Supply Chain Now

BLOCKCHAIN could have a transformative impact across supply chains in the coming years. Are you ready? In this episode of TEKTOK on Supply Chain Now, listen in as Karin covers BLOCKCHAIN BASICS with guest, Kevin L. Jackson. They'll cover the 10 things you need to know now as you prepare to harness blockchain technology to accelerate your digital transformation. You'll gain clarity on four key aspects - governance, process improvements, trusted transactions, and technology - as you boost supply chain performance.

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Learn more about TEKTOK: https://supplychainnow.com/program/tektok/

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WEBINAR- State of the Supply Chain Report – Priorities for Building Resiliency in Your Supply Network: https://bit.ly/2XIRZHf

WEBINAR- The Supply Chain of 2022 and Beyond: Building Resiliency and Agility: https://bit.ly/2YkzwRx

Download the 2021 Q2 U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index: https://bit.ly/3f1LO6S

This episode was hosted by Karin Bursa. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/blockchain-basics-10-things-you-need-to-know-now-739

Dial P regulars know that when you ‘dial p’ you get procurement - usually. But sometimes, p is for payments and credit card processing. Keeping in mind that one company’s payments become another company’s cash flow is absolutely critical in today’s hyperconnected supply ecosystems. All procurement professionals need to know how multiple forms of invoicing and payment work – and how they can support all suppliers’ desire to get paid sooner.

In this month’s episode of Dial P for Procurement, Kelly Barner and Scott Luton are joined by Jim Luff, Marketing Manager at Chosen Payments, and Kris Lance, Senior Director at Una. They answered all of our questions about how payment processing works, including credit card payments, chargebacks, and contactless payments.

During a conversation recorded live with the full participation of the Supply Chain Now ‘skybox’ audience, Jim and Kris answer questions such as:

• The basics of payment processing in the context of corporate procurement and supply chain.

• What happens in practice when a company’s customers take too long to pay them for products and services that have not only already been invoiced, in some cases they have already been delivered

• What chargebacks are, how they work, and what enterprise procurement professionals need to know about them

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

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

WEBINAR- State of the Supply Chain Report – Priorities for Building Resiliency in Your Supply Network: https://bit.ly/2XIRZHf

Download the 2021 Q2 U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index: https://bit.ly/3f1LO6S

This episode was hosted by Scott Luton and Kelly Barner. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/dial-p-payments-credit-card-processing-738

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!

In this episode of The Buzz, Supply Chain Now hosts Scott Luton and Greg White are joined by Paul Noble, Founder and CEO of Verusen, and Kevin Heath, COO at OMNIA Partners – live and in person for the first time in 18 months at OMNIA Partners Connection 2021 in Miami Florida! Paul, Kevin, Scott, and Greg discuss supply chain news stories pulled from recent headlines as well as what they hope to discuss at this year’s Connection event:

• The impact that one missing part of material can have on a company’s ability to operate, and how well-intentioned efforts to deliver savings often prevent supply chain agility

• How leadership teams suddenly presented with an overwhelming amount of data can ensure it is a blessing for the enterprise and not a curse

• How companies like OMNIA Partners and Verusen are working together to serve as a value-oriented extension of their business partners.

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

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Learn more about OMNIA Partners: https://www.omniapartners.com/

Learn more about Verusen: https://verusen.com/

WEBINAR- State of the Supply Chain Report – Priorities for Building Resiliency in Your Supply Network: https://bit.ly/2XIRZHf

Download the 2021 Q2 U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index: https://bit.ly/3f1LO6S

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-miami-omnia-partners-verusen-737

Study after study indicates that diversity plays a critical role in improving revenue while making companies more agile and innovative in the face of constant change. And yet the tech industry continues to lag behind when it comes to investing in Black and Brown tech entrepreneurs. So C&I Studios Founder and CEO Joshua Miller set out to answer a simple question: why aren't we funding Black tech? He sat down with us to discuss the core issues driving his forthcoming documentary, "Fund Black Tech," and to share his insights from interviewing emerging entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and execs around the world. Learn more about C&I Studios, the documentary film making process, how companies can move beyond lip service when it comes to diversity - and much more.

