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This Week on Supply Chain Now: September 5th – 11th

It might have been a short week for some, but at Supply Chain Now, it was chock-full of great interviews, conversations, livestreams, and episodes!

 

For a bonus episode on Saturday, Scott and Greg welcomed Tyson Steffens with Pallet Alliance and Jom Fechner with USG to the podcast to talk about building a national procurement program and optimizing your spend.

 

 

On Monday, Scott dug back into the archives for This Week in Business History, and gave us all the story behind Labor Day.

 

 

On Tuesday, Jamin Alvidrez joined Scott as co-host, and welcomed a couple of amazing people in logistics and transportation, Trey Griggs with Lean Sales and Nicole Glenn with Candor Expedite.

 

 

Tim Judge with Agillitics and Nate Endicott with RateLinx joined Scott and Greg on Wednesday for a great conversation on agile decision making in supply chain.

 

 

On Thursday, Mark Morley with OpenText joined Scott and Greg for a conversation about the “biggest company you’ve never heard of,” and leveraging the information advantage.

 

 

And we wrapped up the week with Greg’s TECHquila Sunrise as he shares some of his opinions on the anniversary of September 11th.

 

Which was your favorite episode? Never miss an episode by subscribing to Supply Chain Now! Make sure you tune in next week for more great conversation, timely topics, and exceptional guests.

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