Supply Chain Now

Supply Chain Now Radio, Episode 51:

“Profiles in Supply Chain Leadership: Richard Sharpe”

Episode 51 features our distinguished guest:

Richard Sharpe is the CEO of Competitive Insights, LLC (CI).  Formed in 1998, CI believes in realizing the true value from transactional data. As an industry leader for the last 25 years, Richard is a frequent speaker at industry forums and a lecturer in Georgia Tech.  Richard writes the DC Velocity blog on Analytics and Big Data. Richard is a founding member of American Logistics Aid Network, a non-profit consortium serving Disaster Relief Agencies. Richard was formerly President of CAPS Logistics, Inc. which pioneered supply chain optimization solutions adopted by 15% of the Fortune 500 companies worldwide. Learn more about Competitive Insights here: http://www.ci-advantage.com/

Episode 51 is hosted by Chris Barnes

Supply Chain Now Radio, Episode 50: “Retail, Returns & Reverse Logistics”

Episode 50 featured the following distinguished guests:

Jim Brill is the Reverse Logistics Marketing Manager at UPS. In over 30 years with UPS, Jim has worked in Business Development, Sales and Marketing, gaining a deep understanding of UPS’s business units, operations and systems.

Tony Sciarrotta serves as the Executive Director for the Reverse Logistics Association. He has held a variety of sales, marketing, and service positions in the consumer electronics industry for over 30 years, including Philips from 1988 through 2013.

Upcoming Events Mentioned in this Episode

2019 Atlanta Supply Chain Awards: www.AtlantaSupplyChainAwards.com

2019 Georgia Logistics Summit: www.GALogisticsSummit.com

AME Atlanta 2019 Lean Summit: https://www.ame.org/ame-atlanta-2019-lean-summit

EFT 3PL & Supply Chain Summit: click here

Episode 50 was co-hosted by Ashley Liebke and Scott Luton

Supply Chain Now Radio, Episode 49:

“Leadership, Growth & the Path Ahead”

This episode featured the following distinguished guests:

Jim Becker is the CEO of Becker Logistics, LLC. Jim Becker entered the logistic world in 1991 and in 1997 from his kitchen table, Jim started what we fondly know today as Becker Logistics. He built the company on the founding core values of: Integrity, Quality, Innovation, Safety, Competitiveness, Openness, Respect, and Equal Work Life Balance. These foundational values combined with his leadership and industry expertise, have allowed Jim to author a great story of mind blowing growth in Becker Logistics; growing the company 10 times (1000%) since 2013. Along the way, he has learned to focus on the journey of life rather than solely on whatever goal or endpoint may serve as a destination. He has realized his passion to help the people he encounters to become a better version of themselves—to help them live life without regrets, to feel empowered, and to act with confidence. Jim is very involved within the logistics community. He sits on the Executive Advisory Council for McLeod Software and has spoken at McLeod’s Users conference on growing a company with sales and looking at how to scale operations along with the importance of customer service within our industry. Jim is on the Board along with being on the Education Committee, and past chairman of the hazmat committee of Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA). He is also currently on the Mentor/Mentee committee. Connect with Jim Becker on LinkedIn and visit Becker Logistics’ website for more information: https://www.beckerlogistics.com/

Paul Noble is Founder and CEO of Verusen, a technology firm that uses AI to predict inventory and harmonize data organizations in a variety of industries. Verusen automatically integrates to your ERP and disparate data sources — single or multiple systems, one or many locations. Then, the platform’s Artificial Intelligence learns from your own inventory experts and encodes their knowledge to provide seamless inventory harmonization. With Verusen, you get automatic naming and categorization with 99% reliability at scale — a true material master. Paul’s passion for entrepreneurship has always shaped his approach for go-to-market strategies and tools, which was the driving force behind pursuing his dream of launching Verusen to improve the availability of easy-to-use technology for optimizing the supply chain for materials and MRO. Connect with Paul Noble on LinkedIn and visit Verusen’s website for more information: https://www.verusen.com/

Upcoming Events Mentioned in this Episode

2019 Atlanta Supply Chain Awards: www.AtlantaSupplyChainAwards.com

2019 Georgia Logistics Summit: www.GALogisticsSummit.com

AME Atlanta 2019 Lean Summit: https://www.ame.org/ame-atlanta-2019-lean-summit

EFT 3PL & Supply Chain Summit: click here

THis episode was co-hosted by Scott Luton and Chris Barnes.

Supply Chain Now Radio, Episode 48:

“Key Takeaways from EFT’s Supply Chain Hot Trends 2019 Report”

Learn more: https://buff.ly/

Chris Barnes is a SCNR co-host and professional education instructor for the Georgia Tech Supply Chain & Logistics Institute’s Supply Chain Management (SCM) Certificate courses.

