Supply Chain Innovations

Lora Cecere, author of the recent best-seller Bricks Matter: The Role of Supply Chains in Building Market-Driven Differentiation returns to give us a few updates on the NRF BIG SHOW, and to talk about some of what she is seeing happening in supply chains today. Specifically, she shares with us why she believes we have reached the […]

Robert Brindle joins our CEO for a discussion about innovation in procurement. It is an interesting chat spurred in part by his post discussing “Innovation, Reformation, or Obsolescence in Procurement? ” What do you think? Is “old school” procurement obsolete? Does it really need to change? Download: Robert Brindle, ProcureXcellence Click “more” to download, or […]

Alan Day joins us after a several year hiatus to talk about the latest in supplier relationship management.  Specifically, he talks about State of Flux’s views on how to be a better customer to your supplier.    It’s an interesting take, considering companies spend so much time focusing managing their relationships with customers, perhaps it […]

Lora Cecere takes time out of her busy schedule to talk with Dr Brady, and share her thoughts on the directions and challenges facing the supply chain and enterprise technologies.  She takes the time to talk about the need for systems to sense the activities from the outside, including consumers and suppliers, and evolution of […]

This podcast is now 6 years old, but this was the first one done on this site, explaining the purpose behind the interviews. Give it a listen.

Dr Brady caught up with Harley Feldman, the CEO and Founder of Seeonic.  RFID is growing in many areas now, and has overcome the initial resistance to this new technology.  Harley talks about the challenges retailers face, and the powerful benefit that RFID can provide in solving these challenges. He points out that inventory accuracy […]

In this episode of Supply Chain Innovations Today, Dr Brady had a chance To catch up with a former colleague, Dr. Todd Dewett. They talk about the power of motivation (and the downside-demotivation) and how leaders should lead in collaborative environments. The conversation is fast paced, and chock full of nuggets! If you don’t get […]

The roots of Supply Chain Innovations Today go back to our founder’s time in the US Air Force. In the Air Force, Dr Brady started as a logistician, working with the KC-135 and the FB-111A (and later the B1-B). During that time, and later at the Air Mobility Command as the Command’s Reliability and Maintainability […]

Following the interview with Paul Woodlief on CPFR, Dr. Brady wanted to continue the conversation–so they did! In addition to the application of CPFR, the DLA and the USAF started exploring internal collaboration using the common and commercially accepted S&OP processes.  Paul talks about the additional benefits they found with S&OP and talks about the synergies he […]

In this interview we talk with Larry Smith, the Senior Vice President – Planning and Replenishment for West Marine.  He has a long history with CPFR (Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment) and with VICS.  In addition he has been one of the key players working to bring out the latest CPFR Guideline “The Ultimate Retail Supply […]