The Supply Chain Doctor spoke with Ted Stank, Faculty Director with the University of Tennessee Global Supply Chain Institute to discuss Tennessee / Alabama football and supply chains in the era of Covid-19 and beyond.

Ted Stank is the Bruce Chair of Excellence in SCM and Faculty Director of the Global Supply Chain Institute at the University of Tennessee (PhD University of Georgia, 1994). He has authored over 100 articles and five books on various aspects of SCM. He previously worked for Abbott Laboratories and in the US Navy, and has consulted with dozens of organizations including ABI, Dell, IBM, Mondelez, Walgreens, and Walmart. He is a Past Chair of the Board of Directors of the CSCMP.

Summary:

0:35 Start

0:50 Supply chain speak is everywhere. Do you understand?

1:15 Supply chain changes coming out of Covid-19

3:00 Bullwhip

5:25 Can an eclipse cause a bullwhip

6:30 Hoarding vs. supply chain design

8:50 Supply chain resilience and adaptability

9:30 SCM and SEC football

16:15       Profit vs. cost tradeoffs

17:30       Relationships vs transactions

18:40       Visibility and sharing is still a challenge

19:50       More tools = more data but not more information. Its still about processes

20:35       Looking for a career change? What about business analytics or data science?

21:20       AI & Predictive analytics

22:20       AI & Reddit gauging the success of a virtual NFL draft

23:10       A throw back to Benn Konsynski

https://supplychainnowradio.com/episode-273/

23:45       3D printing in SCM

26:30       Supply chain risk. EPIC

https://haslam.utk.edu/whitepapers/global-supply-chain-institute/epic-global-supply-chain-risk-assessment

29:00       Are we in the era of SCM

32:00       APICS is good for students

https://www.apics.org/apics-for-individuals/membership/categories

33:20       Advanced Supply Chain Collaborative @ UTK

https://haslam.utk.edu/gsci/ascc

34:45       Thank you