Scott W. Luton is the founder and co-host of Supply Chain Now Radio and also serves as Managing Partner for TalentStream.

Supply Chain Now Radio, Episode 48:

“Key Takeaways from EFT’s Supply Chain Hot Trends 2019 Report”

Learn more: https://buff.ly/2DYoyVl

Chris Barnes is a professional education instructor for the Georgia Tech Supply Chain & Logistics Institute’s Supply Chain Management (SCM) Certificate courses. Barnes holds a B.S., Industrial Engineering and Economics Minor, from Bradley University, an MBA in Industrial Psychology with Honors from the University of West Florida. He is a certified APICS instructor and holds CPIM-F, CLTD-F and CSCP-F designations. He served on the international Board of Trustees for the Institute of Industrial Engineers, is Past President of WERC Atlanta, and is currently involved with APICS Atlanta. He is a certified adult education trainer and has presented to/trained over 1900 people. He served on the editorial advisory board for Warehouse Management & Control Systems Deck Reference and authored the book “WMS: Phase 1: Assessment & Selection” a WERC Publication. He is also the author and lead facilitator of “Quarters in the Couch: Low Hanging Fruit ideas to Improve Warehouse Performance.” When not teaching, Barnes is a supply chain advocate and visionary with HighJump and frequent blogger at www.apicscltdcoach.com. In 2016, Barnes partnered with Supply Chain Now Radio (SCNR) as executive producer and key contributor. SCNR is a social networking community organizing and sharing supply chain thought leadership through seminars, webinars, blogs and podcasts. Barnes has over 27 years of experience developing and managing multiple client, engineering consulting, strategic planning and operational improvement projects in supply chain management. Connect with Chris on LinkedIn and reach out to him via email.

Scott W. Luton is the founder of Supply Chain Now Radio and also serves as Managing Partner for TalentStream. He has worked extensively in the end-to-end Supply Chain industry for more than 15 years, appearing in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Dice and Quality Progress Magazine. Scott currently serves as Executive Vice President of APICS Atlanta, was recently named a 2019 Pro to Know in Supply Chain by Supply & Demand Executive. He served on the 2018 Georgia Logistics Summit Executive Committee and currently serves as Chair of the 2019 Atlanta Supply Chain Awards Planning Committee. He is a certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and holds the APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) credential. As a Veteran of the United States Air Force, Scott also volunteers on the Business Pillar for VETLANTA, and maintains active membership in the Georgia Manufacturing Alliance & CSCMP Atlanta Roundtable. Connect with Scott Luton on LinkedIn and follow him on Twitter at @ScottWLuton. He can also be reached by email. Learn more about TalentStream, a leading recruiting & staffing firm that helps companies find top talent in the Engineering, Manufacturing and Supply Chain space, by visiting their website here: www.talentstreamstaffing.com

Supply Chain Now Radio, Episode 47: “Why South Carolina for End-to-End Supply Chain?”

Sponsored by: APICS Industrial Crescent Chapter Broadcast live from Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research

Learn more: www.cuicar.com

Suzanne Dickerson joined the SC Council on Competitiveness in 2016 after serving for 8 years as the Director for International Business Development at Clemson University’s International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR). Suzanne’s experience includes 20 years in the automotive industry: 12 years within BMW working in the fields of corporate sustainability, innovation management and long-term strategic and structural planning. She began her career with BMW in Munich Germany at corporate headquarters upon completion of the Bosch Foundation Fellowship Program. Suzanne speaks fluent German and is also a Fellow of the BMW Foundation Leaders Forum. Suzanne serves as Vice President of the multi-state Southern Automotive Women’s Forum and is a Board Member of the South Carolina Automotive Council. Locally, Suzanne is a Board member on the Roper Mountain Science Center and a Fellow of the Riley Institute Diversity Leadership Program. The South Carolina Research Authority awarded Suzanne the Knowledge Economist Award in 2013 and in 2015, Suzanne was the recipient of the Clemson Women in Leadership Award. In 2018 Suzanne joined the South Carolina Manufacturers Extension Partnership Executive Board. Connect with Suzanne Dickerson on LinkedIn and learn more about the SC Council on Competitiveness here: https://sccompetes.org/

Chuck Baker graduated from the US Military Academy in 1975. He served as an officer for six years, achieving the rank of Captain. He entered the civilian workforce and worked with Johnson & Johnson in NJ for four years, PepsiCo in Texas for two years and has now worked for Michelin North America for 31 years. Chuck has had many different roles within Michelin. He has been in Engineering, in Logistics as a warehouse manager and a distribution center manager in Pennsylvania, manager of the distribution centers for the US, in multiple Supply Chain roles at different facilities and was assigned to the Information Technologies group for three years. Since 2010, he has been back in logistics and supply chain, where he’s currently responsible for a Michelin program for continual improvement (Michelin Way) for all the distribution centers in North America. Chuck is the author of a book entitled Three Days ‘til Monday. The book is based on his teaching of high school students during the summer in PA. The program (learn more here: PFEW) teaches the young adults how business is run and gives the students an opportunity to run a simulated business for three years all in a week’s time. He has been assisting in this program for 20 years. Chuck has been married for 36 years and has three children and two grandchildren. Connect with Chuck Baker on LinkedIn and learn more about the APICS Industrial Crescent Chapter here: http://www.apics-industrialcrescent.org/

