“You can't just come with ideas. You’ve got to show that you're going to be on the journey with them.” - Adrian Ristow, Executive Director of Project Last Mile 

“Coca-Cola Project Last Mile is held within the practitioners of my craft to be the flagship model of what good looks like in terms of public-private partnerships.” - David Canarutto, Private Sector Relationship Manager at The Global Fund

For over a decade, one public-private partnership has worked to make lifesaving medicines available in the most remote parts of Africa. Known as Project Last Mile, this collaboration includes the efforts and resources of organizations like The Global Fund, USAID, and The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

And it all started with a cold Coca-Cola.

In this episode of Art of Supply, Kelly Barner welcomes Adrian Ristow, Executive Director of Project Last Mile and Project Director for The Coca-Cola Company, and David Canarutto, Private Sector Relationship Manager at The Global Fund, to talk about what makes this partnership so successful.

In this episode of the Art of Supply podcast, Adrian and David talk about:

• What set Project Last Mile up for sustained success, especially in the earliest phase of the effort
• The importance of flexibility, effective communications, and a healthy relationship with failure
• How the members of this partnership are standing on their past accomplishments to chase their common objectives into the future

Links:

• Adrian Ristow on LinkedIn
• David Canarutto on LinkedIn
• Coca-Cola’s Project Last Mile
• Coke's Supply Chain Is the Real Thing
• Kelly Barner on LinkedIn
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• Art of Supply on AOP
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