Supply Chain Now

Parcel shippers want to give their customers an ‘Amazon-like’ experience - cheap, fast shipping - but they may not be sure how they can do it affordably or sustainably. An optimized network can achieve all of this, but there's a LOT to consider. Are they choosing the best location for a distribution center? Are the right products shipping from the right location? Could a cheaper and more sustainable service type give them the same results?

Caleb Nelson is the Chief Growth Officer at Sifted, a data-powered logistics platform. He recently joined Scott Luton and Greg White for a Supply Chain Now livestream to break down everything shippers should consider when optimizing their network - as well as the benefits they can see from doing it!

Listen in for Caleb’s thoughts on:

• The one thing that is holding absolutely constant despite the unpredictability in shipper volumes, carrier rates, and delivery timing

• What he sees as the ‘golden ticket’ for reducing shipment time, parcel damage rates, and logistics costs

• Why the capabilities and capacity of regional carriers is one of the largest growth areas in final mile delivery right now

Additional Links & Resources:

Learn more about Supply Chain Now: https://supplychainnow.com/program/supply-chain-now

Subscribe to Supply Chain Now and all other Supply Chain Now programs: https://supplychainnow.com/subscribe

5 Ways to Future-Proof Your Network for Greater Efficiency:  https://bit.ly/3x0PBJY

Cold Chain Shipping Feels the Heat from Rising Demand:  https://bit.ly/3NiAouN

Leveraging Logistics and Supply Chain for Ukraine: https://vectorgl.com/stand-with-ukraine/

NRF Supply Chain 360: https://supplychain360.nrf.com/

WEBINAR- Preparing for the Rise of Sovereign Supply Chains: https://bit.ly/3NmCIAC

2022 Q1 U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index: https://bit.ly/3pwmWKC

This episode is hosted by Scott Luton and Greg White. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/3-network-optimization-strategies-shipper-sifted-919

Sweetwater sells musical instruments, live sound equipment, and recording equipment for every lever of user – people building multimillion-dollar studios, clubs and churches that needs audio, etc. Because e-commerce is their primary sales channel, they have also built up an exceptional team of sales engineers that are trained to do everything from advise customers about their purchases to building relationships that will hopefully last a lifetime.

Phil Rich is a Senior Vice President and the Chief Supply Chain Officer at Sweetwater. He is well aware of the importance of the company’s relationships with customers, but he doesn’t let it end there. He is also building value-oriented relationships with the company’s 700 suppliers.

In this conversation, Phil returns to Supply Chain Now to get caught up Greg White and Scott Luton:

• How Sweetwater’s company culture drives every customer interaction, with the goal being to win a customer for life

• The time and effort the company is investing to ensure that their packaging and shipping materials are as cost-effective and environmentally responsible as possible

• Why they selected Glendale, AZ for their new fulfillment center, and how it will reduce delivery times and costs for customers on the west coast

Additional Links & Resources:

Learn more about Supply Chain Now: https://supplychainnow.com/program/supply-chain-now

Subscribe to Supply Chain Now and all other Supply Chain Now programs: https://supplychainnow.com/subscribe

Leveraging Logistics and Supply Chain for Ukraine: https://vectorgl.com/stand-with-ukraine/

WEBINAR- Can AI be the Unexpected Ally for Demand Planners? https://bit.ly/3sJ4GOO

WEBINAR- Preparing for the Rise of Sovereign Supply Chains: https://bit.ly/3NmCIAC

2022 Q1 U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index: https://bit.ly/3pwmWKC

This episode is hosted by Scott Luton and Greg White. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/sustainably-winning-sound-customers-life-sweetwater-918

Join us for the inaugural episode of our NEW program, The Winning Link, hosted by Billy Taylor!

Each episode, Billy will take a deep dive into personal and business leadership with leaders of all types, from sports to business icons, to break down the anatomy of excellence. And who better to kick off the program than living legend and Head Basketball Coach at St. Vincent - St. Mary High School Dru Joyce? Join Billy and Scott to get the lowdown on Coach Dru's professional path, life lessons and coaching insights. You don't want to miss this inspiring conversation with a famed leader, mentor and change maker! (Case in point: Scott took 18 pages of notes ... )

Additional Links & Resources:

Learn more about Supply Chain Now: https://supplychainnow.com/program/supply-chain-now

Subscribe to Supply Chain Now and all other Supply Chain Now programs: https://supplychainnow.com/subscribe

Leveraging Logistics and Supply Chain for Ukraine: https://vectorgl.com/stand-with-ukraine/

WEBINAR- Can AI be the Unexpected Ally for Demand Planners? https://bit.ly/3sJ4GOO

WEBINAR- Preparing for the Rise of Sovereign Supply Chains: https://bit.ly/3NmCIAC

2022 Q1 U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index: https://bit.ly/3pwmWKC

This episode is hosted by Scott Luton and Billy Taylor. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/introducing-winning-link-play-strengths-conversation-coach-dru-joyce-917

The Supply Chain Buzz is Supply Chain Now’s regular Monday livestream, held at 12n ET each week. This show focuses on some of the leading stories from global supply chain and global business, always with special guests – the most important of which is the live audience!