Hosted by Scott Luton and Chris Barnes

“Trade, Taxes & Tribulations”

SCNR – Episode 46

Featured Guests:

Cathy Morrow Roberson is Founder & Head Analyst of Logistics Trends & Insights LLC. She has over 15 years of experience in the logistics market including ten years with UPS Supply Chain and several years with specialized consulting firms.

Iliana Malinov is the Director of Tax Services at HLB Gross Collins P.C. In addition to providing clients with tax planning and compliance services, she leads a team of tax specialists and ensures that the firm remains abreast of tax regulations, ever-changing tax laws and compliance matters.

Elba Pareja-Gallagher is a finance and strategy professional with 20 years of experience at UPS. She’s held roles in Finance, Investor Relations, Marketing and Strategy.

HOsted by Scott Luton

“Why Georgia for Supply Chain”

SCNR – Episode 45

Learn more about the 2019 Georgia Logistics Summit: https://www.galogisticssummit.com/

Featured Guests:

Matt Markham is the Director of the Center of Innovation for Logistics, which helps companies take advantage of the state’s world-class logistics industry, so that they can improve supply chain efficiencies, support growth, and increase global competitiveness.

David Nuckolls is the Global Account Manager for Marketing and Operations working in support of two divisions within the Georgia Department of Economic Development – the Centers of Innovation and Rural Georgia Initiatives.

Co-Hosts Scott Luton and Will Haraway

SCNR broadcasts live from Jump Start 19, Hosted by SMC3.

Learn more: www.SMC3.com

Featured guest Michael D. Golden is partner at Arnall Golden Gregory LLP and is co-leader of the firm’s Closely Held and Family Business Practice. He is also a member of the Mergers and Acquisitions, Real Estate, and Logistics and Transportation Practices. Mr. Golden’s practice focuses on counseling clients, both publicly held and privately owned, in growing their businesses through mergers and acquisitions, strategic partnerships and joint ventures, and creative financing arrangements (including both equity and debt). Mr. Golden also represents companies in their employee matters such as negotiating executive employment agreements and non-competition agreements. Mr. Golden’s clients cover a variety of industries, including business services, manufacturing and distribution, logistics and transportation, healthcare, and real estate. Prior to joining AGG, Mr. Golden was a law clerk for Judge Ernest Tidwell, United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Learn more about AGG here: https://www.agg.com/

Featured guestRob Adams serves as Managing Partner for JGS Resources, a leading firm that provides transaction advisory services for the logistics, waste management, and staffing industries.

Hosted by Will Haraway and Scott Luton

SCNR broadcasts live from Jump Start 19, Hosted by SMC3.

Learn more: www.SMC3.com

Featured guest Kevin Springer serves as vice president of sales at SMC³, where he is responsible for the development and support of all SMC³ end-user shipper, carrier and logistics relationships. As a member of the executive strategy team, Springer contributes to future product and company direction. Springer has direct carrier experience with Emory Worldwide, supply chain logistics experience with EGL/CEVA, and EDI, and supply chain visibility experience with Descartes Systems Group. With more than 20 years of experience in the transportation, logistics and supply chain industries, his knowledge of sales, operations and IT processes helps SMC³ customers leverage pricing technology to better manage their supply chains. Springer holds an MBA from Brenau University and a BBA in marketing from Georgia State University. Connect with Kevin Springer on LinkedIn and learn more about SMC³ here: http://www.smc3.com/

Featured guestJP Wiggins is Co-Founder and Vice President of Logistics for 3Gtms. In this role, JP manages channels and partnerships for 3Gtms. He was most recently at SAP where he was the solution principal focusing on SAP’s transportation, warehouse and event management offerings in North America and previously directed industry marketing for the company’s transportation and logistics business unit. Before SAP, he was senior vice president and general manager for Descartes Systems Group’s supply chain, transportation and logistics applications business, and also had been vice president of product management for the company. Previously, JP was co-founder and senior vice president of logistics for Global Logistics Technologies (G-Log); co-founder and vice president of product management at dx/dt; and vice president of logistics at Weseley Software. He holds degrees in transportation & logistics and marketing from The Ohio State University. Connect with JP Wiggins on LinkedIn and learn more about 3Gtms here: https://www.3gtms.com/

Hosted by Will Haraway and Scott Luton