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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

WEBINAR- State of the Supply Chain Report – Priorities for Building Resiliency in Your Supply Network: https://bit.ly/2XIRZHf

Download the 2021 Q2 U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index: https://bit.ly/3f1LO6S

This episode was hosted by Kevin L. Jackson and Kelly Barner. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/thursday-futures-with-joshua-miller-736

How does a non-profit organization working in over 95 countries have the foresight to plan for a disaster before it ever happens? In this episode, we sit down with Audra Weddle and Ryan Grabill of Convoy of Hope to talk about the logistics of disaster outreach. Join us as we discuss the effects of COVID-19 on the future of disaster relief, how collaboration between nonprofits amplifies impact, and how a single cargo ship stuck in the Suez Canal can cause a domino effect that ripples across the globe.

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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

WEBINAR- State of the Supply Chain Report – Priorities for Building Resiliency in Your Supply Network: https://bit.ly/2XIRZHf

Download the 2021 Q2 U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index: https://bit.ly/3f1LO6S

This episode was hosted by Kristi Porter and Enrique Alvarez. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/changing-lives-through-kindness-lwp-735

There are an untold number of unsolved problems waiting for someone to notice them and develop a solution. But for the entrepreneur and the team that supports them, designing the solution is just the beginning of the journey. In order to achieve lasting success, they need to continue innovating, achieve scale, and protect the unique components of their business model from competitor encroachment.

Bernard Parks is the CEO and co-founder of Tommy Run, an on-demand and delivery platform for building and construction materials. They will support any project type, but their core customers are pros: builders and contractors. In addition to the convenience of delivery, Tommy Run solves the problem of inventory storage on job sites – especially job sites that lack secure storage.

In this episode of Supply Chain Now, Bernard joins co-hosts Scott Luton and Tandreia Bellamy, to share his entrepreneurial story:

• Why logistics is an important part of EVERY business model because “everything has to touch a truck”

• Once a business accepts that they cannot succeed without effective logistics, they must recognize drivers as a critical part of their business ecosystem

• The importance of being able to determine which things are ‘fires’ that need to be addressed immediately from the things that are just noise – in business and in life

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

WEBINAR- State of the Supply Chain Report – Priorities for Building Resiliency in Your Supply Network: https://bit.ly/2XIRZHf

Download the 2021 Q2 U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index: https://bit.ly/3f1LO6S

This episode was hosted by Scott Luton. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/serial-entrepreneur-innovative-logistics-734

The bad news: data and systems, no matter how expensive, don't solve problems. The good news: tying together the data from the systems gives you a shot. It takes the right approach and a careful consideration of your company's specific needs and goals. That's where RateLinx comes in. In this episode, Vice President of Strategic Customers Andrew Hooser joins us to detail his own professional trajectory, how RateLinx helps companies unite their data and take action - and why prescriptive analytics are the way of the future. From vendor to shipper to techie, Andrew has seen (and done) it all when it comes to modern logistics, so don't miss his expert take on supply challenges past, present and future.

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Learn more about Digital Transformers: https://supplychainnow.com/program/digital-transformers/

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Learn more about Ratelinx: https://www.ratelinx.com/

Register for the OMNIA Partners Connections Conference: https://bit.ly/3jHlwdv

WEBINAR- State of the Supply Chain Report – Priorities for Building Resiliency in Your Supply Network: https://bit.ly/2XIRZHf

Download the 2021 Q2 U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index: https://bit.ly/3f1LO6S

This episode was hosted by Scott Luton and Kevin L. Jackson. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/data-knowledge-prescriptive-analytics-ratelinx-733

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!

