Supply Chain Now

One of the most critical aspects of the global supply chain workforce? The professional truck driver. In this episode, Scott sits down with Joey Thiessen of Southeastern Freight Lines to learn more about his path to the profession, current challenges and what everyone needs to know about truck driving. Hint: it's time to bring back the air pump for the air horn.

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This episode was hosted by Scott Luton. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/southeastern-freight-lines-professional-truck-driving-879

Collaboration is the new competition for passionate supply chain leaders like VillageReach's Tapiwa Mukwashi and Tiwonge Mkandawire, who are working tirelessly to transform healthcare delivery in Sub-Saharan Africa. And who better to connect with them on the topic than Adebayo Adeleke, founder of Supply Chain Africa? Adebayo joins Scott and Jenny Froome of SAPICS to lead a fascinating discussion on personal inspirations, medical supply chain logistics, supply chain professionalization in Africa and much more.

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WEBINAR- How to Solve Three Common Peak Season Challenges: https://bit.ly/3r3Qxel

This episode was hosted by Scott Luton. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/professionalize-people-centered-supply-chain-sub-saharan-africa-878

Over the last two years, everyone has learned a lot about supply chain operations, complexity, and leadership. It has been as easy to spot exceptional leaders as it has been to see leadership vacuums. Good leaders managed to keep their operations rolling and hit their performance targets despite the challenges, but great leaders did all that while still supporting their teams and building a pathway to an uncharted future.

Ramona Hood is the President & CEO of FedEx Custom Critical, the part of the FedEx family of companies that specializes in providing services such as expedited ground services, temperature control, and increased security. She is also the first black CEO in the history of FedEx, a distinction that she believes is as much about creating opportunities for those who are on their way up through the ranks as it is a success for her personally.

In this interview, Ramona shares her personal journey and leadership philosophy with co-hosts Kelly Barner and Scott Luton:

• What it was like to watch her team rise to the challenge of COVID-19 and then play an active role in the distribution of vaccines

• The drive and intentionality that are crucial for every individual that wants to set themselves up for personal and professional success

• How she serves as a role model for not just her team, but also her daughters, who have had the opportunity to witness her hard work and dedication firsthand

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Check out the 2022 Supply Chain and Procurement Awards: https://supplychainprocurementawards.com/

WEBINAR- How to Solve Three Common Peak Season Challenges: https://bit.ly/3r3Qxel

This episode was hosted by Scott Luton and Kelly Barner. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/moving-mountains-thousands-nudges-ramona-hood-877

Food prices are up, transportation stocks are down---and industrial real estate is everywhere. Join Scott and Greg for this week's Supply Chain Buzz and get the skinny on all the top headlines of the day. Tune in as they discuss the effects of inflation on the grocery sector, new supply shortages, why two-day shipping might not be as alluring as it seems and more.

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Check out the 2022 Supply Chain and Procurement Awards: https://supplychainprocurementawards.com/

WEBINAR- How to Solve Three Common Peak Season Challenges: https://bit.ly/3r3Qxel

This episode was hosted by Scott Luton and Greg White. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/supply-chain-buzz-876

Bring back the road trip! Stephanie Stuckey is on a mission that's growing by the minute. Having bought back her family's 85-year-old business and brought manufacturing in-house, the Stuckey's Corporation CEO now faces the exciting challenge of exponential growth and how to fund it. In this episode, she joins Scott and Greg to chat about fundraising strategies, the power of story for branding and sales, expanding access to capital and more. Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur or a lover of the famous Stuckey's pecan log, there's something for you in this can't-miss episode with one of the CPG industry's brightest rising stars.

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Check out the 2022 Supply Chain and Procurement Awards: https://supplychainprocurementawards.com/

WEBINAR- How to Solve Three Common Peak Season Challenges: https://bit.ly/3r3Qxel

This episode was hosted by Scott Luton and Greg White. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/unscripted-stephanie-stuckey-entrepreneurial-journey-875

Mike Griswold is the Vice President of Research at Gartner, specializing in retail with a particular focus on forecasting and replenishment. He is responsible for Gartner’s annual Top 25 Supply Chain ranking and joins Supply Chain Now on a monthly basis to discuss the latest in retail supply chains from an analyst’s perspective.

