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This Week on Supply Chain Now: August 1st – 7th

Another BIG week at Supply Chain Now! If you missed an episode, get a quick summary and listen here!

We added another TWO additional episodes this week starting on Saturday, August 1st. If you didn’t catch our Supply Chain Buzz livestream last week, you got another chance to see Scott and Greg cover the top news in Supply Chain on Saturday.

 

 

On Sunday, we continued our Logistics with Purpose series with a great interview with Jon Thompson with Comunidad Connect.

 

 

 

On Monday, Scott and Greg spoke with Andrea Kerr, the VP of Product Management with SpotSee, all about optimizing supply chain visibility.

 

 

 

On Tuesday we had ANOTHER great new program debut! We published the first episode of the Jamin Logistics & Transportation Experience, as Jamin Alvidrez interviewed our very own, Scott Luton!

 

 

 

On Wednesday, we published this week’s Supply Chain Buzz, which featured Mr. Supply Chain himself, Daniel Stanton.

 

 

On Thursday, we shared another great episode in the TECHquila Sunrise series with Greg White, where Greg shares the latest investments, acquisitions, innovations, and glorious implosions in Supply Chain Tech every week. This week he shared exactly how venture capitalists make their money.

 

 

And we wrapped up the week with an excellent interview- Scott and Greg welcomed Ara Arslanian with OMNIA Partners to the podcast.

 

Which was your favorite episode? Make sure you tune in next week for more great conversation, timely topics, and exceptional guests on Supply Chain Now!

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