Brittain Ladd has worked with Amazon for Worldwide E-Commerce and Cross Border Expansion, Amazon Fresh and Pantry Operations, and as a consultant with Deloitte and Capgemini as well as a few other global MNCs in their supply chain BUs.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• How the e-commerce industry grows amidst the Coronavirus crisis
• Why Google should buy Shopify and FedEx to compete with Amazon
• Death of retail?
• Amazon will take 12% to 20% of the global 3PL market.
• Amazon will be the biggest grocer seller by 2025 to 2028

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Tony sits on the Emeritus Council of Advisors for Supply Chain Asia and Chairman of the Transported Asset Protection Association Asia Pacific, a non-profit organization.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Coronavirus crisis: 200 million workers have not returned to their jobs; 60% of companies did not have a contingency plan 
• The automotive industry in the next 4 to 12 weeks.
• How the crisis is affecting the whole electronics manufacturing sector
• What can companies do to mitigate risk in their Supply Chains
• Other potential risk clusters: Korea, Japan, Italy

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Pascal has been with the company for more than 20 years, having served in different leadership positions in manufacturing, supply chain, and engineering, across Asia, Europe, and North America. He is now in charge of Supply for Global Emerging Markets, which include Latin America Middle East and Africa as well as Asia and Australia.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Having the right people on the right job
• How Mars handles the Coronavirus crisis
• How e-commerce is changing the way Mars operate
• Managing 20 time zones in a global supply chain role
• Examples of digital transformation in Mars
• By 2025 Mars plans 100% of plastic packaging to be reusable, recyclable and compostable

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Jochen joined Lufthansa as CIO in 2015. Prior to that, he worked as a Head of Business Application Management Investments & Operations Europe Allianz Global Investors for more than 12 years. He also worked in different leadership capacities for Dresdner Bank and Credit Suisse. 

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• The impact of the Coronavirus to Lufthansa Cargo
• Adopting a dynamic pricing strategy and partners in Asia
• Developing ecommerce using Heyworld, Lufthansa’s wholly-owned subsidiary
• The importance of cybersecurity to Lufthansa Cargo
• How digital transformation helps with employer branding

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Alex Capri is a Senior Fellow and Lecturer at the National University of Singapore Business School and Lecturer at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.

Alex was a former Partner and Regional Leader of KPMG’s International Trade & Customs practice in the Asia Pacific.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• The impact of Coronavirus on trade and global supply chain
• Phase One trade deal China/US - does it solve anything?
• Semiconductors - the next war zone and how it links to Huawei
• The Galapagos effect 
• The literal fight for techno talents
• How effective is glocalization for global companies

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Richard Wilding is the Chair of Supply Chain Strategy at the Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Cranfield School of Management U.K. And Past Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport UK.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• How Richard started his career in academia
• How cybersecurity is keeping executives up at night
• Nike’s vision of installing 1200 additive manufacturing machines
• How the internet helps with the modern model of education
• Skills needed in future for Chief Supply Chain Officers

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Marc Dragon is the Managing Director of Reefknot Investments. Reefknot Investments is a joint partership between Temasek, Singapore’s state owned fund, and the global logistics company Kuehne + Nagel.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• How Temasek and Kuehne + Nagel’s partnership started
• Three main focus areas: Artificial Intelligence, Digital Logistics, and Trade Finance. 
• Why Marc invested in the AI startup, Prowler.io
• Reefknot’s ecosystem in five years
• The shortage of data scientists
• “Follow your passion and build your capabilities and ecosystem around your passion.”

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Arla is the farmer-owned dairy cooperative with 11,200 farmers in seven countries and has a unique impact on strategy: Arla has to deal with the 14 billion liters of milk produced by its farmers annually regardless of price or demand and is the fourth largest dairy company in the world with respect to milk volume.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• How Arla deals with 14 million liters of milk per day
• How to plan a Mozzarella plant investment of almost EUR 90 million
• Running 75 plants and 120 distribution centres
• Manama plant producing 25,000 tons of dairy products
• Why Arla has a strong market presence in the Middle East
• “It’s not very effective to have a leader running in front and then no one is behind him.”

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Alexis H. Bateman a Research Scientist, MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics and Sheri Hinish, also known as the "Supply Chain Queen" joined us in an episode, focusing on the topic of Supply Chain Sustainability.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Sustainability –  People vs Environment or People vs People
• Examples of companies in fashion and FMCG leading the way
• How does sustainability impact supply chains?
• Technologies that can be used 
• How companies can become more sustainable

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Mike Zayonc founded the Plug and Play supply chain and logistics innovation platform, the Sunnyvale, California-based platform has become the world's largest supply chain business accelerator.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• How Plug and Play connects startups and corporates in the area of supply chain and logistics
• Corporate network of 300 major multinationals worldwide
• Characteristics of a strong start-up team
• Startup culture – integrity, hard work, passion, and collaboration. 
• Key to building a strong start-up team
• Success case studies

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