain is Boring with host Chris Barnes. This episode wraps up the sequel interview with Richard Sharpe from Competitive Insights.
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