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- Mike McComb, VP of Sales at Pitney Bowes for Global Ecommerce
Mike McComb, VP of Sales at Pitney Bowes for Global Ecommerce discusses what role Pitney Bowes plays in industry supply chains. Ecommerce growth 4:35. Challenges for PB and shippers/brands/retailers/marketplaces 6. How fulfillment companies are responding with technology to deal with costs, labor, efficiency 8:20. Reverse logistics 11:30. SCM tools and platforms 16:30. FourKites aggregates transportation data 16:44. Fenix Commerce pre-shopping cart sku-level view 17:10. KPIs (uptime, tracking, timeliness, transaction time, continuous improvement) 20:56. Actionable insights 23:08. Predictive analytics, heatmaps for fulfillment 23:25. Payback 27:12. Lift 28:08. Future of SCM (WMS, robotics) 29:48. Break 32:14. Retail case study (Dark Store, Nordstrom) 32:54. Apparel (Rent the Runway, Le Tote) 34:45. Telco (flexible release dates for phones) 35:15. Health and wellness (influencers, direct to consumer) 37:42. Net Promotor Score 40:28. 60% mobile purchase rate 41:00. Decision making systems 45:51. ‘Eco-conscience’ brands 49:10.
58 min - Patricia Vasconcellos, Formerly VP of Supply Chain for Flowserve
Patricia Vasconcellos, formerly VP of Supply Chain for Flowserve, talks about circular supply chain, supply chain responsiveness, resilience and customer needs. Then closes with post-COVID-19 supply chain.
00:34 - CSCMP
03:22 - Circular supply chain, re-use of materials (Accenture, Philips)
06:03 - H&M
07:00 - EU estimates 12% growth in GDP from circular supply chain
07:49 - Blockchain and IoT to build trust (Mastercard)
10:40 - EDI
11:51 - Sustainability15:39 - GAP, Starbucks, GE, Honeywell sustainability efforts
17:25 - Data governance
19:03 - Resilience of supply chains
25:28 - Planning to manage risks
27:40 - Break
28:34 - Speed required to meet customer demand
31:38 - Tesla, GM partnering with Medtronics and Abbott
32:50 - Stockouts
34:18 - Tiger teams
35:26 - SCM tools: IBM Watson (AI), Amazon, Ariba
40:12 - Payment processing inefficiencies
41:08 - Transportation cost
43:23 - Batch of one customization
44:03 - ‘Onshoring’
46:48 - Security
50:36 - Freight forwarders
54:55 - Break
56:16 - Creativity for post-COVID-19 supply chain
1:00:33 - Procurement tiger team to leverage demand and buy in bulk
1:11:00 - Technology to manage labor costs
1:11:41 - Synchronization through blockchain
1:21:53 - Importance of training talent to “leap”
1 hr 35 min - Steve Clarke, Supply Chain Transformation
Steve Clarke discusses his article, “Leveraging the Power of Simple Analytical Tools & Daily Management Techniques to Achieve RAPID and SUSTAINED Supply Chain Transformation” (https://tinyurl.com/y6ghpjtw).
Challenges to improving supply chain performance 3:37. Solution to challenges 6:06. Supply Chain Capability Model 8:59. Using defect data in Root Cause Analysis 11:33. Six Sigma DMAIC methodology 15:54. Three levels of a fix 17:32. Example using 5 WHYS 22:03. Pareto Principle 23:51. Impact/effort matrix to improve systems and processes 25:10. Control phase 27:41. Daily management 29:12. Building capability 31:26. Using ERP systems effectively 34:52. Success stories 36:25. Critical success factors 40:08.47 min - Dr. Manjeet Singh, DHL’s Director of Global Operations Science and AnalyticsDr. Manjeet Singh, DHL’s Director of Global Operations Science and Analytics, talks about how machine learning and artificial intelligence are changing the world of supply chain management.Episode Notes:Convergence of data collection, processing power, techniques resulting in products like autonomous vehicle, SIRI and the jobs to support them 3:44. Meta data and raw data 6:38. There will never be full autonomy 7:38. DP DHL 9:18. DHL Supply Chain 9:48. Retail supply ch...1 hr 17 min
- Andy De Senior Industry Director, Global Solutions Strategy and Go-to-Market, Healthcare and Life Sciences, AltryxBeyond COVID-19: how will healthcare providers leverage AI and analytics to minimize "supply chain disruption" in the post-pandemic era?Episode Notes:Supply, device and testing demand 4:10. Emergency Response Inventory Services Fulfillment Provider model 9:45. Financial epidemic caused by supply chain disruption 12:04. Amazon as a potential services fulfillment provider 14:04. McKesson, Amerisource, Bergen and Cardinal Health 16:15. Financial liquidity, Cares Act 20:...59 min
- Nicolas Vandeput Author of "Data Science for Supply Chain Forecasting" and "Inventory Optimization: Models and Simulations"Nicolas Vandeput is a supply chain data scientist specializing in demand forecasting and inventory optimization. Episode Notes:Data science in SCM 4:56. Small data 6:09. Historical sales/stockouts/marketing expenses data 6:40. Importance of data culture 9:11. Challenge of developing in house machine learning expertise 11:32. Statistical models for determining demand patterns 12:12. Open source, Python and R 14:47. Forecasting models 17:24. Building...51 min
- Dr. Farid Harche Formerly of British Telecom, Wipro, IBM and DHLDr. Farid Harche formerly of British Telecom, Wipro, IBM and DHL talks about artificial intelligence in SCM.Episode Notes:Digital transformation in SCM 5:04. Machine learning and deep learning 10:30. Priority should be to organize data 13:03. Fail rate on solutions as high as 80% 13:35. Recommended SCM solution: C3.AI 14:53. Bias in data 19:10, 32:09. Data sovereignty 21:39. Blockchain 21:54. The importance of standards over regulation 23:33. GS1 2...46 min
- Ashutosh Prasad, Founder and CEO of KoiReader TechnologiesAshutosh Prasad, founder and CEO of KoiReader Technologies, talks about operational automation and edge computing.Episode Note:i2 supply chain system 13:30. Supply chain fragmented from a process & systems perspective 15:19. Arrival of NVIDIA, open source, AI 15:54. Edge computing 17:57. CargoWise 19:36. ROI of AI-based systems 22:10. Lean innovation 23:48. Auto classification of shipping goods through natural language processing 26:04. Warehouse au...1 hr 4 min
- Brian Reed, VP of Global Supply Chain Optimization for GEODISBrian Reed of GEODIS discusses supply chain management solutions.Episode Notes:Planning and forecasting 4:47.Goal of building a platform 23:48.Blue Yonder, i2 25:01. SAP, Oracle 24:43. ROI: 25:03. 3PL, 4PL 31:56. Blockchain 36:45. ML, AI 40:06. Importance of service (GEODIS, Ernst & Young) with tools 55:12.1 hr 2 min
- Jeremiah Pomerleau, Lessons from GoPro and PulsJeremiah Pomerleau uses his experience with GoPro as a case study on building out procurement, logistics and global trade systems.Episode Notes:Procurement 1:59. Air and ocean freight cost reduction 45-50%. Trade lane 7:44. Total Landed Cost 14:47. Trade compliance cost 24:32. Freight payment provider 28:19. Visibility/supply chain event management system 36:13. NetSuite 38:55. One Network 39:31. Excel for independent analysis 40:27. Shopify 41:42....1 hr 11 min
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