This week, Kelly Barner, Host of Dial P for Procurement, and Greg White welcomed special guest Mike Griswold, Vice President of Research at Gartner. He spoke about the unique characteristics that emerged among this year’s Top 25 and ‘Masters’ Supply Chains.

Mike, Greg, and Kelly talked about:

• The incredibly tough competition among companies aspiring to the Top 25 and why investments in sustainability played an outsized role

• Why clothing retailers are struggling with a mismatch between the inventory they have on hand and the merchandise their customers are clamoring for

• The slow (but dramatic) march forward in Elon Musk’s efforts to take Twitter private

Additional Links & Resources:

Learn more about Supply Chain Now: https://supplychainnow.com/program/supply-chain-now

Subscribe to Supply Chain Now and all other Supply Chain Now programs: https://supplychainnow.com/subscribe

Leveraging Logistics and Supply Chain for Ukraine: https://vectorgl.com/stand-with-ukraine/

NRF Supply Chain 360: https://tinyurl.com/yukaauhz

WEBINAR- Can AI be the Unexpected Ally for Demand Planners? https://bit.ly/3sJ4GOO

WEBINAR- Preparing for the Rise of Sovereign Supply Chains: https://bit.ly/3NmCIAC

2022 Q1 U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index: https://bit.ly/3pwmWKC

This episode is hosted by Greg White and Kelly Barner. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/supply-chain-buzz-mike-griswold-gartner-916

Sure, Sherrika Sanders can whip up a new proprietary stabilizer for her company using her skills as a PhD in chemistry. But she's also got a deeper purpose to fulfill when it comes to opening doors to greater diversity in STEM. In this episode, Scott and special cohost Allison Giddens chat with Sherrika about her work founding and managing the SPE Lion's Den STEM Club, which connects students from a variety of backgrounds to hands-on STEM projects and immersive experiences. Tune in to learn more about what students are up to in the club and hear her thoughts on how companies can up their DEI game.

Additional Links & Resources:

Learn more about Supply Chain Now: https://supplychainnow.com/program/supply-chain-now

Subscribe to Supply Chain Now and all other Supply Chain Now programs: https://supplychainnow.com/subscribe

Leveraging Logistics and Supply Chain for Ukraine: https://vectorgl.com/stand-with-ukraine/

WEBINAR- Can AI be the Unexpected Ally for Demand Planners? https://bit.ly/3sJ4GOO

WEBINAR- Preparing for the Rise of Sovereign Supply Chains: https://bit.ly/3NmCIAC

2022 Q1 U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index: https://bit.ly/3pwmWKC

This episode is hosted by Scott Luton and Allison Giddens. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/lab-coats-all-STEM-careers-manner-polymers-915

Supply chain professionals – Are you still manually manipulating and cleansing your data in outdated spreadsheets? Have you been burned by large-scale digital transformation projects that took two or more years to implement/see any ROI?

Stop investing in traditional, outdated data cleanses and large teams of data scientists! Stop addressing your biggest challenges first. It’s time to integrate supply chain intelligence into your organization… and it is simple!

In this Supply Chain Now livestream, Christine Barnhart, VP of Product Strategy and Go-to-Market at Verusen, and Melissa Dietz, their Head of Customer Success, joined co-hosts Scott Luton and Greg White to discuss how Verusen’s supply chain intelligence platform is transforming supply and materials management:

• Through digitalization of the supply ecosystem that makes it possible to leverage data harmonization, advanced intelligence, and decision support

• By addressing MRO materials management through a digitization strategy that provides the fastest and least risky method for introducing supply chain intelligence into your organization.

• Ultimately making your supply chain organization more effective and efficient.

Additional Links & Resources:

Learn more about Supply Chain Now: https://supplychainnow.com/program/supply-chain-now

Subscribe to Supply Chain Now and all other Supply Chain Now programs: https://supplychainnow.com/subscribe

Verusen Comparison: https://verusen.com/the-transformative-superpower-of-verusen/ 

Elevating Digital Transformation Whitepaper: https://verusen.com/elevating-digital-transformation-with-intelligent-mro-optimization/

Leveraging Logistics and Supply Chain for Ukraine: https://vectorgl.com/stand-with-ukraine/

WEBINAR- Can AI be the Unexpected Ally for Demand Planners? https://bit.ly/3sJ4GOO

WEBINAR- Preparing for the Rise of Sovereign Supply Chains: https://bit.ly/3NmCIAC

2022 Q1 U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index: https://bit.ly/3pwmWKC

This episode is hosted by Scott Luton and Greg White. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/technologies-failing-verusen-914

All modern supply chains must do one thing: deliver. But with a new upheaval every other week, that single directive keeps supply chain professionals across industries perpetually on their toes. To help make sense of the constant changes impacting global industry, Scott and Greg are breaking down all the latest happenings, from the rise of ESG in The Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 for 2022 to massive economic inversions reversing the expectations of tech investors. Tune in to hear about the latest industry events and get the updates you need to adapt and thrive.