As part of this year’s ‘Top 25’ conversations, 50 companies have given Gartner briefings on their supply chains. One of the themes that has emerged this year as a particular focus is a lot more companies are proud of the work they are doing to emphasize sustainability.

In this episode, which was created as part of a Supply Chain Now livestream, Mike shares sustainable insights about sustainability to co-hosts Greg White and Scott Luton:

• The importance of companies discovering intrinsic business value in their efforts to become more sustainable, rather than just ‘doing the right thing’

• How external factors like inflation and consumer expectations are changing the corporate mindset around sustainability

• The role that technology can play in making it easier for companies to improve the sustainability of their supply chains

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Check out the 2022 Supply Chain and Procurement Awards: https://supplychainprocurementawards.com/

WEBINAR- How to Solve Three Common Peak Season Challenges: https://bit.ly/3r3Qxel

This episode was hosted by Scott Luton and Greg White. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/sustainability-more-sustainable-mike-griswold-gartner-874

In this Dial P for Procurement crossover episode, host Kelly Barner gets back to basics to address one of the dominating news stories and business concerns today: inflation. What is it, what causes it, and isn’t there SOMETHING we can do to make It stop??? Listen in for a refresher on the basics, some examples of how it connects all of the different major forces in the economy, and some strategies and tactics you can employ as a corporate employee to get through today’s heavily inflationary times.

Additional Links & Resources:

Learn more about Dial P for Procurement: https://supplychainnow.com/program/dial-p-for-procurement

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

Check out the 2022 Supply Chain and Procurement Awards: https://supplychainprocurementawards.com/

WEBINAR- How to Solve Three Common Peak Season Challenges: https://bit.ly/3r3Qxel

This episode was hosted by Kelly Barner. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/dial-p-crossover-inflation-expectations-873

As a Supply Chain Technology industry advisory and the host of TEKTOK, Karin Bursa is often asked to provide an overview of supply chain basics for executive leadership teams, new hires, and interested investors. Clearly, each of these audiences has very different points of view but they all seek to understand and be more engaged on a variety of supply chain topics. This TEKTOK crossover episode covers some of the basic building blocks that lay the foundation for significantly more information, complexity, and opportunity. Your colleagues, family, and friends will certainly have a better understanding of the important and remarkable work you and your teams do every day!

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

Check out the 2022 Supply Chain and Procurement Awards: https://supplychainprocurementawards.com/

WEBINAR- How to Solve Three Common Peak Season Challenges: https://bit.ly/3r3Qxel

This episode was hosted by Karin Bursa. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/tektok-crossover-supply-chain-basics-872

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!

Nearly every business news story we read has something to do with inflation and supply chain disruptions. Ironically, business and consumer response to so much disruption is causing a second wave of unexpected outcomes! From dangerously low unemployment to eroding consumer brand loyalty, nothing is immune.

In this session, created in collaboration with a live digital audience, Scott, Greg, and guest host Kelly Barner from Dial P for Procurement, discuss:

• Why, as in the case of unemployment, you really can have too much of a ‘good’ thing

• How companies and public sector agencies are being tripped up by constitutional law in their aggressive pursuit of workforce diversity

• How consumers and consumer packaged goods companies are responding to each other’s new habits two years after the start of the pandemic

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

Check out the 2022 Supply Chain and Procurement Awards: https://supplychainprocurementawards.com/

WEBINAR- How to Solve Three Common Peak Season Challenges: https://bit.ly/3r3Qxel

This episode was hosted by Scott Luton, Greg White, and Kelly Barner. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/supply-chain-buzz-871

Greg's back from the Global Upstate Conference on International Business and Foreign Affairs, where the supply chain featured prominently in nearly every conversation. Now, he's bringing all the insights straight to Scott in this episode so you don't have to miss out on any key takeaways. Tune in to hear about everything from the impact of international affairs on business to the possibility of a global minimum tax, what's really happening with regards to trade with Russia and more.

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

Check out the 2022 Supply Chain and Procurement Awards: https://supplychainprocurementawards.com/

WEBINAR- How to Solve Three Common Peak Season Challenges: https://bit.ly/3r3Qxel

This episode was hosted by Scott Luton and Greg White. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/key-takeaways-global-upstate-conference-international-business-foreign-affairs-870