In our latest, very timely podcast Barry Render interviews David Panzera, Vice President of Purchasing for FXI with a 30 year history in global supply chains.  Dave and Barry discuss disruptions to global supply chains, including increasingly common weather events and the lingering, long-term impacts they have.

Welcome to our most podcast.  In this podcast Barry Render interviews Andreas Weiland, Professor of Supply Chain at the Copenhagen Business School and Editor of the Journal of Supply Chain Management.  Andreas and Barry discuss Andreas' new book, Supply Chain: A System in Crisis, as well as other topics such as the circulator economy and the latest trends in journals.

In our most recent podcast Barry Render interviews Todd Ahern, Vice President of Supply Chain for Ricoh, USA, the biggest producer of large printers in the world.  Barry and Todd discuss the complexity of supply chains for a global company with facilities in Asia, Mexico, and the US.

In this most recent podcast Barry Render interviews John Beakes, Senior Director of Continuous Process Improvement at Pearson, the publisher of our Heizer/Render/Munson textbook.  Barry and John discuss the importance of Lean and continuous process improvement at Pearson and in other industries John's worked in.

In our latest podcast Barry Render interviews Simon Philips, former President at Marvel, former Executive Vice President at Disney, and current President at Falcon's Beyond, a global entertainment powerhouse and visionary leader in storytelling sitting at the intersection of content, technology and experiences. Barry and Simon discuss The latest announcement about the new Dragon Ball theme park as part of Qiddiya as well as other operations at Falcon's Beyond.

In our latest podcast Barry speaks with VP of Operations at Nautique, Kris Hanigosky, about operations for this luxury ski boat manufacturer. They discuss maintaining the highest levels of quality, the importance of accuracy forecasting and inventory management, and innovative approaches to employee retention through upskilling.

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In our most recent podcast, Barry speaks with Mike Nager, Business Development Manager at Festo Didactic, and advocate for US Manufacturing careers.  Barry and Mike discuss the awareness gap around US manufacturing, which is alive and well, and offering lucrative, technology-driven careers.

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In our latest podcast Barry Render welcomes Don Durm, Vice President of Customer Solutions at PLM Fleet.

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In our latest podcast, Barry welcomes Tom Cheslock, VP of Global Supply Chains at Pfizer.  Tom and Barry discuss the massive network of supply chains that support Pfizer's pharmaceutical business, including their recent success delivering the COVID vaccine to 180 countries around the world during the height of the pandemic.  Additionally Tom describes his recent trip to Tokyo to experience the Toyota Production System first-hand and bring new tactics back to Pfizer.

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In the latest podcast, Barry Render, coauthor of the #1 Operations Management textbook on the market, interviews Dr. Andy Johnson, who teaches Operations Management to over 1,000 students a semester at University of Central Florida. Andy and Barry discuss the unique way UCF's course is set up, and the Pearson OM Sims the course is centered around, which bring an essential real world, engaging hands-on element to the course.