Additional Links & Resources:

Learn more about Supply Chain Now: https://supplychainnow.com/program/supply-chain-now

Subscribe to Supply Chain Now and all other Supply Chain Now programs: https://supplychainnow.com/subscribe

Leveraging Logistics and Supply Chain for Ukraine: https://vectorgl.com/stand-with-ukraine/

WEBINAR- Can AI be the Unexpected Ally for Demand Planners? https://bit.ly/3sJ4GOO

WEBINAR- Preparing for the Rise of Sovereign Supply Chains: https://bit.ly/3NmCIAC

2022 Q1 U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index: https://bit.ly/3pwmWKC

This episode is hosted by Scott Luton and Greg White. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/deliver-economic-inversions-supply-chain-tech-disruption-913

When President George Bush went on TV to announce the beginning of the Gulf War, Rob Tiffany was working his way through college and he immediately felt called to go. He wanted to fly the latest planes with stealth technology. There was a waiting list to enter the Air Force, so he enlisted in the Navy. After all, it worked for Tom Cruise…

Today, Rob Tiffany is the Executive Director at the Moab Foundation, focused on the use of connected intelligence to achieve global sustainability. Prior to that, he was the Vice President and Head of IoT Strategy at Ericsson. He has received a number of awards and recognitions and is routinely ranked as one of the top IoT experts and influencers in the world by Inc Magazine, Onalytica, and others.

In this Veteran Voices crossover episode on Supply Chain Now, Rob joined host Scott Luton to share the honest truth about his journey into, through, and out of the Navy:

• What it was like serving aboard a submarine – and the preparations and screening he had to go through in advance

• How being in the military transformed him as a person

• Why he decided to write a children’s book - Submarine Warriors: The Enemy Beneath

Additional Links & Resources:

Learn more about Supply Chain Now: https://supplychainnow.com/program/supply-chain-now

Subscribe to Supply Chain Now and all other Supply Chain Now programs: https://supplychainnow.com/subscribe

Leveraging Logistics and Supply Chain for Ukraine: https://vectorgl.com/stand-with-ukraine/

WEBINAR- Can AI be the Unexpected Ally for Demand Planners? https://bit.ly/3sJ4GOO

WEBINAR- Preparing for the Rise of Sovereign Supply Chains: https://bit.ly/3NmCIAC

2022 Q1 U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index: https://bit.ly/3pwmWKC

This episode is hosted by Scott Luton. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/veteran-voices-crossover-manufacture-valor-912

In this installment of The Business Buzz on SCN, host Scott W. Luton shares a variety of observations & stories from across the business world - - including many from one of his favorite industries: the manufacturing sector. Scott also touches on a variety of other items, including Pride Month and Juneteenth.

Additional Links & Resources:

Learn more about Supply Chain Now: https://supplychainnow.com/program/supply-chain-now

Subscribe to Supply Chain Now and all other Supply Chain Now programs: https://supplychainnow.com/subscribe

Leveraging Logistics and Supply Chain for Ukraine: https://vectorgl.com/stand-with-ukraine/

WEBINAR- Can AI be the Unexpected Ally for Demand Planners? https://bit.ly/3sJ4GOO

WEBINAR- Preparing for the Rise of Sovereign Supply Chains: https://bit.ly/3NmCIAC

2022 Q1 U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index: https://bit.ly/3pwmWKC

This episode is hosted by Scott Luton. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/business-buzz-scott-luton-911

Retailers face all sorts of challenges as they move to diversify and future-proof their supply chains to withstand future disruptions. In this episode, Scott and Greg sit down with The National Retail Federation's Jon Gold to take the pulse on current global supply chain concerns and discuss what retailers need to keep in mind as they take steps to become more resilient. Plus, find out everything you need to know about the first-ever NRF Supply Chain 360 event happening June 20-21 in Cleveland, Ohio --- a can't-miss opportunity to collaborate face-to-face with some of the best retail practitioners in the business.

Additional Links & Resources:

Learn more about Supply Chain Now: https://supplychainnow.com/program/supply-chain-now

Subscribe to Supply Chain Now and all other Supply Chain Now programs: https://supplychainnow.com/subscribe

NRF's Supply Chain 360: https://supplychain360.nrf.com/

Leveraging Logistics and Supply Chain for Ukraine: https://vectorgl.com/stand-with-ukraine/

WEBINAR- Can AI be the Unexpected Ally for Demand Planners? https://bit.ly/3sJ4GOO

WEBINAR- Preparing for the Rise of Sovereign Supply Chains: https://bit.ly/3NmCIAC

2022 Q1 U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index: https://bit.ly/3pwmWKC

This episode is hosted by Scott Luton and Greg White. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/retailers-collaborating-sustainable-supply-chain-NRF-910