In this episode of The Buzz, Supply Chain Now hosts Scott Luton and Greg White are joined by James Malley, Co-Founder and CEO, Paccurate. In an era of rising shipping costs, Paccurate not only helps companies optimize the way they pack and ship in order to save money, they can also help the supply chain contribute to corporate sustainability targets by using (and wasting) less packing material and fuel. James, Scott, and Greg discuss recent news stories related to supply chain capacity and costs:

• News that shipping fees are going up in advance of the holidays – adding to an already (not so) perfect storm of supply chain backlogs and container shortages

• How shipping container shortages are inflating costs and changing the profitability and viability of entire product lines

• Why the time may have come for us to rediscover supply chain basics, practices like pooling orders, in order to increase efficiency

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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

Learn more about Paccurate: https://paccurate.io/

Register for the OMNIA Partners Connections Conference: https://bit.ly/3jHlwdv

WEBINAR- State of the Supply Chain Report – Priorities for Building Resiliency in Your Supply Network: https://bit.ly/2XIRZHf

Download the 2021 Q2 U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index: https://bit.ly/3f1LO6S

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-james-malley-paccurate-732

The recent explosion in eCommerce has made the management of returns, or reverse logistics, a critical component of the customer experience. But it hasn’t always been that way. In the early 1990s, companies were just starting to look at how they might address the inventory clogging up their distribution centers.

Herb Shear is the Executive Chairman at G2 Reverse Logistics, a comprehensive reverse logistics solution that combines analytics and operations to help maximize net recovery. He was one of the early pioneers of the practice that would become known as ‘reverse logistics’ in response to a customer request for help. The solution quickly caught on, especially with mass retailers, and laid the groundwork for what has become a highly sophisticated and fast-growing part of supply chain management.

In this episode of Supply Chain Now, which is part of the Reverse Logistics Series, Herb joins co-hosts Scott Luton and Tony Sciarrotta, Executive Director of the Reverse Logistics Association, to take listeners from the earliest days of reverse logistics to the cutting edge practices being implemented today:

• When ease of customer returns began to be viewed as a way for retailers to compete for market share

• How the development of new AI-enabled technologies is supporting today’s complex omnichannel reverse logistics requirements

• How the Shear Family Foundation is using their success from helping people ‘send things back’ to give back to communities experiencing food insecurity

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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

Register for the 6 River Systems FLOW 2021: https://bit.ly/2YO8Too

Register for the OMNIA Partners Connections Conference: https://bit.ly/3jHlwdv

WEBINAR- State of the Supply Chain Report – Priorities for Building Resiliency in Your Supply Network: https://bit.ly/2XIRZHf

Download the 2021 Q2 U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index: https://bit.ly/3f1LO6S

This episode was hosted by Scott Luton and Tony Sciarotta. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/value-customers-teammates-reverse-logistics-731

There is a shortage of long-haul truck drivers and tanker drivers in this country right now. When the issue is raised, people often point to the long, lonely hours on the road and how incompatible the working conditions are with the professional priorities of millennial workers.

But everything is about your perspective, and if you ask Kellylynn McLaughlin, she talks about adventure, and meeting new people, and touring facilities. She makes it sound more like an expedition than a job. Kellylynn is a professional OTR driver and training engineer with Schneider. In 2020 she was appointed as Schneider’s first-ever ‘Women in Trucking’ Driver Ambassador, part of their diversity recruitment program to encourage new people to consider a career in trucking.

In this conversation, Kellylynn joins co-hosts Scott Luton and Ward Richmond, Executive Vice President at Colliers International, to share her view of life on the road:

• The excitement and danger she experiences on the road – and there are more of both than she would have expected

• Why she enjoys training Schneider’s new drivers, people who come from all over the world to learn the mechanics and safety measures of OTR trucking

• How she thinks the supply chain needs to be reimagined so that people – not profit – are put front and center

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

Register for the 6 River Systems FLOW 2021: https://bit.ly/2YO8Too

Register for the OMNIA Partners Connections Conference: https://bit.ly/3jHlwdv

WEBINAR- State of the Supply Chain Report – Priorities for Building Resiliency in Your Supply Network: https://bit.ly/2XIRZHf

2021 Supply Chain and Procurement Awards: https://lnkd.in/gxp7bQy

Download the 2021 Q2 U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index: https://bit.ly/3f1LO6S

This episode was hosted by Scott Luton and Ward Richmond. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/ambassador-open-road-schneider-730